'5° Reminiscences of a 



raced him and killed him in the middle of a forty-acre field, 

 close to Neseless, after as grand a fifty-three minutes as 

 any one wants to ride to; the fox was so stiff when we 

 ran into and killed him that Claxon set him up on his legs, 

 and some of those who were coming up behind and saw 

 him in the distance thought for the moment that he was 

 still alive ! Sir William had the best of the run throughout 

 on Courtier and Magic ; the latter a horse he bought at 

 Mr. Jock Trotter's sale, and Captain Sowerby rode Joshua 

 (so called I believe because he had no pedigree) first horse, 

 changing on to Little Harry during the run. What a grand 

 dun pony Little Harry was to be sure ! I can't quite 

 remember where Sir William and Captain Sowerby got 

 their second horses, but they were very lucky to hit them 

 off as they did. Lord Henry Vane Tempest rode bang up 

 throughout the run, but had the bad luck to get down in 

 jumping Shotton Beck, close to the finish ; there was a 

 bridge not twenty yards off, but Lord Henry never would 

 go a yard out of his way for anything or anybody and 

 down he came, but was up in a second and saw the fox 

 rolled over. Mr. Ord on a grey horse that won a steeple- 

 chase at Sedgefield a month or two later, and Mr. Tom 

 Dobson on the good looking bay, which he afterwards sold 

 to Mr. Appleby, were well up throughout, and amongst 

 others I noticed going well was Mr. Page, who had not 

 seen a deal of hunting before this ; in fact he was quite 

 a lightweight, and about this time generally rode a horse 

 or two of his uncle's, Mr. W. Stephenson of Hart, whose 

 father bred and sold Voltigeur to Lord Zetland through 

 the agency of the celebrated Mr. " Billy " Williamson, 

 twice master of the Durham County Hounds. 1 have seen 

 Mr. Page riding a chestnut mare called Fete Day that 



