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to them ; and their conversation after din- 

 ner usually turns to the subject of riding 

 onlij. To such as these, I have often 

 thought a few couples of curs, running the 

 drag of a red herring, (care being taken 

 that a torn cat should be turned out at the 

 end,) if they only went the pace, would 

 answer quite as well as the finest pack of 

 fox-hounds. 



An anecdote, related to me by a friend, 

 who hunted constantly with the late Mr. 

 Meynell, is very apropos to some riders of 

 the present day, and I give it you in his 

 words. 



" Many years ago, I recollect a gentle- 

 man who kept ten horses in Leicestershire, 

 and who had been riding near me often in 

 a very fine run, in which two of the most 

 interesting and beautiful things happened 

 that I ever remembered to have seen, and 

 on remarking them to him when the run was 

 over, — ' Good God ! Sir,' said he ; 'I saw 

 nothing of them !' This was a hard rider, 



