220 Memoir of Tom Smith. 



coming knoAyn to Lord Eobert Grosvenor, lie 

 had his old black hunter properly clipped, 

 which before Avas supposed to be worn-out by- 

 age ; in consequence, as his lordship was often 

 heard to say, of the clipping, he afterwards 

 carried his rider as well as when he was 

 young. This brought the system into fashion ; 

 and certainly every groom ought to touch his 

 hat to Mr. Smith, as it is a wonderful saving 

 of labour, and allows one man to do three 

 horses in the time he would have to give to 

 two, beside the clipped horses looking so much 

 better. 



The well-named ^^ Iron-Duke" bit enables 

 light weights effectually to control the most 

 spirited horse without injuring it; and it may 

 well be called also the ^' safety bit" for ladies 

 and children, as no horse will pull against it. 

 Like others of Mr. Smith's inventions, it was 

 devised off-hand, to meet a present emergency. 

 He had a desperately vicious horse, which 

 ran away with him on Eroadhalfpenny Down. 



