The Badminton Magazine 1899-04: Vol 8 Iss 45 (1899)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 80
with the horses struggling and rearing below him. The groom and I contrived to back them, and by so doing caused the reins to unwind themselves from the axle. ‘It was my fault,’ said Mr. Shute, hauling them in as fast as we could give them to him, ‘I broke the reins yesterday, and these are the… … As we neared the town of Drumcurran the fact that we were on our way toa horse fair became alarmingly apparent. It is impossible to imagine how we pursued an uninjured course through the companies of horsemen, the crowded carts, the squealing colts, the irresponsible led horses, and, most immutable…
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