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all tkree going over the horse's head as he gkiramed the hurdle. 

 This Martin was by way of being a poet in his own estimation, 

 and during that winter, when his maatier and I w€ire shooting 

 in another part of the country, and a daily bulletin aa to the 

 health of the stud was required, one came by wire as follows: 

 " All blooming well, no cause for sorrow, 

 Five hunters true, namely, Edinboro', 

 Pilot, Springwell, Rose, and Vixen, 

 And Martin, that'll make the six 'un." 

 Springwell was aa fine a hunter as I ever rode, but a hard 

 puller, and Percy never cared much for him, the result being 

 that I had many a good ride on him with the Tynedale, and 

 one or two with the Morpeth. The horse made a long price 

 (I forget how much) when the stud was broken up, and when, 

 as has been mentioned, a horse named Simon went to the late 

 Sir Wm. Eden for 300gg. Simon was better looking than 

 Springwell, but I, who rode them both, preferred the latter, 

 who had an extraordinary stride and great pace for a hunter. 



A propos some of the very long runs which the Tynedale 

 have had from time to time, I have had several letters, and 

 one of these is, I am sorry to say, undecipherable. Even 

 printers, accustoimed to all sorts of handwriting, have failed 

 to read it, and this is in a great measure due to the fact that 

 the correspondent has written with a faint pencil all over a 

 single sheet of paper. Grossing and recrossing, and leaving 

 many of his words unfinished. I think the name Stamford - 

 ham occurs more than once, and there appears to be some- 

 thing about Cornish and a particular horse, but nothing 

 definite can be gathered from the epistle. From Mr. John 

 Robson, of Newton, Bellingham, whose name was mentioned 

 in connection with the great run from Clapheaton, I have 

 received a letter throwing further light on the hunt referred 

 to, and Mr. Robson incloses me another letter which refers 

 to a great run which had an even longer point. On this last 

 occasion hounds met at The Highlander, which is on the Noi*th 

 road from Newcastle and from two to three miles south of 

 Belsay, and on the Morpeth border. They ran right across the 

 northern part of the Tynedale country, reaching the Border 

 country at Lee Hall, and the point (to Lee Hall) is fully fifteen 

 miles. I cannot find Coat Hill on my map, but Lee Hall is 



