Our first deal in horseflesh in Manitoba. Canada. Cartoons 1892 ILN full page

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Our first deal in horseflesh in Manitoba 1. Three colonial settlers, pining for lady society, on their way to a Lawn-tennis party at " The Cross, " are chaffed by a gig-keeping neighbour because they go on foot. 2. Next week they buy a "plug, " which in the local dialect, being interpreted, ineans some kind of horse, 2. The untamed animal which none of them could ride, is harnessed to a "buckboard, " and proves not less dificult to dirve, 4. Catastrophe in driving - though tim held the ribbons, while Joe and I held the horse in check, 5. And this was the experince of attempting to ride: an enteratining spectacle for the lawn-tennis party, 6. One of us was deputed to offer the "plug" for sale to any neighbour wanting a safe and serviceable beast. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Unsigned . Provenance: The Illustrated London News. Type: Antique wood-engraved print. Illustrated London News full page from 2 April 1892.