Axioms and Sayings of the Chase 



writes. *' In whatever situation an Englishman 

 fixes upon to reside, his love for the chase ac- 

 companies him," Cecil tells us, and so on. Here 

 are two or three old saws (not so very old) that 

 will bear repeating. Avoid a country with wire 

 unless that which is left be '' well marked." I 

 commend you to Baily's ''Annual Hunt Directory" 

 for this information. Ride an Irish horse when 

 you can get one at a moderate figure — not under 

 four years for safety's sake. The leading reposi- 

 tories are the best mediums of purchase, unless 

 you visit Ireland yourself. 



In hunting, as with other sports, there are many 

 names of both masters and servants that have long 

 been associated with hounds. Thus, the Car- 

 marthenshire have only changed names three 

 times in fifty years, viz. the United, Mr. Powell's, 

 or Maesgwynne. Mr. W. R. H. Powell's name was 

 a household word in Wales in connection with fox- 

 hunting. For fifty-five seasons, T. Boothby, and for 

 forty-seven, Hugo Meynell ruled the Quorn hunt. 



Lord Darlington's name will never be forgotten 

 in the North. Where also are the names of Lane- 

 Fox, Lords Galway, Middleton, Zetland, and Fitz- 

 william, those of hunting-men pure and simple. 

 Mr. ]. Farquharson hunted all Dorsetshire at his 

 own expense from 1806-58. 



How well known are the families of Lord Port- 

 man (an M.F.H. for fifty years), the eighth and 



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