^6 ' Silk a7id Scarlet. 



light well. He had a mare which probably was not 

 worth much, as there is an anecdote of Sir Robert 

 Leighton having lost his pocket-book ; and when it 

 was found, there was a memorandum in it to the fol- 

 lowing effect : " To remember not to buy Roberts's 

 mare." We must not forget one of the greatest acqui- 

 sitions to the hunt, Andrew Barnard (afterwards Sir 

 Andrew) ; a most cheery one over the country, and the 

 life of the party at the social board. His memory will 

 be fondly cherished as long as there is any one alive 

 who can recollect him. 

 Captain Jones Captain Jones, of whom Lord Althorp 

 and his Pilot, bought his celebrated horse Midnight, was 

 another of the visitors. He was a good horseman, and 

 a hard rider ; but could not go without a pilot, always 

 attaching himself to the man of whose judgment he 

 had the greatest opinion. One day he was follow- 

 ing a gentleman, who was in the habit of going slow at 

 his fences, however hard they might be running. After 

 the run he came up to him and said, " Sir, if you 

 will ride so slow at your fences, I really can't help 

 riding over you." The gentleman replied that he was 

 very sorry to hear it, but he had been so long in the 

 habit of it, that he feared he could never break himself 

 ot it. 

 T . r, An odd adventure occurred to Lucas. 



Lucas s Barn. -^ r ^ ^ i • t>. i 



On one of the short days m December, 



he left his hack at a long distance from the place 



where they killed him, and soon after he started on 



his way towards Pytchley, it became pitch dark. He 



got into a field, out of which he could not find his way; 



and at length stumbled on a barn, where he and his 



horse took up their abode for the night. The barn 



has ever since been called Lucas's Barn. Another day 



DickGurnevs some of the Meltonians came over from 



Views of ths the Harborough country, to teach the 



Meltonians. White Collars how to ride to hounds. 



They were rather pushy ; and some one said to Dick 



