192 Hark Away. 



would have suited my book exactly had I been a 

 purchaser. Any one wanting to make np a stud 

 when the frost breaks up will do well to visit Mr. 

 Sherley, for though, no doubt, those horses that I 

 saw for sale will have gone, being a style of animal 

 that would not be likely to hang on hand long, they 

 will be replaced by animals of similar quality, and 

 any one wanting to hire will be able to get a mount 

 on a useful horse in good condition, that will carry 

 him well to hounds if he means business. In 

 vain was my visit ; the weather changed again, 

 and the result is that I am frost-bound still, and 

 likely so to be. 



It is no use, however, grumbling ; so I deter- 

 mined to pay a long-promised visit to Cricklewood, 

 in order to look over the stud of the Andover and 

 Weyhill Horse Company, who have retained the 

 services of Messrs. Newman and Lansley to conduct 

 the sales at Andover and Cricklewood. Conveniently 

 placed is this neatly and cleverly arranged establish- 

 ment, being directly opposite the the Childs Hill 

 Station of the Midland Railway, and though not 

 more than three miles from Hyde Park Corner, it 

 possesses no less than 200 acres of grass land, over 

 which the horses are shown to intending purchasers. 

 An advantage that can be readily appreciated is 

 that of having natural fences for the nags to jump, 

 and several big fields to gallop across, enabling a 

 buyer to have a real trial of any animal he may fix 

 his mind on. 



A row of well-constructed, roomy boxes, con- 

 taining a lot of first-class hunters, was the first part 

 visited, and as each horse was stripped I had an 



