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well as looking sharply after the four-footed 

 fercB naturce. In 1852 he retired fi'om his last 

 Mastership with a handsome testimonial. But 

 the public had not yet done with him. He 

 was called on in 1858 to serve the office of 

 High Sheriff for Hampshire, the duties of 

 which post he discharged with zeal and ability. 

 He now lives, and long may he live, ^'a pro- 

 sperous gentleman," in the centre of the Ham- 

 bledon Hunt ; and so well has he carried his 

 years, that he is still an effective member of 

 the First Hants Light Horse (better known as 

 the Droxford Foxhunters' Corps), a force that 

 he was instrumental in first suggesting. 



During his sporting career, Mr. Smith has 

 performed feats and met with adventures that 

 probably no other man has equalled. And this 

 is not my opinion alone. Mr. Nichol, who 

 kept the New Forest hounds, usually spoke of 

 him as ^Hhe heaven-born huntsman;" and Mr. 

 Codrington, who hunted the same pack, said, 

 " Were I a fox, I would rather have a pack of 

 hounds behind me than Tom Smith with a 

 stick in his hand." Several of Mr. Smith's 



