34 Mr. Chaloner and Mr. Hustler. 



There is a picture of him at Danby, painted by WilHam Shaw, 

 in 1753, with his jockey by his side. It is to be hoped, how- 

 ever, the horse was not hke his representation on canvas, for 

 here he has nearly all the points a horse should not have, and 

 few of the essential qualifications of a racehorse. On the 

 mile-post in the picture is painted "/i,o5o," and the tradition 

 in the family is that he won a five hundred guineas a-side 

 match; but the " Racing Calendar " is silent on the subject. 

 According to the " Turf Bible," he was eventually sold to 

 Lord March, and afterwards to Captain Vernon ; but the 

 probability is that, owing to the penal laws (according to which 

 no Papist could own a horse above the value of ^'5, or, to 

 speak more correctly, was liable to have him claimed for that 

 figure), he was entered in these gentlemen's names. 



Mr. Chaloner (to continue the list of original Hurworth 

 Hunt members) lived at Guisboro' Hall, where his father 

 had kept a pack of hounds. A picture of the latter in full 

 hunting kit is still preserved by his successors there. The 

 hunt was established some time prior to 1800. Regarding this 

 pack and its Master, Colonel R. Chaloner, M.P., some time 

 ago, wrote to me : — 



" The Mr. Chaloner is, I imagine, my great-great-grand- 

 father, William Chaloner, who kept a pack of hounds here 

 before the Cleveland Hunt started, and of whom I have a 

 picture in my dining-room, in a red coat with blue collar 

 (which, oddly enough, is now the uniform of the members of the 

 Cleveland Hunt). He was born on August 24th, 1745, and 

 died May 8th, 1793." 



Mr. Hustlar (sic Hustler) was of Acklam Hall, which his 

 successors are, at the time of writing, thoroughly renovating, 

 prior to occupancy. The picturesque old place, with its fine 



