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doubted it having been done by any others, come from where 

 they might. 



Lord Kelburne has a large racing stud, but I did not see the 

 cream of it Jerry being at Newmarket, let for the season ; and 

 Actseon sold to our late good king, for one thousand guineas. 

 There was a clever horse called Albany, very likely to get hunters, 

 several fine mares and colts, and Retriever and Retainer, by 

 Jerry, both then out of training. And the mention of the last 

 named horse reminds me of a circumstance much to the credit 

 of Mr. Fryer, veterinary surgeon, of Northallerton, of whom I 

 had occasion to speak in my Yorkshire Tour. He was sent for, 

 by his lordship, to fire Retainer, with the hopes of his coming 

 again to the post ; but, doubtful of the effect, he declined touch- 

 ing him. " I must fire him very deeply? said he, to Lord 

 Kelburne, " if I operate on him at all, and I candidly tell your 

 lordship, I should be doubtful of his standing training, if I do." 

 After looking over the stud, then, which he does every year, he 

 departed without using his irons at all. There is a beautiful 

 picture of Jerry in the drawing-room at Hawkhead ; also of 

 Actaeon, with Harry Edwards on his back, beating Memnon, 

 mounted by Chifney, both by Herring. 



As may be supposed, there were several colts and fillies of ail 

 ages in the paddocks and boxes at Hawkhead, but there was one 

 which was quite a curiosity on account of his size. He was by 

 Jerry, out of a small half-bred mare, and only two years old ; but 

 of such a prodigious height as to have been, in my opinion, well 

 qualified to be exhibited as a show. 



I must now look to my note-book for my proceedings during 

 my visit to Hawkhead, which I must preface with a few words : 

 it is a curious fact that, with the exception of Mr. DalyelPs, 

 every pack I hunted with in Scotland had a good run on the 

 first day of my going out with them, which occasioned several 

 of my kind friends to say, that I brought them good luck. That 

 such was the case with Lord Kelburne, the following account, 

 which appeared in the newspaper, of a run on Thursday the ninth 

 of March, being the day after my arrival, will pretty clearly 

 show. 



" On Thursday last, Lord Kelburne's hounds gave a brilliant 

 treat to their noble master and a small field of amateurs of this 

 city. Darnly Toll, five miles south of town, was the fixture for the 

 day ; but the morning proving unpropitious, the meet was post- 

 poned till twelve, by which time some of the wintry appearances 

 of the country had disappeared, and at half-past twelve the 

 hounds were thrown into Auchinbeck, a gorse cover near 

 Glandeston. Immediately heart -stirring notes proclaiming a 



