A horse-dealer, who lately effected a sale, was offered a bottle of port to confess the animal’s failings. The bottle was drank, and then he said the horse had but two faults. When turned loose in the field he was “ bad to catch,” and he was of “no use when he was caught.”
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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2179, 2 May 1870, Page 2
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53Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2179, 2 May 1870, Page 2
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