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a later period, record a famous run with them. One of his 

 best hunters was Red Coat, on which an excellent portrait 

 of him has been painted. 



The Honourable E. Chandos Leigh, Q.C., was devoted to 

 hunting-, and was a conspicuously fine rider, always in 

 the front rank notwithstanding his weight of 15st. We 

 are indebted to him for some excellent descriptions of 

 good runs, and we shall record that he was one of few who 

 were at the finish of several famous runs. One of his best 

 hunters was Red Coat, above mentioned, which he bought 

 from Mr. Holland Corbett. 



Lord Camperdown was for many years one of the best 

 supporters of the Warwickshire. He was a very hard 

 rider, and particularly fond of jumping water. On more 

 than one occasion on the same horse he succeeded in getting 

 over very wide brooks which were not jumped clear by 

 anyone else. He thought nothing of hunting at Slniclxhurgh 

 from Weston House, and riding home again. I remember 

 1864, when, as Lord Duncan, he made a gallant fight for 

 the Liberal party. He went to the house of a farmer, who 

 had for years been an ardent Conservative, and asked him 

 for his vote, but he naturally received a reply in the 

 negative. In the meantime they sat Aoww to luncheon, 

 and during the rej^ast the farmer said, pointing to a round 

 of beef, of wdiicli only part had been eaten, " My lord, if 

 you will finish that round of beef, I will vote for you," 

 meaning this, no doubt, as a joke. Lord Duncan by slow 

 degrees finished it before lea^dng the table, and told the 

 astonished farmer " that he must be as good as his word," 

 and such was undoubtedly the case, for he gave him his 

 vote on the polling day, amidst much chaff from his OAvn 

 friends on both sides. In the meantime, thinking the 

 farmers' vote safe in the Conservative interest, I did more 

 urgent Avork which was required in the neighbourhood 

 first, and did not call upon him for some time. When I 

 did so I was showTi into the parlour, where his two 

 dauo'liters were, until his arrival, as he was out on the 

 farm. After talking to them for a few minutes one of 



