THE SPORTING WORLD. 93 



It is well people do not all think alike, for I 

 confess if there were two or more grocers or 

 linen drapers in the town, and one subscribed to 

 the hounds and the other did not, I should most 

 indubitably deal with the one that did, for though 

 I do not go so far as to say I should feel cer- 

 tain of his having " a soul above buttons," 

 it would indicate that though he might, and 

 very properly too, attend to his buttons, he 

 had the germ in him of something besides the 

 NEWEST pattern to humbug the oldest customer 

 with. It would be all but monstrous if the 

 bootmaker or saddler did not give his subscrip- 

 tion (that is if his business made it prudent in 

 him to do so), if not, if he had the will but 

 wanted the means, may all sporting men in his 

 neighbourhood deal with him to put him in 

 better circumstances. If he had the means 

 but not the will eschew him by all means. 



Such packs, I should say, are far less fre- 

 quently attended by gentlemen than are the 



