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"Cruiser" simultaneously dashed against it, and would 

 sometimes scream with rage, at the escape of his longed-for 

 victims, to the accompaniment of a battery of kicks. Still, 

 in Earey he acknowledged his master, and was perfectly 

 docile with him, after he had once been thoroughly cowed 

 by him. Many years afte wards I heard the end — the real 

 end — of " Cruiser," which is not generally known, I believe. 

 A party of Americans came to Gibraltar whilst I was 

 quartered there, and some of them dined at The Kifle 

 Brigade Mess. I soon found I had a subject in common 

 with the guest who sat next to me, and in the course of a 

 conversation about horses the names of Earey and " Cruiser " 

 happened to crop up. He then related to me the following 

 story, a very characteristic one, of the cuteness of our 

 cousins over the water : — 



He said that he had formed one of a small syndicate 

 that bought " Cruiser," when Earey had finished with him, 

 with the object of " showing " him round the States, as 

 the horse so inseparably connected with Earey's greatest 

 achievements. They had a specially strong padded-box 

 for him on the ship, and crowds of people came on board 

 at Liverpool to take a last look at the horse, before he 

 left England for ever. They took out also another quiet 

 stallion, who had run rather well, who only needed an 

 ordinary box, but no one paid any attention to him, all 

 the gape-seed being expended on the savage in the strong 

 box, which had his name painted on it in large letters. 

 They were unlucky in their voyage, as they soon met 

 with such a storm that the captain ordered both the 

 boxes to be thrown overboard. He, however, yielded at 

 last to their entreaties, and only the quiet horse was 

 sacrificed, " Cruiser " being saved from the same fate at 

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