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of the proverbial pair of boots, and would ride 

 nothinGf but thorousfhbred ones, and for some in- 

 scrutable reason, would only ride mares. He was 

 a good huntsman, very quick, and showed a 

 capital average of sport."^^" A man of few words, 

 he had a Avonderful keen perception, and was 

 perhaps as jfine a specimen of a jealous rider as 

 ever existed, for if a visitor came to have a day 

 with the pack he would not take his horse a yard 

 out of his line, and did not go home satisfied 

 unless he had ' pounded ' the stranger. 



He was turned eighty years old when his por- 

 trait, which is in the possession of Mr, W. Kendall, 

 of Ness, was painted, and had to be lifted on to 

 his horse for that purpose ; but judging from the 

 painting, however infirm he might have become, 

 his eye had lost none of its fire, and he looks as 

 if, given a fox, he would be ready to cheer on 

 the favourite hounds that surround him as in the 

 days of his youth, 



Mr. Kendall, of Ness, was master for several 

 years and hunted his own hounds, and on his 

 retirement in 1853 he obtained the appointment 

 of huntsman for Jack Parker, who has remained 

 in office ever since. His nephew, Mr. Tom 

 Kendall, was master, and so far as sport was 

 concerned matters went on swimmingly. Sub- 

 scriptions, however, were badly paid, and the 

 hunt was in embarassed circumstances when Mr. 

 '•' We tried to obtain an account of some of his runs, but in vain. 



