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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Mr. John Corbet 

 1791-1811. 



Mr. Reginald 

 Wynniatt. 



His hard riding. 



Mr. Edward 

 Gk)ulbxirn. 



an eye to a sale was often to be met with in War- 

 wickshire, and the sinners were not invariably Mel- 

 tonians. Mr. Reginald Wynniatt, of Gloucestershire, 

 was a very hard and jealous rider with ** the Warwick- 

 shire," and in order to sell a horse would go at anything. 

 He was, as a rule, a good hand in lifting a horse 

 over, or taking him through, places, although in the 

 Epwell run he fell at a brook, and although he 

 tried hard to make up, the sport had been too swift. 

 He possessed a rare nerve and was a powerful rider. 

 He had a wonderful mare 15 hands high, but long and 

 wide, which he sold for 200 guineas. As I have 

 just said, in order to effect a sale, he would make a 

 horse go anywhere. Hunting one day with Mr. 

 Osbaldeston's hounds, this behaviour brought about 

 a natural sequence, and he got a very hard fall 

 near Winwick Warren, He was carried on a gate to 

 a farmhouse, where he lay quite insensible. Two 

 friends were there and asked the farmer how it 

 had happened. The farmer replied that the 

 mishap had been entirely due to the horse. 

 This reference to his horse's character had the 

 eflfect of a powerful restorative on poor Wyn- 

 niatt. He opened his eyes, said, "It was not the 

 horse's fault at all," and then relapsed into insensibility. 

 The two friends then went in search of the horse, 

 which, when they had found, they began to gallop and 

 lark with over the neighbouring fences. A third friend 

 coming up asked what they were doing, when they 

 replied "Poor Wynniatt can't live and his horses must 

 go to Tattersall'H, so we thought we would take the 

 opportunity of trying this one to see if he is worth 

 buying." 



I ought, no doubt, before this to have introduced 

 more particularly the author of the poem to my readers. 

 He was Mr. Edward Goulburn, who commenced life 

 by entering the navy. After a short experience he 



