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Jeweller, Beechwood, Ballet Girl, Brigadier, 

 Brian Borue, Bird of Passage, British Queen 

 and others. One horse he had while Master, 

 a grey, called Beacon, carried him for ten 

 seasons, with only one fall. Another good 

 one he owned called Jack o' Lantern, was 

 bought in an odd way. He went to see him 

 late one evening in Fencote village, his owner 

 not content with showing him the horse added 

 ' * You hang about a bit, nubbut you let my 

 old woman and her clatter get to bed, and 

 I'll let you see him loup.'' When the old 

 woman and clatter had gone to bed, the man 

 tied a couple of lanterns to the posts of a 

 gate, and put the horse over it two or three 

 times. Mr. Booth was so delighted with 

 the performance, he bought him there and 

 then, and called him Jack o' Lantern. 



While relating stories which do not strictly 

 appertain to hunting the fox, one referring 

 to Mr. Booth's father and the late Sir Tatton 

 Sykes, seems worthy of mention. On one 

 occasion Sir Tatton had come over to ride 

 a horse of Mr. Booth's called Joker, at 

 Northallerton Races. After winning the 

 race as he thought, and having pulled up, 

 he discovered that he had to go round the 

 course again to complete the distance. It 

 was the year of Sir Tatton' s marriage (1822), 

 and Lady Sykes was in the Stand as a bride. 

 W^hen apologising to Mr. Booth for his 

 mistake, he said * ' I am very sorry. Sir, but 

 you must blame Lady Sykes, not me, for the 

 mistake ; I was thinking more of her than 



