1/2 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



country particularly ; but I think I make no 

 mistake in saying change the Holderness hounds 

 for a pack of stag hounds, the farmers would 

 disappear like the swallows. But the Holderness 

 men are the sort all fox hunters should be, 

 shew me the Yorkshire man who is not. 



To return to the stag hunter ; when I call 

 him a man of "no mark," I allude to such as 

 are to be found with the Queen's. There are 

 frequently many with them that are no more 

 known than they would be if dropped from the 

 clouds. There are men of every sort, every 

 trade, every description. With fox hounds every 

 scarlet coat is the garb of the gentleman, or at 

 least Sportsman, who relies on his being such 

 will be held as entitling him to wear one. Bat 

 with the Queen's it will be found covering the 

 horse dealer, the lawyer's clerk, or the retailer 

 of cigars, who, as he keeps one horse for an 

 occasional day with the Queen's, keeps also a 

 scarlet coat for the same purpose. These are 



