34 SPORT WITH 



Jones^, Whalley^, Lumleys, Huntsman*, with each other did 



compete ; 

 There's Osbert^, Charlton^, Otter^ and Ellis^ can't be beat. 

 But when hounds once were running, why enumerate the rest 

 When Francis^ and my lady^^ went decidedly the best ! ! 



Now circhng by Bole Guide Post, to Beckingham he ran. 

 And when at Walkeringham Thorns our Master led the van 

 Across the rail and back again, our fox he quickly flew 

 And, skirting down the broad high road, Tod Naylor came in 

 view. 



Tod Naylor on his chestnut still pounds along the lanes, 

 But somehow never to the hounds gets nearer for his pains ; 

 And as he always dreaded lest he should get a spill, 

 Contents himself to view the run from top of Gringley Hill. 



The Aston squire is full of ride, and through the mud did 



spatter, 

 But ere the run was half-way o'er all asked him, " Who's 



your hatter ? " 

 For, charging at a rasping fence, his mare fell prone and flat ; 

 Upon his head Verelst he stands, and telescoped his hat. 



Weep, weep, ye Badsworth sportsmen at the story that I tell. 

 How riding at the Saundby brook your gallant Master ^^ fell, 

 Its rotten banks and waters deep engulfed his strugghng steed, 

 He's left there to lament his fate and watch the chase past 

 speed. 



Now Misterton is quickly past and stretching wide and far. 

 To our disgusted eyes appears the far-famed Gringley Carr, 

 And panting steeds and heaving flanks attest the pace we've 



come — 

 But forrard ! forrard ! still we cry, the fun is not yet done. 



The hounds are running fiercely and the pace begins to tell ; 

 Will nothing stop our dauntless fox, who runs so straight and 



well ? 

 For now we are at Cornley, and from its farm we spy 

 The sleepy river Idle, which idles idly by. 



iR. H. Jones, Esq., Badsworth eNicholas Charlton, Esq., Chilwell 



Hall. Hall. 



aCapt. R. Whalley. 'R. C Otter, Esq. 



^Viscount Lumley. seIHs D. Gosling, Esq. 



*H. Huntman, Esq. »F. Monckton. 



"Hon. Osbert Lumley. ^ « Viscountess Galway. 

 lie. B. Wright, Esq. 



