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Tlie wonderful pluck of his horse surprised some, 

 But he knew they were making point blank for his home ; 

 'Short home' to be brought, we all might desii-e. 

 Could we manage the trick like the Enderby squire." 



The horse he rode on that day was purchased of Mr. Cave 

 Browne : he was a brilliant hunter, got by Mercury ; he was 

 sold to Mr. Fox Lane's father, at Bramham. 



In those days, as I have before said, second horses were 

 rarely to be seen. The one horse devoted to the day, was an 

 animal possessing as much blood as could be obtained with great 

 power. Large flat legs that could break a rail, and measuring 

 eight or nine inches round below the knee. The horse ridden 

 throughout the above mentioned day, must have been of lasting 

 powers — Mr. Loraine Smith's weight being upwards of fourteen 

 stone. He was a skilful master of his pencil ; and beneath a 

 painting, descriptive of the chase, appears the following faithful 

 record of this run : — 



" A view of Mr. Meynell's hounds, carrying a head with their 

 second fox, at the end of a chase from Billesdon Coplow, Leices- 

 tershire; passed Tilton Woods, Sheffington Earths, crossing the 

 river Soar below Whitstone, to Enderby Warren, making a dis- 

 tance of twenty-eight miles; which was run in two hours and 

 fifteen minutes ; on Monday, Feb. 24th, 1800." 



Mr. Loraine Smith possessed some very superior horses. He 

 boiight a mare, known as the Highwayman's mare, which was 

 often sold, but always returned on account of the many tricks 

 she had acquired in her service upon the road with her first 

 master. She bred several hunters, of great note ; — Bagshot, 

 Felon, Hawke, Shop-lifter, Botany Bay, and Pickpocket. The 

 two first were sold for 200 guineas each, to Lord Spencer ; they 

 are buried in the park, and their pictures are still retained in the 

 house at Althorp. Hawke was trained, but would not run when 

 stripped ; he would run well in clothes. Lord Stair bought 



