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prizes as a two, three, and foiir-year-old. He is 

 a very compact horse and a beautiful mover, and 

 in Mr. Darrell's hands is sure to develope into a 

 first-class performer across country. 



Mr. Darrell's is, perhaps, one of the largest 

 establishments in Yorkshire for the sale of hunters, 

 and there is seldom a day through the season that 

 five or six horses are not out with hounds. 



Hunters and thoroughbreds are the only horses 

 in which he deals, notwithstanding that he is a 

 good all round judge ; but he does a large trade 

 in them, and we question whether he would be 

 able to find time to develope his trade in any 

 other direction. 



That he is a first-rate sportsman goes without 

 saying ; an early start for a fourteen miles ride 

 for a day's cub-hunting is a mere matter of detail, 

 and as for going home, the proper time to do that, 

 he holds, is to go home when the hounds go. 

 Such beingf the case, it is not to be Avondered at 

 that clever hunters are to be found in abundance 

 in the stalls and boxes at West Ay ton. 



