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While he was drinking or drunk, the work was at a stand; the smithy-door, locked or open, as chance directed; his tools and materials, articles left for repair, every thing it contained at the mercy of whoever chose to go in to steal or destroy. He burned one horse's foot, ran a nail through another, paired a third to the quick, and, in short, lamed and tortured many a worthy animal far more respectable than himself.

From: Pierce Egan's BOOK OF SPORTS, and MIRROR OF LIFE: embracing THE TURF, THE CHASE, THE RING AND THE STAGE; interspersed with ORIGINAL MEMOIRS OF SPORTING MEN, ETC. Published 1836.

Description

While he was drinking or drunk, the work was at a stand; the smithy-door, locked or open, as chance directed; his tools and materials, articles left for repair, every thing it contained at the mercy of whoever chose to go in to steal or destroy. He burned one horse's foot, ran a nail through another, paired a third to the quick, and, in short, lamed and tortured many a worthy animal far more respectable than himself.

From: Pierce Egan's BOOK OF SPORTS, and MIRROR OF LIFE: embracing THE TURF, THE CHASE, THE RING AND THE STAGE; interspersed with ORIGINAL MEMOIRS OF SPORTING MEN, ETC. Published 1836.