50 Hark Azuay. 



steadily along, come the Earl of Cork, the once 

 popular Master of the Buckhounds ; Mr. Dresden, 

 riding his neat white-legged bay horse, an admir- 

 able stepper ; Mr. George Rice, for so many years 

 known as one of the neatest horsemen in the world ; 

 Lord Worcester, taking a steady constitutional in 

 the Park, in order to keep in condition for his 

 arduous work in the ensuing hunting season ; Earl 

 Granville accompanied by his youthful daughter, 

 Colonel Chaplin, the Earl of March, Mr. Adrian 

 Hope, Mr. Roger Eykyn, Lord Rocksavage, and 

 Mr. Quallitt, all passing in quick succession. Mr. 

 George Cox rides his beautiful dark chesnut mare 

 specked with silver hairs, a perfect hack with 

 grand action and wonderful temper, for which any 

 amount of money has been vainly offered. Mr. 

 Behrens's handsome chesnut is, if I mistake not, 

 one of the many forming the large stud which 

 visits Melton every season ; and I remember Mr. 

 Lubbock at the best meets of the Quorn, the Cottes- 

 more, or the Bel voir, going in the first flight on one 

 of the handsome nags in his excellent stud. 



The preponderance of chesnut horses over others 

 is somewhat remarkable, nearly all the handsomest 

 and best that appear in the Row being of that colour. 

 What more delightful place than Hyde Park for a 

 quiet evening ride ? especially for those who do not 

 care to frequent the more fashionable and crowded 

 parts, and prefer the quiet ride by Kensington 

 Gardens, where they can indulge in a pleasant 

 canter, away from the throng of equestrians who 

 affect the Row. Observe that aristocratic, middle- 

 aged man on the compact, high-stepping, snaffle- 



