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of blood in her. Sprig of Shillelah, Iris, Mountain Dew, 

 and Cavendish, two bays, and two dark browns are in 

 the ring nearly three-quarters of an hour before the 

 judges can make up their minds. At last the battle 

 waxed hot between Mountain Dew and Iris, and the 

 saddles were ordered off. Then they were re-saddled, 

 and the judges mounted them for some scenes in the 

 circus, and iris, a horse of tremendous power, and the 

 one upon which Mr. Thomson is painted by Sir 

 Francis Grant, gained the day. The hunter first prize 

 winners are put together for the cup, and Lady Der- 

 went has no chance with Iris, who seems to gallop 

 everything down, and is ridden specially by the head 

 groom, John Pye, who " sends him out " to perfection. 

 Mr. Thomson looks on at the side of the rails, and 

 adjourns in due time to the Jewel House, to take his 

 choice of* a cup. 



The hound show was held in a .quiet spot in the 

 park, just under the chain of woodlands which flank 

 the grange. " The Bramham Moor and two-and- 

 twenty couple " is the hunting toast in these parts, 

 and their name is one of the thirteen above the 

 hound cages. Sixteen or seventeen huntsmen and 

 whips from England and Scotland are there in scarlet, 

 awaiting their turn to bring their lots on to the flags. 

 Only one wears a cap, and hats and "pudding basons" 

 are all the go. There was an old Yorkshire huntsman, 

 Will Carter, who never could be pursuaded into any- 

 thing but a felt wideawake even in the field, and 

 placed a horn under the same ban. " Hard-riding 

 Ben " from Lord Middleton's is there, but we miss old 

 Tom Sebright, who fought many a good round with 

 him at Redcar, Yarm, and Guisborough, in those plea- 

 sant summer days when the Cleveland Society held 

 the lead, and gave such an impetus to agricultural 

 meetings. John Walker, Harry Ayris, Charles Payne, 

 Jack Goddard, Jack Morgan, and other celebrities do 

 not show ; but Peter Collisson, a worthy successor to 



