THE CHACE. 
Errington, the second son of Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart., 
of Cheshire, who now has them. 
The town of Melton furnishes an interesting scene on 
each hunting morning. At rather an early hour are to 
be seen groups of hunters, the finest in the world, setting 
out in different directions to meet different packs of 
hounds. Each sportsman sends forward two. On one 
is mounted a very light but extremely well-dressed lad, 
who returns home on his master's cover hack, or in the 
dickey of his carriage, if he has happened to be carried 
to cover in the more luxurious fashion. On the other 
hunter is a personage of a very different description. 
This is what is called the "second-horse man ;" he rides 
the second horse, which is to carry his master with the 
hounds after his having had one, or part of one, chace 
on the first. This description of servant is by no means 
easy to procure ; and he generally exhibits in his coun- 
tenance and demeanour something like a modest assu- 
rance that he possesses qualities of importance. In 
short, he must have some brains in his head ; be a good 
horseman, with a light hand ; be able to ride very well 
to hounds ; and, above all, he must have a good eye to, 
and a thorough knowledge of, a country, to enable him 
to give his master a chance of changing his horse in a 
run, and not merely when it is over. Lord Sefton 
brought this second-horse system into fashion at the 
time he hunted Leicestershire, when Jack Raven, a light 
weight, and son of his huntsman, the celebrated John 
Raven, huntsman to the still more celebrated Mr. Meynell, 
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