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understand, but perceived in the distance, that our
President's leader had managed to bring his head where
his tail should be, and appeared as if discussing
matters with his driver, who quickly wheeled him
into line again.

The Vice would willingly pass censure as lightly
as possible upon any member of the club, but
cruelty to animals being punishable by law, he
considers it incumbent upon him to declare that
a member not having the fear of "the Martin Act"
before his Eyes, did raise himself in his sleigh and
seizing the splasboard in the left hand and his
whip in the right, did castigate, belabour, and cruelly
maltreat, his unfortunate bay charger, so lustily
did he lay on that, his whip was shattered to the winds
except the piece which he grasped in his hand, but
this member appeared to act upon the principle that
"a bird that can sing, and won't sing, must he made
sing" and then there was such a loosing of his cap at
one moment, his buffalo robes at another, then his
traces became unhooked, so that in consequence the
three last sleighs were no where -

The Vice would now gladly close his report but having
a great respect for truth and candour, he must again
state that another member of the club imagining all
difficulties passed was amusing himself at the attempts
of the Gentleman just mentioned to quicken the pace of
his horse, when very much to his astonishment the laugh
was turned against himself, by the upsetting of his own
sleigh, and by his measuring his full length in a
snow drift thereby teaching him a lesson, not to be
too ready, to enjoy the difficulties that others may
be placed in, he picked himself up again, but not
until his horse had freed himself from his harness