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in the front rank, and finally carried Mr. 

 Guy Fen wick into fifth place ; this son of 

 Castlereagh and Twitter was then fourteen 

 years old. 



If the ages of hunters could always be 

 ascertained, I suspect some of us would be 

 astonished to find what veterans we were 

 on. I suppose that few " antiquities " could 

 be found to beat Ingle-go-Jang, winner of 

 many hunters' 'chases and Point to Point 

 events in times past, and an admirable 

 "fox-" catcher, who is still hunted by Major 

 Carter, K.A., in Essex, although his years 

 number those of a quarter of a century. 



To return to Mr. Powell's two good 'chasers. 

 Bloodstone should now be as serviceable at 

 the stud as he has been on the Turf; and it 

 would be a difficult matter to find any horse 

 better calculated for getting hunters of the 

 highest type. Breeders should also bear in 

 mind that he is a grandson of Touchstone. 



Midshipmite is a horse of quite another 

 colour, literally and metaphorically speaking. 

 My first introduction to him was rather a 



