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and looks like a workman from the top of his cap to the heel of his 

 boot. Horses mu t be of the right sort, and in first rate condition 

 to carry him, or the tale will soon be told. 



" No. 37. The Earl of Shelburne, Member for Calne, an 

 excellent preserver of foxes, and an enthusiastic admirer of every- 

 thing appertaining to fox hunting. The artist has hit the mark 

 by placing Lord Shelburne in juxta-position with Lord Curzon, as 

 in conversation and in scrutinizing the merits of the splendid pack 

 before them. What has just been stated of Lord Curzon equally 

 applies to Lord Shelburne ; and when hounds are in cha.se 

 wherever any man will go his Lordship will go likewise. 



" No. 38. Edward Hobson, Esq. Who can have hunted, in 

 Leicestershire some seven or eight years ago, and not remember the 

 kind, jocular, and merry countenance of Mr. Hobson ? If Momus 

 has selected a mortal on earth to diffuse his humours through the 

 coterie of the hunting field, surely this gentleman must be the one. 

 If hounds went as fast as Mr. Hobson's jokes do, who would be able 

 to live with them ; or if they went as fast throughout the day as he 

 usually rides to covert, how many second horses would be in requisi- 

 tion ? 



" No. 39; John Bayly, Esq. The great experience this gentle- 

 man has had in riding to hounds, added to his thorough knowledge 

 of the art of race riding, insures his being always in the front flight 

 in a run. Experience in the latter branch of horsemanship is of great 

 value to any man who is ambitious of fame as a rider to hounds when 

 they go fast. It causes a man to exercise a due regard for pace, it 

 directs him in the selection of gi-ound over which to make the most 

 of his horse ; and it generally teaches him the necessity of holding 

 his nag together, though on this latter point some racing men when 

 in the hunting field appear to be singularly careless. Mr. John 

 Bayly is favoured by nature with gifts which do not often fall to 

 the share of one disciple of Diana ; he is a light weight, riding under 

 lOst. 101b., and he is sufficiently lengthy to po.ssess an unexception- 

 ally good seat on his horse, with good Jiands and plenty of nerve 

 to bring all these attributes into effect ; he ranks as one of the best 

 men in the Beaufort Hunt. His mare ' Daphne,' is celebrated for 

 her extraordinary cleverness at stone wall jumping. 



" No. 40. The Earl of Chesterfield. Everything which this 

 nobleman undertakes is executed in a princely style ; but that is 

 not all, there is a kind affability in his manner which renders him 

 popular with all classes. When Master of the Royal Buckhounds, 

 Lord Chesterfield gave a prestige to that establishment which has 

 never been surpassed ; and during the period in which his Lordship 

 hunted the Pytchley country, the hounds, horses, and all the ap- 

 pointments were first class. Being a heavy weight, none but first 



