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HUNTING REMINISCENCES 



who commenced hunting in the thirties, and to- 

 day is known as " Phantom " of the Field, the 

 oldest hunting correspondent. Then we have Mr. 

 John Nickolls of Sieaford, blooded in 1836 by 

 Goosey on Caythorpe Heath, and he still hkes 

 a quick thoroughbred horse, sitting him as gaily 

 as he did in his prime forty years ago. Amongst 

 the sturdy yeomen born and bred on Lincolnshire 

 soil, known throughout England wherever agri- 

 culture and sport are discussed, we have Mr. R. 

 Bemrose and Mr. T. Casswell, both " rum ones to 

 follow, bad ones to beat." And we might name a 

 score more Nestors of the hunt, who give colour to 

 the saying of the North American Indians, that 

 " days spent in the chase do not count in the length 

 ofhfe." 



