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with him before the appointed time, that the horse 

 then refused it, and lost his master's money. In 

 Lord Bradford's Parle he cleared one of his Lordship's 

 deer-hurdles, upwards of six feet high ! and, what is 

 more surprising, he covered the space of eight yards 

 in length at the same time. This was accomplished 

 on a horse called the Hero, which he purchased of 

 me for 500 guineas, and was the same that leaped the 

 gate with him in Mr. Jellico's grounds in Shropshire, 

 the height of which was seven feet. But far from 

 pleasing reflections are the result of looking back 

 upon these brilliant feats of horsemanship, rarely ex- 

 celled by any one. On the contrary, we cannot help 

 lamenting that a person so gifted to shine in the field, 

 as Mr. Mytton proved himself to be, should not 

 have taken more care to preserve, unimpaired, the 

 almost unequalled natural powers which he possessed, 

 — so essential to the figure he made." 



Nothing need be better than the shooting at 

 Halston was ; every species of game having abounded, 

 as the following facts will prove. The average 

 annual slaughter was, — twelve hundred brace of 

 pheasants, from fifteen hundred to two thousand 

 hares, partridges out of number ! We have turned 

 into the preserves after luncheon, where the phea- 



