British sport past and present . STEEPLE-CHASING with, my friend Captain Ross, who also appeared quite at hisease; and when he pulled up at the Coplow, I narrowlyobserved the state of his horse. There were no symptoms offatigue ; no tottering on his legs ; no poking out his nose ;no quivering of the muscles ; no distress for wind ; but hewalked down the hill with his rider upon him, in full possessionof his powers, and fit to have carried him over a large fenceat the bottom of it. His condition, it must be allowed, wasperfect. Not being able to be in two places at one time, I did notsee Radica
British sport past and present . STEEPLE-CHASING with, my friend Captain Ross, who also appeared quite at hisease; and when he pulled up at the Coplow, I narrowlyobserved the state of his horse. There were no symptoms offatigue ; no tottering on his legs ; no poking out his nose ;no quivering of the muscles ; no distress for wind ; but hewalked down the hill with his rider upon him, in full possessionof his powers, and fit to have carried him over a large fenceat the bottom of it. His condition, it must be allowed, wasperfect. Not being able to be in two places at one time, I did notsee Radical till some minutes after he had come in, when Iperceived no symptoms of distress. He has all the appear-ance of a hunter, with immense powers in his thighs and was ridden in a snaffle bridle, and I understand he will goin no other. Indeed, I should imagine from an expression ofhis late owner, that he is not every ones horse. . Concerning that incident at the gate. Captain Ross gavean account which puts it in a some
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