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who afterwards commanded the gallant " Red Lan- 

 cers," Mr. Thomas Boyce, just then entering on a 

 career of victory, and Captain Halton, were officers of 

 the same Regiment (the i6th Lancers). They were 

 rivals in many cross-country tourneys, popular sports- 

 men, and good riders. And I may say so too of 

 Captain Chichester, the only representative of the 7th 

 Dragoons in the print. 



The artist hit off to a nicety the expressions and 

 features of Mr. (afterwards Major) Wilkin ; and this 

 plucky Hussar was at that time, and for years after- 

 wards, a sporting celebrity. He is taken on The 

 Squire, a good son of Welcome, and on him he had the 

 honour and glory of winning the first Corinthian Cup. 

 I may add, the first really large stake run for in 

 Punchestown. Captain Severne was at the time one of 

 the best men of the day, and the only one that ever 

 won this race twice: first in 1856, on Mr. Brown's 

 Abdul-Medjed, a son of Blackfoots, when seven ran, 

 and Captain Barclay was second on Major Colborne's 

 Bolivar. Twelve months afterwards he won it again, 

 on Major (now Colonel) Forster's Ringleader, after a 

 severely contested race with Captain Townley on Sir 

 John Power's Fox. Captain Severne still survives to 

 lead his brother Squires, in the hunting field, in his 

 native Shropshire, which he now represents in Parlia- 

 ment. He has also sat for Ludlow, and parliamentary 

 late hours have not impaired his fire with hounds. 



The tall figure, aristocratic, and handsome features 

 of the late Marquis of Conyngham were admirably 

 portrayed by Mr. Hayes. 



The Right Hon. Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 

 Marquis of Conyngham, and otherwise much betitled, 



