CHAPTEE VII. 



THE HON. CAPT. JOHNSTONE'S HOUNDS AND 

 COUNTRY. 



The Country — Favourite Fixtures — A Scratch 

 Pack — A Triumvirate — An Undress Rehearsal — 

 Squire Hill — His Son — Mr. Harcourt Johnstone 

 — Capt. Johnstone — Dick Russell — The Hounds 

 AND Entry — A Good Run — The Point to Point 

 Steeplechase — Mr. James Darrell — Show Horses 

 — Paddy Shiel. 



All men of sport that do resort 

 The wily fox to slay. 



Old Huntini/ Sony. 



Oh, give me the man to whom naught comes amiss, 

 One horse or another, that country or this, 

 Through falls and bad starts, who undauntedly still, 

 Rides up to the motto, ' Be with them I will.' 



Ei/erton Warburtoii. 



As a nursery of famous sportsmen the country 

 over which Captain Johnstone rules stands pre- 

 eminent. Here were born and trained the late 

 Mr. Kichard Hill, of Thornton, and his son, Mr. 

 John Hill ; and here the Squiie par excellence, 

 Mr. George Osbaldeston, was initiated into the 

 mysteries of that sjDort of which in after-life he 

 became so great a proficient. The country is not 



