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man who sees the most of a run of an hour 

 on one horse, and is in when the hounds 

 kill their fox, deserves the most credit as a 

 rider to hounds. If my memory do not 

 fail me, I believe Lord Sefton was the first 

 person who introduced a " second horse ;" 

 and very properly so, his lordship riding a 

 great weight. 



One of the most material things in a 

 hunting establishment is, to have hounds 

 perfect at their work, with no vice ; and 

 the being as near each other as possible 

 during the chase is indispensable. It is 

 certainly very pleasing to the eye to see a 

 pack equal in size, but it is of more conse- 

 quence to attend to their shape. How 

 often do we see at Newmarket a large 

 horse and a small one run a dead heat ? I 

 have seen " Violante " and " Meteora " run 

 with large horses, and beat them : the for- 

 mer was beat by " Currycomb," but she 

 made a proper example of Mr. Shakespear's 



