304 The Earl of Jersey. 



secretary, has done good service for the hunt, and 

 his efforts are greatly appreciated. 



Lord Lawrence, Major Green, Mr. Dewar, and 

 Colonel Williamson hunted for many seasons with 

 the Bicester, and rode well. 



The Earl of Jersey. 



A name greatly revered for generations is that 

 of Lord Jersey, and the bearers of it were famous 

 as good landlords, and also as capital riders. 



No pen of mine can do justice to the present 

 lord. I once heard an American say that 'he had 

 licked all Varginie ! ' and, extending his arm, he 

 exclaimed, " Cast iron ! pillar of marble ! double- 

 jointed all the way through ! my father licked all 

 Varginie, and I licked my father !! " And so it 

 is that, good as all the Jerseys have been, the 

 present earl beats them all, and I hope he may 

 live long to be the " pillar of marble " he is to the 

 Bicester Hunt ! and it is very satisfactory to hear 

 that Lord Villiers is carrying on the riding qualifi- 

 cation of the family. 



The farmers do not stand in need of praise ; 

 with Mr. Edward Paxton as leader, Messrs. 

 Waters, Owen Clarke, Harper, Nichols, Leppei, 

 Busby, Tomes, Barge, Warr, Hinton, Godwin, 

 Rogers, Sanders, Terrys, Roper, Lester, John 



