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get a little blown, they are careless about 

 rising at such small fences, and down they 

 come. 



" Cowley, who came from the Cowley. 

 Heythrop, is whipper-in ; he is a resolute, de 

 termined sort of fellow, and well calculated 

 for such a situation. 



"The stud of horses is of a very Mr. Smith's 

 superior description. Indeed, I stud " 

 scarcely recollect having seen so good a selec- 

 tion ; they show plenty of blood, with plenty 

 of bone, and no lumber, and what is of great 

 importance in the choice of horses to go across 

 a country, there was not one that I could de- 

 nominate leggy. The usual compliment is 

 about twenty-four, but I apprehend an extra 

 horse or two is not an object. Smart, the 

 dealer of Cricklade, supplies these stables with 

 many, and there are few better judges of the 

 right sort. 



"On the 3rd of February, the TheH,H. 

 Hampshire hounds being within reach, I availed 

 myself of the opportunity of meeting them at 

 Farley Mount. One great object was to see 

 old Dick Foster, of whom I had heard so 

 much when in his younger days he was hunts- 

 man to the late Lord Foley in Worcestershire 

 and Staffordshire. Hampshire does not strike 



