THE 



CEEAM OF LEICESTEESHIKE. 



SEASON 1870-71. 



THE HORSE FOR LEICESTERSHIRE. 



January 12th. 1871. 



occurs to us in the 

 midst of a bitterly pro- 

 longed frost, and by no 

 means jDleasantly, that 

 when it pleases the clerk 

 of the weather to give us 

 our ticket of leave, we 

 shall find that he lets loose 

 at the same time the mul- 

 titude that always rush 

 to venery in the spring. 

 Usually they appear gradu- 

 ally on the scene, the throng 

 swelling day by day ; but 

 this year we shall find our- 

 (Sn-'^v"^^' _^-^^^^^^__ selves at a jump struggling 



P ^^=^^§11^^^^^^^^''='=^ *" in the inundation, and the 



select and cheery ante- 

 Christmas fields luxuries of the past. The worst of this 

 will be that each and every individual will be mounted 

 on a steed fresh and wild enough to carry a Mazeppa, 



