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APPENDIX. 



the best horses ridden by Mr. Meynell himself, during the last 

 four years of his hunting, may not be unacceptable ; — 



1796. 

 Hack man 

 Leveller 

 Sheva 

 Hack mare 

 Adamant 

 Entire hors( 

 Valiant 



1797. 

 Snap 

 Magoy 

 Denmark 

 Melon 

 Warrior 

 George 

 Leicester 

 Mercury 



Ben 



Clumsy 



Miss Henson 



Pywell 



Mirror 



Joe Hinchley's bay horse 



Loadstone 



1798. 

 Scarificator 

 Shark 

 Active 

 Drone 

 1800. 

 Newbeth 

 Harrio 

 Hotspur 

 Thereabout 



Many of these were thorough-bred, and all of them first-rate 

 hunters, of established repute. 



On the 9th of November, 1793, the Quorn hounds killed a 

 fox at E,ed Hill, with a white ring round his neck, and three 

 white pads. 



On the 12th of September, 1796, from Stockerton Park 

 Wood, Pillager, Seaman, and Concord went away, alone, with 

 a fox. These three hounds ran him by themselves to Peas 

 Brook, and killed him. 



Of Mr. Loraine Smith, as a sportsman, it is unnecessary to 

 speak. We may gather his character, in some part, from the 

 verses of several songs. The following lines will go to prove 

 that he was not, in his own estimation, a good horseman. They 

 occur in a very old song, composed by himself, called " A burst 

 from Breedon clouds :" — 



Now, smack at a yawnergoes Winchelsea's peer, 

 So sure to be thrown upon Pyramid's ear j 



