(o) Fellows v. Gordon, 8 B. Mon. 415 ; Ferguson v. Porter, 8 Fla. 27. See note (l), supra.

(p) Wilson v. Brett, 11 M. & W. 113. This was an action on the case for negligence in riding the plaintiff's horse. The plaintiff had intrusted the horse in question to the defendant, requesting him to ride it to Peckham, for the purpose of showing it for sale to a Mr. Margetson. The defendant rode the horse to Peck-ham, and, for the purpose of showing it, took it into the East Surrey race-ground, where Mr. Margetson was engaged with others playing the game of cricket; and there, in consequence of the slippery nature of the ground, the horse slipped and fell several times, and in falling broke one of his knees. It was proved that the defendant was a person conversant with and skilled in horses. Rolfe, B., before whom the cause was tried, told the jury that, under the circumstances, the defendant, being shown to be a person skilled in the management of horses, was bound to take as much care of the horse as if he had borrowed it. And the Court of Exchequer held this instruction to be correct. Parke, B., said: "I think the