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horse to Windsor, and jumps him over some high 

 timber in the Park, but the leg wasn't just the thing ; 

 so he says, " / daren't take hhn',' and paid me a good 

 sum for expenses. Sir Edward Baker took a fancy to 

 him, and gives me his horse and lOO guineas for him, 

 and rode him many seasons with pleasure. He was 

 only a one-armed man too. I sold his horse for 165 

 guineas, so I did capital. I first see the King when 

 he was at Normanton ; he wur at Melton in the long 

 frost of '14, lunching with Mr. Berkeley Craven, at 

 the Old Club. Belvoir were his head quarters at 

 that time. 

 A Triumph of I'll tell you a bit of a story about Mr. 

 Patience. MarHott, of Welby. How strange it 

 should just have jumped into my head ! I had a 

 horse of his in training. One day he comes to see 

 him ; I says, " Mr. Marriott, there's the clergyman of 

 Exton ; his horse has got master him, but you can 

 manage him, I'll warrant ; it's all in your way home." 

 So away we two goes. Mr. Ellicot comes out to meet 

 us. " How are you and your horses gomg on, Chris- 

 tian f " Very well," I says ; " I hope you and your 

 family is well." Then he takes us to see the horse ; 

 and he begins, " / wouldn't take twice as much for him 

 if I could ride him!' Then Mr. Marriott, he says, 

 " / like his looks uncommo7tly ; but if I bzcy him, and 

 he will go to Leicester when I want to go to Notting- 

 ham,, what's to be done then ? it will spoil my days 

 market." So Mr. Ellicot says, ** Come, let's go in, it's 

 tea time, and we'll talk it over!' We had tea and a 

 bottle of wine, and they makes a bargain. Mr. Mar- 

 riott takes him home ; and the very first time he rides 

 him, he stops dead at a gate. A man come up, and 

 Mr. Marriott shouts to him, ''Here's a shilling for you, 

 w,y man ; go to my house, and bj'ing me the Leicester 

 newspaper!' Blame me, but he sat on his back six 

 hours, reading the newspaper. The horse wanted to 

 come back, and tried it on several times, but he 



