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it will be " love's labour lost '' to attempt to make 

 anything of him. Complete obedience, civility, and 

 attention to his superiors, are the first lessons which 

 ought to be impressed upon the mind of any youth 

 intended for the service of gentlemen ; and we quite 

 agree with the remark we once heard expressed by 

 an old foxhunter : " Show me the servant, and I 

 will tell you the character of his master." Although 

 perhaps little thought of or noticed in these times, 

 there cannot be a more sure test of a servant's 

 respectability — the master is reflected in the man. 



We remember a scene, some years ago, between a 

 baronet of sporting celebrity, both on the turf and 

 in the field, and the groom of a soi-disant gen- 

 tleman — in other words, one who had plenty of 

 money to spend upon servants and horses, but knew 

 little about the usages of good society. The baronet 

 was picking his way quietly on his hunter's back 

 through a dirty lane to the place of meeting, when 

 this groom dashed by him at half-speed, bespattering 

 him with mud from head to foot. Now, the baronet 

 being very particular as to personal appearance, 

 always dressing well, and being rather of a peppery 

 disposition, became exceedingly irate at seeing his 

 clean pink, and white buckskins dotted over with 

 black spots, like a leopard-skin, through the inso- 

 lence of this blackguard, and the more enraged 

 when the fellow pulled up a short distance befoi'e 

 him, looking back with a grin at the baronet's 

 grotesque appearance. 



" The name of your master ? " demanded Sir 

 L. G., riding up to him. 



