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carriage-horse breeding in the North Cumberland breeders 

 Shropshire hunters Irish" horses Fifteen two Leading 

 horse dealers Old Shropshire sires The cracks of Will 

 Staples 3 day Welsh hunters Irish hunter sires Irish 

 fairs Leaping education Sir Kichard Sutton's Shankton 

 Principal Irish " colt" buyers Mr. Assheton Smith's 

 Fire King The stock of Pandolpho Yorkshire hunter 

 sires Lincolnshire to wit Its Quicksilvers Nailer 

 Death of Ploughboy Accident and last moments of Will 

 Smith Steeple-chase between Tom Brooks and Field 

 Nicholson Cannon Ball Sir Tatton Sykes Yivalda 

 Will Williamson's particulars Mundig Sir Richard Sut- 

 ton's hunters Augur The Julius Caesars Limner The 

 Belzoni blood High prices Lord Alvanley Mr. Gurney 

 on Sober Eobin Mr. George Marriott and his Old Prince 

 Jumping whims Changes in the rates of Discount The 

 Quorn sale " The Squire's" beginning in Holderness 

 Great Lincolnshire day Mr. Conyers and Jem Morgan 

 Clinker and his recognition of Dick Christian Assheton 

 His trial with Dick Burton Running a cur Jack-o'-Lan- 

 tern Mr. Musters's style of riding Clashing of The 

 Quorn and Mr. Musters Tom Day's claim for the fox Mr. 

 Smith on The Clipper Neasdon Paddocks Lottery The 

 grey Peter Simple Cigar The earliest crack riders with 

 The Quorn Modern Melton horses Arab sires Leaping 

 feats Energy of Will Goodall Bill Wright's preparation 

 for a steeple chase Lottery v. The Nun Knightley's leap 

 Sir Charles Knightley giving Mr. Gurney a lead Benvo- 

 lio and Sir Marinel Boadicea dam of Banter Norfolk 

 cobs Hampshire and Suffolk hunter sires Weatherbit 

 Captain Barlow's stud Proneness of farmers to use " cheap 

 and nasty" sires " Getting the mouth up" The Melton 

 hunting blood Tom Sebright's favourites The great 

 Raunds Meadow run Hunter breeding at Badminton 

 Black Sultan "The Squire" on Grimaldi Milkman and his 

 doings with Will Long The Berkeley Blood Royal Harry 

 Ayris's test Gloucestershire and Cheshire sires Joe Maiden 

 and Pevorett Mr. Wilbraham Tollemache The Darley 

 Gorse day Corporal Lord George Bentinck's remark on 

 Miss Elis's tail Maiden's leg amputation Restoration to 

 the saddle with an American leg The Tarporley men The 

 Cheshire pack " Ranger ! hoy ! Ranger 1" Bill Gaff and 

 his hounds The Cheshire madness . 232 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Auld Lang Syne. 



Our forefathers Meynell's style of hunting Running hare 

 Lord Monson's hounds Lord Lonsdale's Mr. John 



