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very blood-like horse as he usuallj' did, and, heinji a light 

 weight, he and his horse got on uncommonly well together. 

 The Noble Earl of Zetland was going in his usual forward 

 style, and I think I can remember Mr. Christopher Cradock, 

 the late M.F.H., and his son Captain Sheldon Cradock (as 

 he was then), with a nice seat on a horse. Amongst others 

 I can call to mind Mr. T. Clayhills, who has hunted 

 regularly since I came into the country in 1874, and used 

 to come and see how we were getting on occasionally ; 

 a very good sportsman, I should say, and one who has seen 

 a lot of hunting. Also I remember seeing Mr. Richard 

 Hett, brother of the late Mr. John Hett, who was such a 

 fine horseman ; the former, I hear, no longer hunts ; and 

 Mr. W. R. Innes-Hopkins with some of his family on 

 ponies. 



Having just spoken of Mr. W. Forster, reminds me of 

 a day which should have been mentioned before, but it has 

 just occurred to me, and as Mr. Forster took a leading part 

 in it, it will perhaps not be out of place altogether to give 

 an account of it here. — 



The meet was at "Travellers' Rest," in Mr. Harvey's 

 time ; when Mr. Harvey being in treaty with a farmer named 

 Hart of Allenby, for purchasing a brown mare, he wished 

 me to ride and try her, which I did. We found somewhere 

 about Copelaw, and Mr. Hart, who exchanged horses with 

 me told me to let the mare "have her head" if hounds ran, 

 so I let her loose with Mr. Forster, who had been looking at 

 the mare, and Tommy Dowdeswell, late huntsman to the 

 South Durham as eye-witnesses. I can remember them par- 

 ticularly. We had a capital run of about an hour and forty 

 minutes, through Coldsides, by Mainsforth on the left, 

 through Camp whin, Fishburn to the left, Carrside plantation, 



