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Lord Vane, who used constantly to hunt with the Duke 

 and, judging from his appearance, we should set him down 

 as equally good in the field and jovial at the table. He was 

 a jolly dog, depend upon it. 



There are other parts of the painting which will also bear 

 a scrutiny, and which well depictures the moment when, with 

 the modern poet of Scotland, we may exclaim : 



Huntsman, rest, the chase is done ; 

 Think not yet of rising sun. 



Now, we are quite aware that our modern, fast-going fox- 

 hunters, with whom pace is everything, will smile at the 

 hunting caps, high boots, ample coats, and all the etceteras 

 of costume which make up a sportsman of a century ago ; 

 but still there are those who look back with fond reminiscence 

 to the jovialities of the olden time, and who assert that, 

 although we might have gained in speed, shape, breed, and 

 show, we have lost in tone, stoutness, in hunting-caps (really 

 a loss in our opinion), and in pluck over the bowl. Noit 

 nostrum tantas componere lites. It is not for us to reconcile 

 these differences. It is our province to please both parties, 

 and both, in this instance, may be assured that we have 

 shown them a true sporting field of the time of George the 

 First. 



One of Wootton's best known portraits is that 

 of Tregonwell Frampton, Esq., " The Father of 

 the Turf," who died on March 12, 1727, at the 

 age of 86, when King George II. was on the 

 throne. Mr. Frampton was the owner of the 

 famous race-horse. Dragon, concerning which an 

 utterly incredible story is told, and was Keeper of 

 the Running Horses at Newmarket to William III., 

 Queen Anne, George I., and George II. The 

 portrait shows the old man seated in his easy chair 



