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huntsman, of being a capital horseman, 

 very honest, but a stupid lad ; his stupi- 

 dity, under the tuition of such an accom- 

 plished master, very soon graduated into 

 superior talent. His equestrianism was soon 

 exemplified. Mr. Osbaldeston's brother-in- 

 law gave him a very clever but vicious 

 horse, that had kicked him and all his 

 friends off, so Sebright was selected to 

 cultivate his amiabilities. The animal kept 

 kicking all the way to covert, let the dis- 

 tance be what it might, and continued this 

 game for five or six weeks, but never could 

 dispose of Sebright; at last he became tamed, 

 and was a steady and accomplished hunter. 



It was Mr. Osbaldeston's good fortune to 

 distinguish himself very early in life by his 

 exquisite discernment of those qualities which 

 are capable of being transmitted from parents 

 to their progeny. It is a gift — a boon, in- 

 deed, for which masters of hounds may be truly 

 grateful, seeing how sadly many signally fail 

 in the attempt. When quite in his noviciate 

 he bred Tarquin, a son of Trickster and 

 Duchess, whose rare symmetry and good 

 qualities soon gained a fame that ensured 

 an introduction to the chosen beauties of the 



