Dick Christian again, 1 3 



grunting, and stops ; Mr. Greene whips off Sysonby, 

 and says, " Yoil get on my horse ^ theyre running for 

 their fox!' On Mr. Smith goes with Sysonby, and 

 then Mr. Greene nicks in with Gadesby, and gets on 

 him and finishes. There they was, at the kill, same 

 horses they'd started on, only riders changed ; singular 

 thing, wasn't it ? 



Bill Wright was one of what they called The Flying Blue 

 " The Blue Coats ;" nothing stopped 'em ; ^o^^s. 

 such crashers, they'd hardly wait for hounds to get on 

 the scent ; long blue coats and gilt buttons. Let me 

 see : give me time ; I'll have 'em all. There'll be 

 George Marriot, Jonathan King of Beeby (he bred 

 Tilton and a many first-raters), Wright of Sysonby, 

 Jack Wing, the two Gambles, Jack Fryatt (the Julius 

 Caesar and Vivaldi man), John Woodcock, Jack Deve- 

 rill, Bramley of Bushby, Bill Blower of Rotherby ; 

 (I tutored him ; his father gave me many a sovereign 

 for noticing him ; what a sight of money he's made by 

 hunters !) Tomlin of Lye Lodge, Williamson of the 

 Coplow, Sam and Bill Henton of Ragdale, Gamboy 

 Henton of Hoby, Frank Needham, Carver of In- 

 goldsby — he made nigh 2000 guineas for seven colts 

 out of one mare. I can't think of no more ; Heycock 

 came after these. What a fellow Heycock was to 

 ride ! Dash me, I knew such a break with him and 

 Sir James. He'd just got a new Shropshire horse, 

 had Sir James ; always went there for them if he 

 could ; as like as apples they all were ; a great man 

 for a grey if he could get one — he bought a many of 

 Tom Smart — he'd give three or four hundred, as soon 

 as look at it. So Heycock comes up to Mr. Heycocks 

 him, out hunting, " .How d'ye like your Recipe. 

 new horse, Sir James V ^^ Pretty ivell!' Sir James 

 says, " only he makes me a little nervous ; he hits his 

 timber!' " Fll tell you what to do',' says Heycock. 

 " Take him out by yourself, quite private, and give him 

 two or three heavy falls over timber ; I always do it!* 



