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Mr. Lowndes had a hard-riding tenant named 

 Charles Higgins, who possessed a good deal of 

 knowledge of a kind very distasteful to a fox, and 

 could undertake the duties of a whipper-in in 

 assisting the Squire to catch one. He had a fine 

 voice, of which, however, he lost control at times. 

 I happened to be with the Squire in Shenley 

 Wood when a fox was just afoot ; Charles 

 galloped past us, screaming vehemently ; the 

 Squire, turning to me, said '' He is very tonguey, 

 but I shan't draft him." 



Although Mr. Lowndes did not ride hard he 

 was generally on the line, having an accurate 

 knowledge of the country ; and when he did come 

 up, he, like George Carter, knew what to do. 



Two good men, who were also good riders, 

 Colonel Hunt and Mr. John Foy, joined the 

 hunt. The Colonel rode well to hounds without 

 any fuss or hesitation. If anyone challenged 

 him, he was not slow to accept the invitation. 

 There was a gentleman then living in the hunt 

 who rode fearfully hard at ^ first, and he tried the 

 Colonel very much. One day this man started in 

 his old form ; at him the soldier went, and as he 

 passed me I said, '' Let him go, Colonel, he won't 

 last five minutes." At the first fence over he 

 went, and down he fell, the horse was up first. 



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