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Amongst the many good horses I have 

 seen following the pack may be mentioned 

 The Midshipmite, old Ballot-Box, who ran 

 third for the Liverpool with twelve stone up, 

 Southdown, and Ingle-go- Jang, Willoughby, 

 Chopette, Athlete, Confidence, and Surprise, 

 the last seven all Point to Point winners ; 

 The Koman and Gold Dust, a wonderful 

 couple of heavyweight hunters belonging to 

 that good sportsman Colonel Hutchinson ; 

 and Shane O'Neil, a winner at Punchestown 

 and Aidershot. 



An account of the falls and general mis- 

 haps I have witnessed, and at times most un- 

 willingly shared whilst enjoying these truly 

 cheery gallops, would fill a volume, but in all 

 the years I have been with them there has never 

 been a life lost, except indirectly. The House- 

 hold Brigade pack has not been so fortunate, 

 and the sad death of Colonel Kobinson, whilst 

 following them in March of this year (1895), 

 is fresh in the memory of all. On one occa- 

 sion, at Farningham — always a stiff line — my 

 horse fell at the third fence, and it was some 



