lO LEAVES ERO.M A HUNTING DIARY 



kennel horse, which I admired, coveted and eventually 

 possessed, was Georg-e Dawson's old hunter " Leicester," 

 nineteen if he was a day. I gave as many sovereigns for 

 him, with another tenner if he survived the season ; this he 

 did, and eventually George Dawson had him back again at 

 a fair discount for depreciation. F"ormerly the property of the 



Stephen Dobson 



late ^Ir. Ind, wIkj once refused a blank cheque for him, he 

 passed previous to Mr. Dawson owning him int() the hands 

 of Mr. F. Green and carried him several seasons. A noted 

 buck jumper he would occasionally kick the saddle off his back, 

 and in his old age would indulge, when very fresh, in about 

 twenty kicks straight off. 'Certainly the. horse was an 

 e\tra(jrdinary performer in a countr\-, and uirned out in 



