6S George Beers, Huntsman. 



many other fairners — whom, I consider, are the 

 backbone of the hunt — had now settled down as 

 foxhunters and fox-preservers over a good span of 

 country. Young men are very useful in taking off 

 the binders or the top-rail. 



Many more gentlemen whose names are too 

 numerous to mention had joined the hunt. Mr. 

 Harry Lightfoot was a very fine horseman, and a 

 good-looking man, with such a fine pair of black 

 whiskers ! he was a general favourite, particularly 

 with the ladies. One morning he appeared at the 

 meet minus his whiskers. 



''What on earth have you been doing?" I 

 exclaimed aghast. 



"Well," he ruefully replied, "last night some 

 of my friends were chaffing me about the whiskers, 

 and said I was very proud of them. I denied it, 

 and said I would sell them for very little ; the 

 bargain was struck and scissors produced ; they 

 cut off one side, and left me the extreme mortifi- 

 cation of cutting off the other myself. I only got 

 a 'fiver' for them, I would give ten 'fivers' for 

 them now ! ! " 



One morning Lord Southampton brought an 

 indictment to which Lightfoot and I were the 

 defendants. My lord began : 



" I wonder what I shall hear next?" He then 



