OVER BANK AND TIMBER. 116 



it, and you need a galloper if you would be near 

 them. I had some good days with this pack 

 in the time of the late Mr Codrington, who was 

 a good sportsman and very fond of his hounds. 

 I remember finding him one afternoon at John 

 Press's house, and was much amused by hearing 

 the two men relate runs against each other, and 

 expatiate on the excellence of their respective 

 packs. Again, in Mr Chandos Pole's time I 

 enjo3^ed many a good gallop ; and one very good 

 hunting run I can recall, when hounds ran from 

 Glanville's Wootton and killed their fox hand- 

 somely at the end of an hour and forty -five 

 minutes. Mr Chandos Pole was a capital hunts- 

 man and showed excellent sport, and he M^as a 

 wonderful rider in spite of his weight. I do not 

 think I ever rode over so many trappy places 

 as in the run from Glanville's Wootton, but 

 my good Valesman never put a foot wrong the 

 whole day. 



Valesman was a horse with a history. He was 

 bred at Langport, and bought by Mr Guest as a 

 three-year-old on account of his good looks. He 

 was a big powerful brown, standing 16*3, and he 

 eventually became a vdry fine fencer. As Vales- 

 man could not be persuaded to open gates, he was 

 sent up to Tattersall's with some other of the 

 hunt horses, and my uncle bought him for me. 



On the day of the sale a stranger bid against 

 my uncle, and ran the price up to the limit the 

 latter had set. Happily, however, at that point 



