l6 The Sedgefield Country 



XXXIII. 



Next a jovial face^ is seen rounding the bend, 



And laughter and mirth are heard to ascend ; 



'Tis one who we know is fond of his pranks — 



Tho' he 's leaving our country, may he still join our ranks. 



XXXIV. 



There's a young man^ well-turned-out on a brown horse, 

 Whose name's in all books as a matter of course — 

 A light-hearted fellow who from all we can learn, 

 Sticks to it till hounds to their kennels return. 



XXXV. 



Note a fine slashing bay — note a black coat and cap ;' 

 That pair will jump rails, and no timber will tap. 

 There's reynard's staunch friend (like the rest of his kin; 

 At Whitehouse Plantation and famed Clement's Whin. 



XXXVI. 



We'd well nigh forgotten a good sporting name,* 

 Without whose support all hunting is tame. 

 You may holloa and shout when it's up to the hocks. 

 But the essence of hunting is a stout-hearted /(7.x. 



XXXVII. 



Tho' last, yet not least,'' of this sporting division. 

 Well armed for the fray with both nerve and decision ; 

 See one who at times on the stage gains a cheer, 

 Tho' we guess a view holloa to his heart is more dear I 



XXXVIII. 



We must not forget the young Squire of Elton, ^ 

 (Whose ancestors' fame in verse is oft dwelt on) ; 

 His get up's too sombre— we'd like something cheerier. 

 For what could look better th^n pink on " Siberia? " 



'Mr. C. H. Backhouse. =Mr. J W.Page-Page. 'Mr. J. Stevenson. 

 ♦Mr. J. H. Fox(thelateJ. 'Mr. John Armstrong. «. Mr. G. W. Sutton- 



