THE CHACE. 
harmony and friendship; and a sort of veneration has 
been paid by them to the recollection of the former 
members, as the following anecdotes will prove : The 
same plate is now in use which was purchased when the 
club was established (for there are none of the ' certa- 
mina dimtiarum' no ostentatious displays at the table 
of the Old Club, though every thing is as good, of its 
kind, as a first-rate cook can produce, and the wines are 
of the best quality), and even trifles are regarded with 
a scrupulous observance. A small print of the late 
Samuel Chiffney, on 'Baronet*,' was placed against the 
wall by the Hon. George Germaine, so distinguished as 
a most excellent sportsman, as well as a rider over a 
country or a race-course, in the latter accomplishment 
perhaps scarcely excelled by any gentleman jockey ; and 
although, since it was first affixed, the room has under- 
gone more than one papering and repairing, yet the 
same print, in the same frame, and on the same nail, 
still hangs in the same place. 
'The rivets were not found that joined us first, 
That do not reach us yet ; we were so mixed, 
We were one mass, we could not give or take 
But from the same, for he was I I he.' " 
There have lately sprung up two junior clubs at 
Melton. The one called the New Club, occupying the 
house formerly the residence of Lord Alvanley, opposite 
that excellent inn called the George Hotel, is composed 
* Baronet was a celebrated racer, belonging to George the Fourth, 
when Prince of Wales. 
