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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



had a history, and a reputation for timber. Mr. Hill, without 

 any previous knowledge of the horse, picked him up very 

 cheaply at Tatt's and rode him for many seasons ; and in the 

 best run he affirms he has ever had, viz., on Christmas Eve, 

 1887, of which an account is given in the " Essex Fox 

 Hounds," and of which Mr. Hill possesses a memento in the 



William Maitland Tower on " Bomerang " 



shape of a pad, and an amusing recollection of Bailey's remark 

 to him, that he would have a capital appetite for his Christmas 

 pudding. Miss Bagot bought " Dandy Dick " when Mr. Hill 

 parted with him, and her brother relates that on one occasion, 

 after a Hunt breakfast with the Meynell, the horse carried 

 him over six gates in succession— and there had been no ice 

 in the coffee. 



