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Index. 



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•'Under tlie Rose;" origin of the phrase, 

 50. 



Vernon (Mr.), nicknamed " Hat-peg Ver- 

 non," 159. 



W. 



Wake (Mr. Drury) : his unrivalled ride from 

 Oxford to London and back in five hours, 

 29 ; his perilous ride from Constantinople 

 to Belgrade, in 1854, with Government 

 Despatches, 300; his immersion in Whilton 

 Brook, 303. 



Wales (H.R.H. the Prince of) hunts with 

 the Pvtchley; falls into Spratton Brook, 

 4 200. 



Wales (H.R.H. the Princess of) attends the 

 Empress of Austria's Steeplechase at 

 Hopping Hill, 203. 



Waterford (Marquis of) rides "Yellow 

 Dwarf" at the Little Houghton Steeple- 

 chase, 1838, 25. 



Watkins (Rev. 0. F.) ; his speech at dinner 

 to Col. Anstruther Thomsun. 178. 



Watson (Mr., of Rockingham Castle), 

 Master of the North Pytchley Hounds, 224. 



West (Mr., of Dallington), a Northampton- 

 shire Hunting Yeoman, 153. 



Whalley (Rev. John) at the P.H. Races, 

 1838, 25 ; his graceful riding, 59. 



"Whole Duty of Man;" verses on Fox- 

 preserv ng, 326. 



William IV. (King^ ; his horse " Hindoo- 

 stan " beats Mr. Whitworth's" Peon " at 

 Northampton Races, 26. 



Wood (Jem), First Whip under Lord 

 Althorp ; a brilliant rider, 21. 



Wood (Squire) of Brixworth Hall, 53. 



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