THE REV. JOHN RUSSELL. 43 



Now it was, for the first time, that Russell 

 met those celebrated brothers, Mr. Rawlinson, of 

 Chadlington, and Mr. Lindo, a pair of resolute 

 and brilliant horsemen who were not to be 

 beaten in any country. The former will also 

 be remembered as the owner of Revenge and 

 Ruby, and subsequently of Coronation, winner 

 of the Derby in 1841 ; while, of the latter, it is 

 scarcely too much to sa}^ that every hunting 

 man in the kingdom either knew him personally 

 or knew him by his portrait, which, admirably 

 painted by some sporting artist, appeared in all 

 the print-shops of town and country at that 

 period. Even on snuff-boxes Mr. Lindo might 

 have been seen standing up in his stirrups, and 

 going "a slapping pace" on his famous horse 

 the Clipper — a horse so quick at his fences, 

 that it was said he could "go a mile and a 

 half over a country while others were going a 

 mile." 



But the man of all others who attracted the 

 admiration of our Oxonians was Sir Henry 

 Peyton, the second baronet of that name. He 

 had driven four greys to the meet, and with 

 characteristic good-nature had entered at once 

 into a horse-and-hound conversation with Russell, 

 whose impatience at not seeing the hounds he 

 had observed with no little sympathy. 



" Tis a north-easter, keen as a knife," said 

 the baronet, pointing with his crop to the very 



