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ground is a wooded landscape with a church tower. 

 The other hunting piece is over 4 feet in length ; 

 it represents " Hounds in Full Cry," and contains 

 portraits of Sir William Jolliffe on a grey hunter, 

 and those of four other sportsmen. The whipper- 

 in and the huntsman, who is blowing a curly horn, 

 wear scarlet with blue collars and cuffs. Seymour's 

 picture of Sir Robert Fagge, Bart, has social 

 rather than sporting interest. Sir Robert was a 

 well-known Newmarket character, renowned for 

 his eccentricity and miserly spirit. He is repre- 

 sented in shabby clothes, mounted on an old grey 

 stallion with broken knees. The rider has dropped 

 the reins on his horse's neck, and from a canvas 

 bag in his right hand is offering a coin to a woman 

 who stands on the horse's near side with a basket 

 of cherries. Newmarket Heath, with many figures 

 and horses, forms the distant background. 



"Race at Newmarket," 4th April, 1731 ; on 

 canvas, 3 feet by 2 feet. A sweepstakes of 100 

 guineas each for subscribers. It was won by the 

 Duke of Bridgwater's bay horse. Hazard, the Duke 

 of Ancaster's grey Crab being second ; each horse 

 carrying 9 stone. In the background are several 

 figures on horseback against the stand and the 

 ditch. This picture of Seymour's is in the Elsenham 

 collection. 



"The old Weighing-house at Newmarket," with 



