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but that, having got out his horn, he could uot 

 sound it. 



But Mr. JoiTocks had a strong objection to 

 the fences. A fall was an awful thing, he de- 

 clared in the course of his lecture ; and, having 

 pictured a great sixteen-hand horse lying on one 

 like a blanket, " sendin' one's werry soul out o' 

 one's nostrils. Dreadful thought ! Vere's the 

 brandy ? " was the conclusion of his speech. It 

 is the jumping of the fences which adds the 

 zest to riding to hounds with many sportsmen ; 

 but with Mr, Jorrocks — it is hard to leave this 

 admirably drawn character when once he has 

 been mentioned — riding to hounds was delightful 

 in spite of, not because of, the jumping. " Paid 

 sixpence for catching my horse" is a common 

 item in his diary, and a caught horse implies 

 a cropper. Jorrocks unmistakably "funked." 



John Leech has immortalized one of his 

 mishaps, where he stands on the bank, his whip 

 twisted in the reins of Artaxerxes, and '' Gently, 

 old fellow, gently, Artaxerxes, my bouy ! " having 

 failed, cries '' Come hup, I say, you hugly 

 brute! " as he endeavours to beguile or frighten 

 the clumsy creature over the fence, on the far 

 side of which in imagination he sees " a plough 

 or 'arrow turned teeth huppermost." 



Happy is the man who enjoys all that is 



