But on the whole, to general admiration,
He acquitted both himself and horse: the Squires
Marvelled at merit of another nation;
The boors cried “Dang it! who’d have thought it?”—Sires,
The Nestors of the sporting generation,
Swore praises, and recalled their former fires;
The Huntsman’s self relented to a grin,
And rated him almost a whipper-in.