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the neck as " My Lord's" wliicli were all over of a nicer 

 stamp, tlioiigh we fancy Tom himself thought otherwise. 

 But as varmint Jack Parker says, ^^ If w^e were all Lords 

 we should all have prizes of some sort !" and the Sinning-- 

 ton show as much sport as any of them, though they are 

 rather tall, rambling-looking hounds to the eye, with 

 hardly bone enough for their height. But Jack met his 

 fortunes with great philosophy, whether it were with 

 Clinker and Ariel, at Middlesbro', or riding over the 

 furze fences at Helmsley — a kind of amusement he thinks 

 they will go on with in Yorkshire ^' till they have to call 

 in the C'rowner." 



This was enacted in great form at Middlesbro' on the 

 second day, with a grand stand at half-a-crown a head to 

 see the fun from j and a lunch discreetly set an hour or 

 so previous, to steady the nerves of the competitors and 

 their anxious friends and relatives. The fences were 

 very sporting-looking ones — a well built hedge, and then 

 a five-foot rail to get out with ; while the reality of the 

 thing was immensely increased by a wonderfully well got 

 up old Yorkshire farmer, who^ ever}^ time a horse made a 

 mistake, walked up, spud in hand, to see what damage 

 they had done him. The jumping was almost generally 

 good, and two or three awkward horses very well handled. 

 Mr. Parrington, the secretary, took both the prizes for 

 tbe best hunting gelding and mare ] and King Charming, 

 a very clever one, only wanting in a little more " style," 

 was also the winner at Redcar ; while his chief opponent 

 now was a very good-looking chesnut by Dagobert, whose 

 rider and owner, young Mr. Batty, had the word of 

 everybody as the best horseman. In repose, his seat was 

 by no means perfect, but when he set the chesnut going, 

 they were quite at home together, and the way in which 



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