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THE BEDALE HOUNDS IN 1838. 



Here's to the old ones of fox-hunting fame, 

 Cleveland, Kalph Lampton and Harewood ; 



Here's to the young ones that after them came 

 Who will not say that they are good. 



Here's to the master, (i) well skilled in the art 



To kill an old fox in all weathers ; 

 Here's to the riders, all ready to start, 



Brilliant in boots and in leathers. 



Here's to the hounds, all vigour and bone, 



In condition excelling all others ; 

 Here's to old Barwick,(2) who stands quite alone 



In cheering them on thro' the covers. 



Here's to the Sportsmen, I give you each name, 

 Their feats and their fortunes in detail ; 



North Riding heroes, all eager for fame. 

 To be reaped in the country of Bedale. 



On Borderer mounted see Milbank ride. 



Three hundred won't buy such a horse, sir ; 

 Limbs with no check to their freedom of stride, 



Wind without whistle or cough, sir. 



*' Tally Ho ! Toot a toot ! he is gone," says the squire — 



Let any one catch them who can, sir : 

 Who rides with my hounds a good horse will require, 



And himself he must be a good man, sir. 



Here's to the Duke,(3) if he leads not still Leeds, 



To borrow a joke from his grace, sir; 

 A nobleman true, both in word and in deeds. 



And the firmest support of the chase, sir. 



I. Mr. Milbank, of Thorp Perrow, died 1883. 2. Mr. Milbank's first whip. 



3. The 6th Duke of Leeds, of whom Lord Darlington says, "The bril- 

 liancy of the duke of Leeds's strict and assiduous preservation of the noble 

 animal, the fox, showed forth most conspicuously to-day, and was as bright 

 a gem as any in his grace's star, and most thankfully acknowledged by me." 



