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rather late in life, but he liked it so much, despite his 

 weight, 19 St., that he became quite a thruster over 

 a country, and was bad to beat over timber. No 

 better man ever crossed Leicestershire than Mr. 

 Little Gilmour, whose walking weight, so I have 

 always heard, was 16 st. 4 lb., and he rode 17 st. 4 lb. 

 On a stallion called Garibaldi he was often at his 

 best, but before the latter had taken his degree he 

 had some very noted favourites with all the ability to 

 carry his weight. There was Colonel Wyndham 

 too, riding 20 st. in Leicestershire in a manner that 

 few could beat, and at the present time even there is 

 a sportsman, Mr, T. Tyler, of Loughborough, weigh- 

 ing 24 St., and he has gone well with the Quorn right 

 up to date. Mr. Tyler had the honour of selling 

 Magic to the Prince of Wales. It was in Lord 

 Sefton's reign as Master of the Quorn that the 

 custom came in of having second horses out, his 

 lordship, being a very heavy weight, considering that 

 a long run was too much for one horse, and that it 

 gave also the additional advantage of having a fresh 

 horse for an afternoon fox, Lincolnshire has been 

 noted ere now for several good sportsmen of welter 

 dimensions, and amongst them was Mr. E, Davey, 

 the owner of Gay Lad, He stood about six feet two 

 inches, and determining on one occasion to ride Gay 

 Lad himself, as he was not satisfied with the way 

 Captain Skipworth had ridden him, he set about 

 reducing himself from I5st, to 12 st, and it is said 

 he did it. At any rate, he rode Gay Lad at the 



