34^ ^'^^ PytcJiiey Hunt, Past and Prtscnt. 



With voice scarcely attuned to the softer measures of a 

 tenor-song, the vocal notes of Mr. Tom Turnell cannot be 

 accused of being deficient in far-reaching properties ; nor 

 is it the custom of its owner to deal in honied words- 

 For his use, plain old English terms and expressions are 

 quite good enough ; and in taking the occasion, he thug 

 retorted upon a noble M.F.H., who had just shown him 

 the rough side of his tongue. " My Lord ! I have 

 hunted with many Masters of Hounds, but as they have 

 all been Gentlemen and not Lords, I am not used to your 

 sort of language." With this flashing of his two-edged 

 sword the dispute happily terminated ; and " Lord " and 

 " Yeoman " drowned their difference in words of a more 

 kindly nature. 



The prosperous Farmer has already become a '' vara 

 avis in terris :'^ the whole race of Agriculturists — plus 

 Mr. Arch's " aristocratic goats," the Landlords — may 

 become as extinct as the '' Dodo ;" but so long as we see 

 amongst us such excellent specimens of their cloth as the 

 triad of Sportsmen just referred to, we shall have the 

 satisfaction of knowing that Hunting has not quite 

 reached its bitter end. 



MESSRS. J. AND G. GEE, AND MR. J. WOOD. 



Two better " Gees '^ to hounds — John and George by 

 name — than those installed at Welford, it would not be 

 easy to find ; and in Mr. John Wood the same locality 

 can boast "a customer" whom only to keep in sight 

 during a run is to ensure being in a sufficiently good 

 place. 



