PETER PIGSKIN 



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lad can get it. We should like to appoint Peter inspector of 

 hunting cavalry, and get him to go round the stables and teach 

 ignoramuses the first principles of action. Who would hire a 

 Groom that ran his choke band up the top hole ? 



But enough of that, let us part with Peter. There is not a 

 man in the hunt more respected than Peter Pigskin, and he 

 draws his popularity from two sources — his fine, sportsmanlike 

 horsemanship, and his generous, unaffected character. No 

 man ever saw Peter Pigskin press upon hounds. He always 

 rides as though he anticipated a check, but when they ''do 

 run " and do go straight, when a run is established, oh, but 

 Peter is there, imbibing delicious enjoyment as he goes. Yet 

 he has no jealousy ! He is the first to pull up, and the last to 

 move on again. Long may the old evergreen flourish, and may 

 many ambitious gentlemen, whom it would be impolitic in us to 

 name, take a leaf out of his book. 



