^Nimrod ' 



well mounted. Dick Forster ^ and Ned Allen, then both in high 

 feather, were of the first order of the profession {Jacketty too, was a 

 famous assistant, and a fine rider), quick, active, and light, and 

 always ready to play into one another's hands. As many a flower 

 blows unseen, so had these hounds many a fine day's sport that was 

 hardly ever heard of. With no one out but '' Old Beau " with his low- 

 crowned hat, black top-boots, one steel spur ; his groom, Luke, 

 in his twilled fustian frock, on the second horse ; and a few old 

 potterers like myself — I have seen many a run, the recollection 

 of which warms the expiring embers of my old age. Tom had a 

 fine voice, which he, however, never used unnecessarily ; and he 

 scarcely ever blew his horn, except to get them out of a cover when 

 the fox was away. As long as fox-hunting is followed by English- 

 men, so long will the name of Old Tom Rose be cherished with the 

 fondest recollections.' 



Sir Richard Puleston is celebrated as a judicious breeder 

 of hounds, and his blood has likewise been highly valued 

 in several of our best kennels, amongst which is the Duke 

 of Cleveland's, to whom Sir Richard sold a very large draft 

 some years since, and also that of the Fife. The late Mr. 

 Corbet, a very considerable breeder of hounds, always 

 bowed to his superior judgment in this department of the 

 science. The most celebrated breeders ^ however, of this 

 day, are the Dukes of Rutland and Beaufort, and Mr. Ralph 

 Lambton ; and Mr. Osbaldeston's blood, although himself 

 no longer the owner of hounds, is de jacto in the highest 

 repute in the hunting world. A few years back, he had 

 nearly forty couple of hounds at work at one time, by one 

 sire — his Furrier. 



The following testimony to the character of the late 



^ Now huntsman to Mr. Villebois, in Hampshire. 



