142 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 



the ground, and the sportsman appeared in the most 

 correct costume of the chase. But to be brief. We 

 had a very excellent run; and the riding of Mr. 

 Morgan, and the performance of his horse over a 

 very difficult country, were the admiration of a few 

 who could witness them — of which few I had the 

 good luck to make one. But now for another change 

 of the scene. " Who is this fine rider ? " said one. 

 " Where can he come from ? " said another. " Will 

 he sell his horse ? " asked a third. By accident it 

 was ascertained that it was the well-known Mr. 

 Morgan ; but he would not sell his horse, although 

 two hundred guineas were offered for him. I should 

 think the world never produced a more perfect 

 hunter ; and as a proof of his astonishing the natives, 

 the gentleman who offered the two hundred guineas 

 for him never before gave half that sum for a 

 horse. 



' It afterwards transpired that Mr. Morgan was 

 "incog." for a short time in the neighbourhood, 

 and, sportsman-like, was accompanied by his two 

 favourite hunters, though he dispensed with the 

 attendance of his groom.' 



Quite another kind of sportsman was the hero of 

 our next anecdote, though no one could have been a 

 more enthusiastic lover of the sport of fox-hunting. 



The sporting chimney-sweep was a well-known 

 character with the Duke of Beaufort's hounds some 

 fifty years ago. A country newspaper of the period 



