St. Mary's beacon., 1857-11-26

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1ou snaA have two. instances, Two over
wneimina insfancea. Let me start ths
nral pfslhese i,y asking, whAtis the dis
.inguisning quality which the Shetland
rony has affoeased 10 himself. and /:
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swer ~ Your face. il IS The quality OF be-
lnnS sore Footedsa lie processes 10. have
Otner Virtues, such rs aIIafsiiness and
strength. which you may discover on
er'ai; but The one thing which he IN siSts
on your believing when you get on his
back. is that he may be safely depended
on not 10 tumble down with you. Very
good. Some years ago, was in Shet-
land with party offriends. They iusis-
ted on taking me with them to the Top of
a Precipice that overhung the sea. II
was great distance of, but they all de-
termlned to walk TO it except me. Iwas
wiser then Than / was with you at Car
rock. and / determined to be. carried 10
the pseciplce. There was no. carr age
road IN the ISLAND, and nobody offered
I'm consequences. asI suppose, ofthe i,n-
perfectly -civiiised state of the country)
to bring me in 4 sedsn-chair, which is
naturally what | should have liked best.
A Shetland pony was produced instead
remembered my Natural History, Ire-
called popular report, and got on the
httie beasts back. as any other man
would have. doue in my position, placing
implicit confidence in soreness of his
feet And how did he repay that conf.
dencf? Brother Frantis. carry your
mind on from morning till noon. Pic
ture bowling wilderness of grass aud
bog bounded by low stony hills. Pick ou,
one spot IN that imaginary scene. and
sketch me IN il, with out-stfetched arms,
curved back, aud heels in the cir, plung.
ing headtoremost into a black patch of
water aud n1ud. Place Just behind me
the legs, The body, and the head of a
srre-footed Shetland pony, all stretched
tiat on the ground. and you will have.
produced an accurate representation OF
g. ? very la@sntsd d hGt t the iaaFaI
to testify that when gentlemen put conf
jenee in. the legs of shetland ponies,
they will End to their cost that they ase
leaning on nothing but broken reeds.
"My second instance is more ,appro-
pirate TO the present time and place, for
it refers to race-hurse Two years ago
an excellent friend of mine, W ho was de-
sirous of prevailing On me to take regu-
lar exercise. and who was well enough
scqu ,inted with the weakness of my legs
to expect no very active compliance with
his wishes on their part. offered TO make
me present of one of his horses. Hear
ing that the animal in question had start
ed 10 life on the turf, declined accept.
ing the gift with many thanks; adding,
ILy way of explanations, that l looked. on .
rdcc-horse as kind cf embodied hurri-
cane, upon which no sane man of my
character and habits could be expected
TO seat himself. My friend replied that,
however appropriate metaphor might be
as applied to race-horses in general, j.
was singularly unsuitable as applied 10 the
particular horse which be proposed to
give me-. From foal upwards this re-
remarkable animal had been the ,diest
and most sluggish Of his race. Whatever
capacities for speed he might possess he
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