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friend to foxhunting, and withal a most kind hearted man. The 

 coverts at Alderley, on his father's property, are well stocked with 

 foxes. 



"■ No. 14. Sir W. C. Codrington, Bart., Member for East 

 Gloucestershire. There is no doubt that a knowledge of race-riding 

 is a considerable adva]\tage in riding to hounds ; it renders a man 

 alive to many little circumstances that are never thought of by 

 those who have not given racing their attention. Previous to Sir 

 William's alliance with Lady Georgina Somerset, he was very fond 

 of it, and had a few horses in training ; but since the death of his 

 father he seems to have declined the turf ; and also finding it 

 necessary to visit some estates in the West Indies during the winter 

 of 1844 and 1845, and last season not being in good health, he has 

 not been so constant an attendant in the field as formerly. Sir 

 William was never in the habit of keeping a very numerous stud, 

 but his horses were always of a good sort, well bred, and in first rate 

 condition. As a sportsman, and a staunch preserver of foxes, the 

 limit of the Beaufort Hunt does not contain one more zealously 

 devoted to the Noble Science. 



" No. 14-|. T. HoLROYD, Esq., has not hunted much during the 

 last few seasons, but when he kept a regular stud he rode to hounds 

 in a very straight forward and workmanlike manner. 



" No. 15. Count Kinsky. So little has this foreign nobleman 

 been in the habit of hunting with the Beaufort hounds, that no just 

 estimate can be formed of him in his appreciation of fox hunting, 

 or of his experience in riding in chase, but as he goes fast, another 

 visit to Badminton will probably afford him opportunities of dis- 

 tinguishing himself. 



" No. 16. The Earl of Jersey. A long and successful career 

 on the turf has rendered the name of Jersey familiar with most 

 sporting classes of Her Majesty's liege subjects ; but losing his old 

 trainer, Edwards, and having accepted the appointment of Master 

 of the Horse, Lord Jersey gave up racing. The excellence of the 

 blood which he possessed will distinguish his name as a breeder of 

 racing stock in future generations, calling to remembrance the 

 superiority of his Derby and Oaks winners — Middleton, Mameluke, 

 Bay Middleton, Cobweb, and a long team of worthies descended 

 from the celebrated Prunella, and many of the best mares heralded 

 in the pages of turf genealogy. Lord Jersey's appearance in the 

 saddle declares him at a glance to be a horseman, and there is that 

 repose and self possession in his manner so characteristic of the 

 genuine old English Sportsman. His seat on a horse is graceful, 

 powerful and commanding, and I can bear testimony that he thinks 

 much less of a fall than many of his more juvenile companions. As 

 Lord ViUiers he was one of the ultra fast school ; its a stereotyped 



