MR. CONVKKS S HORSEMANSHIP. IO5 



heart, and I feel peculiarly grateful to the committee 

 who have exerted themselves so energetically, and have 

 got up this entertainment in so admirable a style. 

 With all mv heart I thank you all. I am threescore 

 and ten, and must soon take my departure ; but it is 

 consolatory for me to know that I leave behind me 

 young, noble, and high-spirited men, who will do better 

 with a pack of hounds than I can. I can say, howe\-er, 

 with all truth and sincerity, that I never spared either 

 trouble or expense to uphold, in a becoming manner, 

 our great national sport. I have spent one hundred 

 thousand pounds on that noble amusement, but 1 have 

 been supported in such a flattering manner by the 

 county that I cannot regret having done so. I can 

 only hope that it will please God to continue my 

 health to me (I am glad to say I am getting the better 

 of my fall), and that I may again enjoy in your society 

 the noble sport to which we are all so much attached. 

 May God bless you all — yourselves, your families, and 

 all that are dear to you, and may you be happy for 

 ever I 



So far as can be gathered, Mr. Conyers, sharpened 

 up probably by his periodical visits to the Midlands in 

 his soldier days, was somewhat of a " dashing " horseman 



