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from the Jockey Club— Mr. Mannington and George Ford- 

 ham — The Demon's Riding Lesson — Out with the Brighton 

 Harriers — Mr. Mannington as a Veterinary Surgeon — About 

 " Count Bolo " — West Drayton and its Clerk of the Course — 

 The Grand Stand burnt down — The Count as a Practical 

 Joker — Mr. " Billy " Nicholl — Hedging the ' Belladrum ' 

 Money — As a Town Councillor — Mr. Joe Wood as a Racing 

 Man ....... 184-206 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The Best Horse : ' Ormonde ' — ' Boiard ' and ' King Lud ' — 

 Visits to Stockbridge — The Breeder of ' Petrarch ' — Police 

 dine while Pugilists meet — A Certainty to get Home upon 



207-218 



CHAPTER XV. 



With Squire Heathcote's Staghounds — With Mr. Tailby's and 

 the Cottesmore — Frank Goodall as Huntsman : his Artful 

 Dodge and Severe Accident — The Fitzwilliam Hounds and 

 Field — Some Eminent Riders . . .219-239 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Hunting and Riding — Captain Trotter's Performances in the 

 Field — Pleasant Times at Melton — The Brothers Behrens — 

 The Farmers' Grievances — Mr. Tailby as Huntsman and 

 Master — An Old English Gentleman — Qualifying Hunters 



240-256 

 CHAPTER XVII. 



Some Good Hunters I have ridden — Colonel Forester and 

 General Burnaby — A Near Thing at Whissendine Station — 

 The Great 'Waterloo Run with the Pytchley — Colonel An- 

 struther Thomson — A Good Run with the Duke of Beaufort's 



257-277 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



About my Best Hunter, ' The Doctor ' — His Performances on 

 the Flat, and at Steeplechasing — How I got him — Giving ' The 



