was in so Dad. took him for a recruiting officer as that is rthe way Pratt's letters have been addressed to me. However when I identified him Dad. showed him the sheep & horses and waa friendly enbough. Bill had hired a team and two seater sleigh from Faulkner and six of us went up, Nellie, Essie & Marj. Bill, Roy Dell & myself. I was appointed r=driver and so was in the front seat with Bill & Nellie. The nigh mare, Maud (which I think is the same mare Al. got from Walt McColl and which is widely known to be a devil) got started to go in a canter as soon as we started out and beofr ewe got to the herad of Main St. my arn was jyst about all in trying in vain to bring her down to a trot. Oncce we got on the Gravel she lengthened out into a full rumn and there seemed to be noway of gholding her I started stood up and seesawed and at last Bill took them till I got my gloves offf to get a better grip but he couldn;t hold them at all and then we each took a line, all this time poor Nellie was getting more frightened, this method of driving of canter had its disadvantages and maude got into a ditch and nearly upset us oncce and ~Bill had to get over in the middle to rest his arm ao i was sitting on the arm of the seat and came within an ace of falling out, however when we got up about to Barwell's place we struck some loose ground and then Maude