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either as hunters or hacks. It was Mr. 

 Lynes's practice to handle them all himself 

 from a very early age, and in addition to 

 teaching them all to jump, he accustomed 

 them to all kinds of sights and noises, so 

 that they would stand close to a steam 

 engine without fear. For one, got by 

 Vortex, a son of Voltigeur, Lord Penrhyn 

 gave Mr. Lynes a good price. For many 

 years Mr. Lynes took up his abode in 

 Virginia, not far from Charlottesville ; a 

 country which he considers to be wonder- 

 fully well adapted for breeding blood stock. 

 It was Mr. Lynes who sent Grand Master 

 (own brother to Dame President), over to 

 the United States. The horse has given 

 great satisfaction to the Virginians, who are 

 excellent judges of thoroughbred stock. 

 The late Mr. Ten. Broeck was of opinion 

 that he had never encountered in this country 

 so fine a judge of horseflesh and of racing as 

 Colonel Johnson, of Virginia, about whom 

 he had any number of interesting stories to 

 relate. It is to be regretted that young 

 married couples of small means do not take 

 counsel with gentlemen of high honour and 



