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When Major Elwon gave up in 1868, he was presented 

 with a large picture, which shows some of the followers of the 

 Hurworth and Raby of that day. The picture bears the 

 inscription : " Presented to Major T. L. Elwon by the 

 members of the Hurworth and Raby Hunts in 1868." 



I fancy this picture, which for long hung in his rooms at 

 the Alexandra Hotel, at Saltburn, is preserved at Middles- 

 brough. On it he is shown mounted on a chestnut horse, 

 " Catterick," which he bought from Mr. Cookson. The animal 

 had a history. In these days they had an excellent horse 

 show at Catterick, supported by John Jackson, the Hutchinsons, 

 and others ; and Mr. Parrington was at the show just before he 

 commenced his first season with the Hurworth. Mr. Hutchin- 

 son said to him, " I have a horse you should buy. Teddy 

 can't manage him, and won't ride him, and it's now September 

 and he's running out yet." Always ready for a horse deal, Mr. 

 Parrington said : " Then let's get a halter and a server of corn, 

 and go catch him." The halter and corn were taken but the 

 horse (which was by " Augur," and had three or four crosses of 

 blood in him) had a distinct objection to being caught, and try 

 as they would, drive him into corners as they would, get as 

 near him as they could he always threw his head up, "cracked" 

 at the nose, and trotted away at the crucial moment when the 

 ** co-ops " and " wo he's a beauty " were the most hopeful and 

 endearing. However, Mr. Parrington saw plenty to make him 

 like the horse, and his style, and so bought him in the rough for 

 £100^ and had him sent on to Hurworth the next day. He was 

 duly "physicked," shod, and his tail and mane attended to, but 

 his course of " readying " was not a very long one for, as 

 luck would have it, the other three horses Mr. Parrington had 

 caught a distemper of some sort which affected their throats. 

 His old groom blistered them with mustard and ammonia — a 



