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began hunting when I was eight years of age, and 

 I've never missed a season since. I rode second 

 horse for Sir Gilbert. Mr. George Watson, he once 

 said to him, " Yotcll kill that boy, riding day after day 

 zuithoiit stirrups!' I wasn't hurt a bit in that sheep 

 job. Bless you, I could turn a somersault in them 

 days, when I felt the horse going. I throwed myself 

 clean over his head, and always ketched on my legs ; 

 no end of gentlemen saw it. I sold that horse that 

 very day to the Duke of Montrose ; he was Marquis 

 of Graham then ; he lodged along with Colonel Powis, 

 where the lawyer lives now. 

 Recollections of There's Sysonby Hall, first place you 



Sysonby Hall, comes at. Wellesley Pole, they made 

 him Lord Maryborough, lived there. Lord Maynard 

 lived at it once. Wright was at Sysonby Farm. He 

 was a great man with Lord Plymouth. This was all 

 his land where we are now — (it wasn't Bill Wright, of 

 Uppingham, the dealer ; nothing of the sort) ; he sold 

 Sir Harry a many horses. Lord Plymouth gave him 

 Juniper to travel with, and Breny Hawken, coal-black 

 all over ; wide in his ears ; I broke 'em both, and a 

 sight of trouble they gave me. Captain Ross bid my 

 lord a thousand guineas for Juniper, to run the steeple- 

 chase against Clasher. Blythe of Sysonby Hall, was 

 a very hard-riding man. There's a Wright at this farm 

 now, no relation of the other. 



He discusses Now, there's Mr. Cradock ; dash me, but 

 ages with Mr. we must have that in. Him and I's hunted 

 Cradock. ^j^g country longest of anybody. No; 



blame me, there's Lord Jersey ; I musn't forget him ; 

 and Parson Empson. We met at this very Sir Harry's 

 cover, and he says, " Well^ old boy, how are you ? I 

 forget which is oldest, you or me!' " /'// speak pre- 

 sently !' I says. — " / was born in March '79, a7id I 

 think, sir, you would have corned about Atigust 'y8 ;" 

 and he says, " 2*11 be bound you're right!' Them were 

 the very words we had, plump before all the gentle- 



