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Huntsman's cottage at Brixwortli, and eacli succeeding 

 year has afforded a fresli proof of the wisdom of Lord 

 Spencer's choice. By the skill he has displayed in the 

 exercise of his profession — by a trustworthiness never ex- 

 ceeded — by good conduct and a civility which have won 

 the hearts of all, William Goodall has now earned for 

 himself a place on the short list of those whose names 

 have become household- words in the little world comprised 

 in that part of the county of Northampton known as the 

 ^^ Pytchley country/^ With him on the list of Hunts- 

 man-worthies may be included those giants of old time, 

 Dick Knight and Charles King; whilst in modern days 

 we feel reluctant to add any other save that of Charles 

 Payne '^ the inimitable.'^ 



In social life few things are more striking than the 

 position occupied by a popular Huntsman. Belonging to 

 a class from whence spring jockeys, professional cricketers, 

 pedestrians, and such like, it is to their integrity, skill, 

 good manners and conduct, that they are indebted for the 

 consideration they meet with from their equals, and the 

 almost familiarity with which they are treated by their 

 superiors. 



Look at the long roll of Jockeys from F. Archer down- 

 wards, and see how many there are, who for rectitude 

 and honesty stand in the eyes of other men in the 

 same light as do the well-known Northamptonshire 

 Huntsmen, as Charles King, Charles Payne, William 

 Goodall, Frank Beers, and old Tom Sebright. Honour 

 to each and all respectively, at having attained by their 

 own merits a position among their fellows of which they 

 and their families may well be proud. 



Neither time nor space would serve to narrate the 



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