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of only a very few years effects a marvellous 

 change in the respective persons who compose 

 the field. Many old friends and familiar 

 faces were not present, while the vacuum was 

 replaced with fresh ones. Some, perchance, 

 the grim huntsman, who never misses his game, 

 has run to their last earth ; others have 

 sought a distant hunt to enjoy their venatic 

 pastime. From the ranks of the latter I 

 missed Mr. Penrose, one of the best men over 

 a country I ever saw. Although a welter 

 weight he was always with the hounds, turn- 

 ing with them as if his horse formed one of 

 the pack, yet never incautiously overriding 

 them. It was truly gratifying, however, to 

 meet many who were constant attendants 

 when Earl Fitzhardinge hunted the country. 

 Of these was Mr. Pryse Lewis, a leading man 

 for many years, looking well, and affording 

 pleasing confirmation of the salutary and in- 

 vigorating effects of foxhunting. Mr. Findon, 

 too, whose opinions concerning horses and 

 hounds are always valuable and instructive, 

 but whom early reminiscences connect with 

 Warwickshire, has for several years made 

 Cheltenham his place of abode. Always well 

 mounted, and determined to secure a place in 



