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.[MW]