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and bon vivant nodes ambrosiance were they, at which 

 were found such men as his pupil, Charley Lever, 

 Mr. Le Fanu, "Beauty Addison," Lord Allen, and 

 his genial self. 



The name of Captain Charles Warburton, as a 

 matter of course, "crops up" frequently in this 

 volume. He was one of those who ably seconded the 

 efforts of Lords Drogheda and St. Lawrence to make 

 " Princely Punchestown " what it is ; and he is still an 

 acting and industrious member of the executive. He 

 was one of the best steeplechase riders of his time. In 

 saying this I am paying him a high compliment, for 

 besides the many grand horsemen included in this 

 famous picture, such men as Mr. A. Knox, Mr. Quinn, 

 Mr. Charley Lockwood, Captain Townly, Dixon and 

 Severne, Mr. St. John Brereton, Major Bell, Mr. Tom 

 Kennedy, Mr. J. Kelly, Mr. Tom Abbott, Captains 

 Prettyman and Bernard, and many other great 

 amateurs were in their "hey-day" of renown. I should 

 add Lord Poulett too. He was then a captain, and, 

 while stationed in Ireland, won many races ; on his own 

 horse, Smuggler Bill, he frequently gained " brackets." 

 His horses were trained by Will Conlon of the Cur- 

 ragh, who accompanied his Lordship to the north- 

 western province of India, where he was stationed for 

 eleven months, during which time he accomplished the 

 wonderful feat of winning forty-three races out of 

 fifty-seven mounts. 



One of the most distinguished of the many celebri- 

 ties In this engraving is Sir George Wombwell, Bart., 

 who, in 1854, rode Slinge for the '* Cup." He was then 

 on the Staff. In the Crimea he gained the repu- 

 tation of being one of the bravest officers on Lord 



