358 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



There was a \ery good heavy weight in Warwickshire, 

 of the name of E. T. Cockbill, a yeoman, who attended 

 regularly the Warwickshire hounds. He was a very good 

 sportsman, had a good eye to hounds, and generally had 

 three slapping hunters in his stable. I never saw him 

 without a martingal to his bridle — a blemish, I admit — 

 * Don't talk to me, (he would say,) of the danger or incon- 

 venience of a martingal ; with it I can make my horses put 

 their feet where I like — without it they often put their feet 

 where they like, and then I get a tumble, and I falls heavy.' 

 Cockbill, welter as he was, was always in his place, which 

 was a good one, and sometimes not on the best of cattle. 

 I will also go one step further and say, that many a valuable 

 young strong horse has lost his chance of becoming a hunter, 

 by not having had this sturdy yeoman for his owner. 



There was a very heavy man in Warwickshire, some 

 years since, who rode well to hounds. I think he could not 

 be tinder 20 stone. I allude to Mr. H. Roberts, who 

 resided at Stratford- on- Avon, and was, for many years, a 

 constant attendant on the Warwickshire hounds. 



Mr. Vaughton, who resides near Coventry, is a very 

 good man of his weight, about 1 8 stone, and a thrusting 

 rider. 



Mr. J. Venour was one of the best men over Warwick- 

 shire, in the early part of Mr. Corbet's limiting it. He 

 particularly distinguished himself on a little horse called 

 Hero, which I sold him when in my teens. 



The late Mr. R. Bradley, of Warwickshire, a famous 

 horse-dealer, rode in a way that stamped him one of the 

 finest horsemen of any age. His fine riding sold him scores 

 of hunters at very long prices, and was the occasion of very 



