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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



" He was bred, I believe, at Greystoke in Lancashire, and I 

 purchased him at Tattersalls' at the sale of the late Mr. 

 Devvhurst's horses ; not fetchino- his reserve of lOO guineas. I 

 bought him in the yard from the Executors for ^75. He 

 was then 8 years old, and showed a good deal of temper both 

 in and out of the stable, but this he soon got over, and is 

 now a most comfortable horse to hunt hounds off. Over any 

 country he is a perfect mount, and has carried me with equal 

 satisfaction over the flying fences of the Bicester, Grafton 

 and Pytchley countries, as over the terribly blind big ditch 



Edward Barclay on "Greystoke 



and bank country of mine in Suffolk* in October and 

 November. Simply perfect over timber, he is equally good 

 over iron railings and iron-wheeled sheep hurdles ; over timber 

 he has never triven me a fall, and in Suffolk in the autumn. 



* Mr. Barclay at that time hunted both in Suffolk and Essex with his 

 Harriers. 



