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Southland Times, Issue 676, 29 May 1867, Page 2

1 BBEAKma in B»TTTAiiiTy. — Take a peep at | the horrors perpetrated "at" most hours in any of i out: Jecond;classl stables, 'where, .. as.La:busine'ss, f . jhorses are put into harness. You perceive ai rattling shandradan with^a broten-kneed, broteniwinded, «bt"6teh-hcaffe"d' ; old "iiag, f: yclept the i'lbreak-hosej^-festened -thereunto ; a- young -on&---jwhose sole]introdiU|CtiQn to the npy«l ; duty about }to be required of him haV been '"a walk round the [yard ih his harness, is afbnce placed alongside : . his strangematei buckled uprand strttpjred^dpwn. '.A " huge Boeotian," half clad, his dirfy shirt [sleeves rolled up to his "elbows, his neither esitremiticsi bound '"in dull dilapidated boots "embrowned by time," ■ such as Macaulay tells us Great Frederick affected, mounts the vehicle,"let'em go" he shouts, -and as the poor beast bewildered and uncertain in his, to him, strange, position, hesitates to advance, down comes; the 'heavy whip on his hapless ribs with tremendous emphasis, hesitatingly you ask of an oily-haired admiring spectator " can this man drive ?" and receive the reassuring declaration, " my word, no fear, he can cut a b y horse to pieces. — " Sporting Life,"