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THE WAEWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



[1862 



This reminds me that on a recent occasion I saw 

 a short-sighted man riding- in a crowded ride in covert, 

 when all in a moment he found his bridle, which was only 

 a single plain snaffle, snatched out of his hand. Someone 

 said, " You had better get off, sir," which he quickly did, to 

 find his rein quite tight underneath another horse's tail in 

 front of him, and after a good deal of amusement matters 

 were set to rights. — C. M. 



Mr. Spencer Lucy was a member of Arthur's Club. 

 One day he said to Lord Willoughby : "When I walk 

 about London people look at me sometimes as if I wasn't 

 of much account. They don't know I'm the owner of 

 Charlecote Park." This reminds us of Mrs. Walter 

 Verney's sketch below, which represents Major R. 

 Wilberforce Bird, of Barton House, on King Koffee. 

 He is asking-, " Where are the hounds ? " The rustics 

 reply, " Over the hill, my Lord." " Confound it," says 

 the Major, " there are so many lords about, these fellows 

 don't know 



A GENTLEMAN WHEN THEY SEE ONE. 



