in the Seventies and Eighties. 73 



XV. 



Greatham Village sends forth a sportsman' so bold, 

 That his love for the chase can never grow cold ; 

 With face full of smiles rides up the " Hon. Sec," 

 Well mounted aud game to jump Stillington Beck ! 



XVI. 



He 's known to all farmers, and farmers' wives too — 

 For he 's ready to settle each payment as due ; 

 Every post brings a letter containing a bill, 

 But his happy face shows us he swallows the pill ! 



xvn. 



A Colonel and Major from Preston-on-Tees, 



Are seen trotting up on workmanlike " gees " ; 



Their watchword is sport, their war-cry a find, 



And we have seen the Major leave his Colonel behind. 



xvni. 



The Colonel- is noted for judgment and wit, 



And may he ere long in Parliament sit ; 



The Major'' on " Emperor '"s oft seen in the van, 



When the scent is breast high, and it 's " Catch 'em who can !" 



XIX. 



From Wolviston Hall, where we all like to meet, 

 Comes a Railway Director,* to see whom 's a treat; 

 E'er ready to advise and give of his bounty — 

 May he long prove a tower of strength to his county. 



XX. 



Next a tall man^ from Stockton attention doth claim ; 

 Tho' he wears a black coat, he is well known to fame — 

 Twenty stones o'er a country means a strong and game horse, 

 As he rides very hard — for a welter of course. 



'Mr. Thomas Appleby. ^Col. Sadler, now M P 'Major Ropner, now 

 Sir Robert Ropner, MP. 'Capt. Young (the late). *Mr. George 

 Whitwell. 



