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in shawls, and managed to get out in a carriage, just 

 to see his hounds find ; but he even went further ; he 

 is reported to have called for one of his horses, which 

 was being ridden by a groom, and to have taken com- 

 mand of his hounds, until, thoroughly exhausted, he was 

 compelled to give in. 



Sir Bellinsfham Graham had a famous horse called 

 Cock Robin, on which he once slipped away from covert 

 and a large field by jumping in and out of some double 

 rails, between which there was barely room to land. 

 On another occasion, when the hounds ran hard from 

 Glen Gorse to Stanton Wood, the master took the 

 lead and kept it, notwithstanding the fact that several 

 of the best light weights in England, including Colonel 

 George Anson and Mr. William Coke, were very close 

 to him, but they could not overtake him. 



It was during Sir Bellingham Graham's mastership 

 that there died a somewhat remarkable Leicestershire 

 character, one Job Inchley, a horse-dealer. He was 

 born about 1753, and in his younger days sold a good 

 many horses to the followers of Mr. Meynell, and for 

 some reason or other his portrait was painted by 

 Marshall for some nobleman, whose name is not given. 

 Unlike most dealers, however, Job Inchley had fancies 

 of his own, and after a while he dealt in classes of horses 

 which did not find general favour. A critic of the time 

 says that he at one time bought blood horses of the type 

 called by Jacob Wardel "slashers," but which were not 

 suitable for the purpose intended. Some of these he 

 trained and ran in races ; but they " were not fast enough 

 to tire themselves, nor stout enough to win." Eventually 

 Job Inchley's fancies brought him to grief, and after 

 parting with his little freehold property, he died in 

 London without a shilling, during the mastership of Sir 

 Bellingham Graham. In his dress, Job is said to have 

 been very peculiar. To all appearance he always wore 



