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waggons are on the Western-road. As may be 

 expected, the gentleman I have been speaking 

 of — being quite an original — does not only 

 afford amusement to his friends, but is now 

 and then himself the subject of an harmless 

 joke. On the last day of my visit to Sir 

 Hussey, he had a large party to dinner, 

 amongst whom was Mr. Butler, and by ac- 

 cident he was placed opposite an excellent 

 painting of a fox by Barringer. It so happened 

 that Mr. Butler never saw this fox till he had 

 taken his glass of port wine after his cheese, 

 when he suddenly exclaimed, ' What a beauti- 

 ful picture of a fox !' ' Ah, Billy,' said an old 

 friend of his, who sat opposite to him, c how 

 well your nose must have been down this last 

 hour, that you never saw that fox before !' 

 Sir Hussey lives well. 



" NlMROD." 



"The H. H. races took place on 1825. 

 Friday, April 15, on Worthy Down, H - H - races - 

 and afforded excellent sport. The H. H. Cup, 

 value 100 guineas, was won by the Hon. T. 

 W. Gage's Gimlet, beating Mr. Villebois' horse 

 Veteran, by Blucher, on whom the betting at 

 starting was 10 to 1 ; by which unexpected 

 occurrence the knowing ones were completely 



