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perfect form of thorough-bred charger may make an 

 excellent racer; for " Oakley," I believe, was one of 

 the fastest over the T.Y.C. course, whilst " Muley 

 Moloch," the finest horse I ever set eyes on for a 

 racer, would never have been esteemed so perfect a 

 form for a charger, so useful a form for a hunter, or 

 so beautiful a form for a park parader as " Oakley." 



I have here reached that stage where I will answer 

 a question which I overheard not very complaisantly 

 put, " Who is this fellow. Spurs?" There are two 

 of us. We are twin brothers, and so alike that 

 nobody can tell which is which. He was christened 

 Sharp and I Blunt. Sharp is of few words, and 

 whenever he encounters another person of the same 

 name as himself he sheers off at once, merely saying 

 "No go," whereas Blunt writes, and sometimes 

 bluntly. We are citizens of the world. We praise 

 good horses and abuse bad in whatever country, 

 castle, or cabin we find them. We are thankful to 

 any person who will put us right or impart to us any 

 information ; but hark, we are neither of us to be 

 " Hark-a-way'd " a second time by any peasant, 

 prince, or prophet. Our united efforts have this 

 morning summed up all the foregoing parables into 

 the following short poetical prayer : — 



