A Loose-Jointed Horse.
An old, 6teady-going farmer, somewhere in the midland counties, was accustomed to ride to the market town upon a rather bad-tempered horse. One day his man Bob brought the animal, who was especially vicious that morning, to the door, the horse trying to bite and kick, and giving a good deal of trouble. The farmer mouuted the horse with some difficulty, and began to walk it out of the yard, when Bob, who still entertained ill-feeling against the animal, picked up a stone and flung it at him. with all his force, but, alas ! his aim was erratic, and the missile struck his master on the head. Half-dazed for a moment, the farmer turned slowly in his saddle, and, not suspecting the real cause of the blow, he measured with his eye the horse's hind hoofs and his own head, and, settling himself in the saddle again, started off with the remark, " Well, he allus was an okkard beggar."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2009, 25 August 1892, Page 46
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162A Loose-Jointed Horse. Otago Witness, Issue 2009, 25 August 1892, Page 46
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