Index, 



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N. 



Newspaper Accounts of Runs, 165. 

 Northampton Race-Course ; the old and new 



Stands, 26, 27. 

 Northampton Cricket Club, 141. 



O. 



Oliver (T.), the celebrated Steeplechase 

 rider, 131. 



"Order of theAYhit? Collar :" 



The Costume of the Hunting Club 

 formed at Old Pytchley Hall by John 

 George, Earl Spencer, about 1752, was a 

 scarlet coat, with white collar, and dis- 

 tinguishing buttons : the binding of the 

 present work has reference to this cos- 

 tume, 6. 



Oxenham (Rev. "W.), Second Master at 

 Harrow School, 286. 



Oxford, Hunting at, in its palmy days, 298. 



Payn (Charles), First Whip tinder Mr. G. 

 Pavne. 125 : his rectitude, 227. 



Payne (" Billy "), Brother of Mr, G. Payne, 

 135. 



Pearson ("Jem"), Driver of the "Not- 

 tingham Times," 13S. 



Pell (Admiral Sir Watkin) , a bold hunter 

 with a cork leg, 57, 



Pell (Sam), a hard-riding farmer, 155. 



Peyton (Sir Henry), a good Whip, 136. 



PhiUipson (Capt,), nicknamed "Handsome 

 Jack," 25. 



"Pillag'er," a Paragon of fox-hounds, 151. 



Plymouth (Earl of) , a first-rate rider to 

 hounds, 22. 



Pridmore (Wm.), Mr. Isted's second Horse- 

 man. 248, 



Prize-fights : Gully and "the Chicken," 35 ; 

 Owen Swift and Atkinson of Notting- 

 ham, 14^ ; Great battle near Towcester, 

 143 ; Smith and Greenfield at Acheref , 

 France, 38, 



Prize-fighting, Downfall of, 37, 



Pytchley Club Members in 1782, 1808, and 

 1838 ; 7, 15, 106. 



Pytchley Hall (Old), bttilt by Sir Euseby 

 Isham, temp. Queen Elizabeth, 3 : its suc- 

 cessive owners, and demolition, 4. 



Pytchley Hunt Races, 1838, 24, 



R. 



Racehorses, Nomenclature of ; its difficul- 

 ties, 308 ; its "happy hits," 309, 



"Rainbow;" Col, Anstruther Thomson's 

 best horse, 175. 



Ranee (Tom), First Whip under Lord 

 Spencer's Mastership, 207, 



" Rapping" at the Pytchley Club, 15. 



Raveuaworth (Earl of) ; see Liddell, 272. 



Ros (Lord de) accused of foul play at cards, 

 122, 



Rose (Tom), the Duke of Grafton's cele- 

 brated Huntsman, 11. 



Royston (H.), Huntsman to the Harrow 

 Hounds, and cricketer, 132. 



Runs (Great) with Fox-hounds, 2, 13, 14, 

 19, 21, 30, 79, 90, 102, 127, 129, 160, 171, 228, 

 248. 



Russell ("Billy") at Pitsford Hall. 99. 



Russell (Lord Charles), on the Breeding of 

 Hounds, 230. 



S. 



" Safety-Talve ; " one of Mr. Stirling Craw- 



furd's hunters, 307. 

 Sandars Gorse ; a famous cover, 41. 

 Sawbridge (Mr.) killed in the hunting- 

 field, 130. 

 Scent— What is it ? 208, 

 Sebright (Tom)., an able and upright Hunts- 

 man, 227, 

 "Semper Durus;" one of Mr, Stirling 



Crawfurd's htmters, 307, 

 Shirley (Jem), Whip to Mr. Osbaldeston, 



85, 

 Shooting Match : interesting walking 



match between Capt, Ro?s and the Hon. 



G. Anson, 93. 

 Simpson (Mr.) of Hemplow, an excellent 



fox preserver, 334. 

 Smith (Mr, Assheton, Senr,) tries to cut 



down Dick Knight, 10, 

 Smith (T, Assheton) ; his big jump, 109. 

 Snow, Hunting in the, 21. 

 Soames (Capt.), a fine rider; his favourable 



report of the financial position of the 



P.H„ 231. 

 Sound, instances of the power of, 9. 

 Spencer (Frederick, Earl), 40. 

 Spencer (Countess) at the Empress of 

 Austria's Steeplechase at Hopping Hill, 203. 

 Steeplechases and Steeplechasers, 25, 87,88, 



89, 203. 

 Stevens (Jack), an unrivalled Whip, 97, 



98 ; but a bad Huntsman, 207. 

 Stevenson (Mr. John) wins the Farmers' 



Cup with " True Blue," at the P.H. Races. 



1838, 24, 

 Stubbs (" Ginger"), a htmting-dancly, 105. 

 Sulby Hall Cricketers, 141. 



T. 



Tassell (Dan), First Whip to Mr. Jsted, 247. 

 Teck (Duchess of) attends the Empress of 



Austria's Steeplechase at Hopping Hill, 



203. 

 Thursby ( Harvey) of Abington Abbey, near 



Northampton, 103. 

 ToUemache (Hon, Wilbraham), a good 



rider, 105. 

 Tomblin (Mr.), Horse-dealer and High 



Sheriff, 251. 

 " True Blue," a famous Steeplechaier, 24. 



