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not having remarked that there was a large breach in it, precisely 
at the spot where the valley below was deepest. Having arrived 
at this point, it was impossible for the horse to turn, and it would 
have been most annoying to the rider to have dismounted, and 
traced his way back on foot. He spurred his horse—the noble 
animal sprung forward—vaulted over the chasm—reached the 
narrow footing on the other side, and won the wager. ^‘We 
recommend,^’ says the Comte de Montendre, '‘this instance of 
Castillian intrepidity to the admiration of the Jocke}^ Club.” 
None of the absurd and daring attempts of the heroes of the 
steeple-chace can vie with this. 
Journal des Haras, Jiiin 1838. 
A List of Students who have obtained their Di¬ 
plomas AT THE Royal Veterinary College, St. 
Pancras. 
May 30^^. 
Mr. John Gibson, Manchester 
Mr. E. Sewell, Brighton 
Mr. John Green, Cheltenham 
Mr. Thomas Richardson, Clonmel. 
June 2d, 
Mr. James Law, London 
Mr. Thomas Rooks, London. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
The advertisement mBeWs Lifein London was from Mr. Smith, of Louth. 
The adjudication concerning which some of our friends inquire will 
not be made until the 1st of September: 34 to 1 are long odds. 
