in the Seventies and Eighties. 



LI. 



There are good men and true from Cleveland to-day- 

 There 's Skelton's young squire' on a reat-looking grey, 

 Whose ardour for sport is restrained by no bounds ; 

 He has an eye for a country, and an eye, too, for hounds. 



LII. 



From Stokesley old town our barrister friend - 

 (With whom 'tis a treat a month's yachting to spend), 

 Has taken in tow a traveller fleet,'' 

 Who knows all the earths from " Potto " to Crete. 



LIII. 



To the strangers from Tyne and Sunderland, too, 

 (VVho a day with the South Durham don't often rue). 

 One word of advice— at the ford wait your turn, 

 And don't try to fly the deep Woodham Burn ! 



LIV. 



There 's a Marquis* (whose tastes are more for the flat 

 At Epsom or York) just raising his hat ; 

 And Triumvir's trainer = is not far behind 

 On a thoroughbred hack, impatient to find. 



LV. 



I 've hunted with Lambton now " Layton " exclaims. 



With Johnson and Harvey, and other good names ; 



My wife says " I 'm old, and from the sport must retire," 



But find a good fox, and you '11 see my old fire." ' 



Lvr. 



The Farmers have mustered in numbers to-day. 

 There are hard ones from Brierton and Butterwick way, 

 And Fishburn, and Trimdon, and Bishopton, too. 

 Each send forth their quota of good men and true. 



'Mr. W. H. A. Wharton (now M.F.H.). "Mr J. P. Sowerby. 'Mr 

 John P. Denton (the late). 'Marquis Talon. 'Mr. John Coates 

 "Mr Joseph Flavell. 



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