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an anecdote worthy of recital, being creditable to, if not characteristic of, 

 a wealthy London tradesman. On my remarking to him the good fit of 

 a new Whippy saddle on which he was riding, he related the curious fact 

 of the late Mr. Whippy having left directions in his will, " that no bill, 

 for goods furnished, should ever be sent to Mr. Douglas of Brigton." 

 During my visit to Scotland, I rode more than forty hunters, besides 

 those I hired in Edinburgh, and I am quite sure more than twenty of 

 them were saddled and bridled by Messrs. Whippys, as if it were a veri- 

 fication of the adage, that "one good turn deserves another." 



I regret that I have nothing to say of our sport this morning with 

 Mr. Dalyell, and the want of which I particularly regretted at the time, 

 as I rode a young grey horse of his, which was quite au fait at the high 

 walls, with a ditch on one side or the other, of the country which we 

 drew over; and I was also anxious to see the performance of Archy 

 Douglas, who rode a clever thorough-bred horse of the laird's. We had 

 bis company, however, in the evening, as well as that of Captain Rait, 

 formerly of the 15th Hussars — whose extraordinary match when 

 quartered at Brighton, with Mr. Kemp of Kemp-town, I went thither to 

 be umpire to— since, Colonel Rait of the British Legion Cavalry in Spain; 

 and, now, the laird of Arniston, near Montrose, where, if he will take 

 my advice, he will remain, and enjoy the comforts he has got about him. 

 Of Captain Rait as a sportsman, it is unnecessary for me to give my 

 opinion, but as a straightforward hard rider and good horseman, he is 

 quite in the first class, and to the extent of his stud, I considered him 

 to be the best mounted man I saw in Scotland. One of his two famous 

 bay horses, which — horresco referens ! — I hear he took to Spain, to ride 

 as a charger, would, I have reason to believe, have fetched the highest 

 figure at Melton, that year ; but on my stating my behef that such 



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