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the road — his racing stables — York and Ainsty hounds and kennel — 

 Naylor the huntsman — Mr. Lloyd the master — history of the country 

 hunted by him — description of the V stiles — visit to Sir Bellingham 

 Graham at Wliitwell — Sir Tatton Sykes' hounds and country — his 

 passion for riding a race— splendid meet of Lord Darlington's hounds, 

 and his Lordship's devotion to the sport — Newton House, stables, and 

 offices — his Lordship's character as a sportsman — Operatlovs of the 

 Rahy Pack — high standard of his hounds — his whippers-in — anecdote 

 of Will Price — serious accidents to Mr. Fenton and Dick (the whipper- 

 in) — Lord Darli.ngton's method of personally feeding his hounds — 

 singular instinct in a fox-hound — characteristic anecdote of the ruling 

 passion exemplified in Dick — the sign of the " Four Alls " at Burniston 

 — Officers in the 5th Dragoons — Ripon famous for the manufacture of 

 steel spurs — Thorp Hall, the seat of Mr. Milbanke, son-in-law to Lord 

 Darlington — the Bedale Club — the Rev. John Monson — visit to Sedge- 

 field, the head-quarters of the Lambton Hunt— flattering invitation 

 to NiMROD — Mr. Lambton's hounds and breed — visit to John Burrell — 

 Mr. Lambton's feeder— Mr. Billy Beckwith— dialogue between Nimrod 

 and John Burrell — John's eccentricities— sport with Mr. Lambton's 

 hounds — country about Long Newton — Elstob whin — Billy Williamson 

 — ludicrous scenes — Mr. Davison's " Two-hundred-and-fifty guinea" 

 Ijorse — Dreams the presage of joyful news confirmed — the Sedgefield 

 Club-room, uniform of the Club, and rules and regulations — salubrity 

 of Sedgefield— Hardwicke Hall, the seat of Mr. Russell— Sir Charles 

 Turner's celebrated hunting song of " Old Cassar, or Sixty Years since " 

 — Mr. Lambton's stud of hunters — severe accident to Mr. Lambton— 

 his general character a pattern for an English Gentleman, and ranked, 

 as a huntsman, as a 'premier artiste — comparison between Mr. Musters 

 and Tom Sebright as huntsmen— the Sedgefield country— crack riders 

 — the Hon. Capt. George Dandas, Billy Williamson, and Mr. Harland 

 — Mr. Bowser's Harriers — visit to Mr. Duncombe Shafto at Whitworth 

 — Mr. Thomas Shafto a conspicuous character in the Lambton Hunt 

 — anecdotes of him— the Hurworth hounds under the management of 

 Mr. Matthew, commonly called Matty, Wilkinson— his character as a 

 master of hounds — Mr. Wyvill— Hornby Castle the seat of the Duke 

 of Leeds— Mr. Wilkinson at fault in killing a fox from Lord Darling- 

 ton's coverts — Lord Lonsdale's opinion on this subject — brilliant run 

 with Lord Anson's hounds— Mr. Loraine Smith— Mr. M. Wilkinson's 

 family, and high estimation in which he is held in the country — his 

 passion for the chase, and characteristic anecdotes — his whipper-in 

 and feeder Tommy, and his wife— the Hurworth country— the Holder- 

 ness hounds, under Mr. Hodgson — Lord Mountsandford— Mr. Jackson's 

 hospitality— Mr. Bethell's seat at Rise— visit to Mr. Watt at Bishop 

 Barton— the Holderness Club— Mr. Hodgson's extraordinary attach- 

 ment to his pack— his kennel— Pilot, an extraordinary hound- the 

 country— the farmers staunch preservers of foxes— AVill Danby the 

 whipper-in— among hard riders in the Hunt are, Mr. Medford a 

 clipper, Mr. John Bower, Mr. Alexander Macdonald, and Lord Hope- 



