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Shortly after his purchase of "Scatter Brains," Mr. Holroyd appeared at a popular meet of the Harriers, got up in unimpeachable boots and breeches, but somewhat spoiling the effect, by carrying the prescribed ashplant. He and his mount were critically scanned by the sporting community -- who sat ranged along the top of a low wall, bordering the road, and subsequently pursued on foot.
The grey horse was unanimously approved of, "passed," and pronounced to be a grand one and a goer, and invidious comparisons were audibly drawn between him and an old "Stageen," on which another gentleman was mounted. All at once, a shrill gossoon exclaimed, as if announcing a most portentous discovery: