18 Memoir of Tom Smith, 



did hunter, tlie first-rate groom, the scarlet 

 coat and boots, seemed almost too good news 

 to be true ; but he took care to make good use 

 of them nevertheless, and thus he soon at- 

 tracted the notice of the master of the hounds, 

 that famous old sportsman, Mr. John Warde, 

 who frequently invited him to dine with him, 

 especially after a good day's sport. The inti- 

 macy thus begun endured as long as Mr. 

 Warde' s life ; he was proud of liis pupil, and 

 was often heard to say, when any instance of 

 the prowess of the latter was related in after 

 days, ^^ I entered Tom Smith to hounds." 



