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red of Bell, the black and white stripes of Sir James 

 Boswell, the crimson and white of Lord Glasgow, the 

 green and yellow of Ramsay, the blue and white 

 stripes of Meiklam, with men to wear them, and we 

 have starters enow. 



The late Mr. John Booth ran a few horses at Cat- 

 terick, and Sir Tatton came specially to don his ' pink 

 body, black sleeves and cap" on Honesty. This horse 

 was one of Octavian's get during his sojourn at Oran, 

 and could compass four miles well. Sir Tatton always 

 " liked to have those four white legs under me," and 

 he also rode Joker for Mr. Booth at Northallerton. 

 He pulled up after winning as he thought, when there 

 was really another round to go. It was the year of 

 his marriage, and her ladyship was in the stand as a 

 bride. " fm very sorry, sir, but you must blame Lady 

 Sykes, not me, for the mistake" he said, when he met 

 Mr. Booth after the race, "/ was thinking more of her 

 than my work.'' 



Mr. Booth was a very fine-looking man, upwards of 

 six feet and fifteen stone, and with rare hands and a 

 fine eye to hounds. This was the sport he loved best, 

 and when he was on Jack o' Lantern or Rob Roy few 

 men could cross the Bedale country with him. The 

 former was purchased from " Chief" Plews a paro- 

 chial constable and farmer, and the sponsor of " Plews's 

 Garden, or Fleetham Whin," in a rather peculiar 

 fashion. Mr. Booth went to see the horse late at 

 night, and his owner, not content with showing him, 

 added in a confidential way : " You hang about a bit, 

 nobbut let my old woman and her clatter get to bed, and 

 I'll let you see him loup? Accordingly he employed 

 the midnight hour in getting a couple of lanterns, and 

 tying them to the gate-posts, and put the horse twice 

 or thrice over the gate, cleverly. It was his delight to 

 teach them those tricks, and Mr. Booth was so pleased 

 that he gave 2OoL for the horse, and named him then 

 and there. Rob Roy was an entire horse, and as well 



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