FOX HUNTING. 6l 



SOME OF THE HARD RIDERS AND THEIR HORSES. 



Among the members of the club were many 

 good and fearless riders at this time, as there had 

 been in previous years. 



Our old friend, J. Howard Lewis Sr., had 

 always been a good horseman, and was the owner 

 of a number of fast trotting horses, among them 

 being his little bay mare, "Sunday," and with 

 which he won many a trotting race, usually under 

 saddle. Among his hunting horses he boasted of 

 "Old Jesse," "Old Billy," "Billy Mulligan," "Gab- 

 erlunzie," "Jackson," "Tam O'Shanter," "Ivan- 

 hoe" (or "Dan," as he was frequently called), 

 "Black Bess," and "Baalbec," and he was always 

 ready to give a mount to a friend. It was on his 

 horses that the first lady riders of this county fol- 

 lowed the Rose Tree pack. Howard tells many 

 good stories of his hunts, and among others he 

 tells of following the hounds, mounted on "Gaber- 

 lunzie," accompanied by Miss M., who rode the 

 mare, "Black Bess." The hounds were running 

 well with the fox not far ahead, and George Yar- 

 nall, who rode at 230 pounds, was in the advance, 

 when his horse struck a fence and down fell horse 

 and driver. Howard pressed on, and as he came 

 up to Yarnall, struggling on the ground, he saw 

 that he was vigorously kicking himself loose from 

 his fallen horse, and, knowing him to be strong and 



