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day previous to his being sold. W e had a hard day of it, and he did his 
duty well. He took some strong fences, and galloped over some deep coun- 
try. I have seen the horse on many occasions, and have seen him out on 
long and severe days, and I considered him a horse I could recommend to 
Mr. Smith. 
George Nicholson. — I am groom to Mr. Morris, and have been in his ser- 
vice four years. I was previously seven years with Mr. Fenton, and have 
been connected with horses for twenty years. When I went to Mr. Morris 
he had a chestnut horse, which he hunted regularly one day a week, and 
occasionally oftener. He had no other hunter at the time. The horse was 
a good constitutioned horse, and I have never known him off his feed, or the 
worse for his work. The horse came back from York very poor. He was 
very much out of condition. He was “ tucked up,” and had scarce any body. 
He was also lame on his hind legs. He is better now, but he is not yet all 
right. I have ridden him, and my master has ridden him. He is not lame 
on the fore legs. 
Lord Hawke. — I hunt the Badsworth country. Mr. Morris has hunted 
with us regularly. I have seen him ride the chestnut horse very often. I 
have seen him out on all sorts of days. I have seen him come to cover in 
the morning, and seen him at the finish of the day’s sport, and I never saw 
the horse evince any symptom of lameness. He always appeared to be up 
to the mark. I have always thought him sound. 
Geo. Chandler, Esq. — I know Mr. Morris, and the chestnut horse he rides. 
I remember him buying the horse about four years ago. I have seen it on 
several occasions in the hunting-field, and it always appeared to do its work 
well. I have seen it going a good pace ; and, after a very hard day’s run I 
have never observed any symptoms of lameness. I have never seen any thing 
in the horse that would make me believe it an unsound horse. 
The Hon. Stanhope Hawke. — I hunt with the Badsworth hounds regularly, 
and have seen the defendant, Mr. Morris, in the field. Have known the 
horse he rides ever since Mr. Morris purchased it. We have had heavy and 
long days, no doubt, during the time I have known the horse, but I never 
saw any symptoms of lameness. 
George Jarratt Horsfall , Esq. — I know the defendant, Mr. Morris, and 
have known the chestnut horse ever since he bought him. I hunt with the 
Badsworth and sometimes with Mr. Foljambe’s hounds. I have seen the 
horse in the hunting-field regularly, more particularly during the last two 
years I have resided at Doncaster : I never observed any thing like lameness 
in him. Mr. Morris and I frequently meet as we go to cover, and always 
come back together, and have never observed the horse go lame. In my 
judgment the horse has been a regular good horse, and quite sound. 
Cross-examined. — I am aware that it was in consequence of a defect in the 
foot that he was returned, but I did not examine the foot ; my attention was 
not called to the shoes. 
Messrs. Ramsden, Pedley, and Hodgkinson, gave similar testimonies. 
John Littlewood , Esq., of Armthorpe, near Doncaster, said, I hunt some- 
times, and have known this horse some years : I have seen him in the stable 
and in the field. I never saw any unsoundness about him ; I saw him out cub- 
hunting the Friday before he was sold. I saw him on Saturday last ; he was 
run up and down the street, and did not appear at all lame in his fore legs. 
Mr. Joseph Wilkinson. — I live near Doncaster, and know Mr. Morris’s horse 
very well. I have frequently ridden by the side of him, and never witnessed 
any symptoms of lameness. I saw him out in October or November last. He 
was out exercising, and I did not observe any lameness. T am a breeder of 
horses. I have examined the horse’s feet, and they are good sound feet. 
