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appearance, added the unattractive-looking chestnut to 

 his stud ; but the two did not look a match, nor ever 

 seemed to be on thoroughly good terms with each 

 other. 



*^ LAWYER FLESHER/' 



The burly form of ^^ Lawyer Flesher^^ might at this 

 time be seen on every Monday and Friday, slowly 

 wending his way to the cover-side ; a true love of hunting 

 and of breeding hunters, being a marked characteristic 

 of one, who, by nature, seemed most unfitted for the 

 chase. 



MR. HENRY HIGGINS. 



" Coal and Corn-merchant Northampton " could boast 

 a sportsman of the true and genuine type — one, 

 who for many years devoted his leisure hours to fox- 

 hunting ; and, who, always riding horses of a superior 

 stamp, could hold his own with the best-mounted man in 

 the field. 



THE THREE MESSRS. PHILLIPS. 



The representatives of '^Malt and Hops^^ have ever 

 shown a leaning for all things connected with Fox and 

 Hound. Of the three brothers Phillips — connected for some 

 time with three important Breweries — it would be hard to 

 say which were the " better man,^^ no one of the trio 

 having an advantage over the other in weight, keenness, 

 or resolution. 



