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Thornby and Cold Asliby respectively, Messrs. Pender 

 and Jameson have established homes for " P.H." 

 purposes ; and though comparisons are said to be odious, 

 few will be found to deny that in point of " hardness/^ 

 amongst his fellows the latter gentleman is beyond 

 compare. 



With a stud in no way fit to compete with many of 

 those around him, the animal that Mr, Jameson has made 

 his own is bouud to go where even ^' good men ^^ 

 hesitate to try, and the ^^ funker '^ feels that there must 

 be an easier place elsewhere. 



MR. HAZELHURST. 



If there can be one greater certamty upon earth than 

 another, it is that one if not more foxes will be "at 

 home '^ in the Misterton osier-bed any day between 

 November and April that the Pytchley hounds please to 

 enter it. For this great blessing, all who from time to 

 time meet Mr. Langham and his hounds at Misterton are 

 indebted to Mr. Hazelhurst of the Hall. It is to his 

 unceasing care, and determination to have foxes about 

 his place, that the osiers have never been known to be 

 drawn blank ; and it is to be hoped that this fact is 

 recognized with proportionate gratitude both by the 

 Master and the Members of the Hunt. To have an 

 indifferent or perhaps hostile resident at Misterton Hall 

 would mean a loss to the " P.H." of its most important 

 and popular district, and at once lower it to the level of a 

 third-rate power. All honour then to him who saves it 

 from such a fate. 



