distinguished and distinguishable in the field. He was a 

 capital horseman, and very active in the saddle. The 

 wooden leg, so far from being any inconvenience to him, 

 appeared rather useful than otherwise, in creeping by 

 trees, gate-posts, etc., whenever he could contrive to 

 keep this succedaneum nearest to the obstruction. Jack 

 Raven was huntsman ; Skinner and Jones whipped in ; 

 and subsequently Joe Harrison. 



' Mr Meynell was somewhat particular in his diet, as 

 every one should be who cares for the preservation of 

 those capabilities for bodily exercise, 



"... Whose use 

 Depends so much upon the gastric juice." 



' He endeavoured to take the greatest amount of 

 nourishment in the smallest possible compass. His 

 usual hunting breakfast consisted of as much as a small 

 tea-cup would contain of a pound of veal, condensed to 

 that quantity. His pocket was always fortified with a 

 small bottle of stimulus, similar to that carried in the 

 present day ; but instead of eau-de-vie, curacoa, or cherry 

 bounce, it contained a far better stomachic, in the shape 

 of veritable tincture of rhubarb, to the use of which he 

 was much addicted.' 



The number of foxes killed during the last ten years 

 of Mr Meynell's mastership varied from twenty-seven to 

 forty-six brace, but it must be borne in mind that they 

 then hunted only three days per week throughout the 

 season, and it was very rarely that master or servants 

 were provided with more than one horse per day. 



Mr W. C. A. Blew, the able editor of the latest edition 

 of Mr Delme Radcliffe's invaluable work, supplies the 

 following, interesting note apropos of second horses : — 



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