330 Silk and Scarlet, 



Mr. Osbai- Tom Sebright involuntarily sends us 

 deston's Entry, back to the days when he whipped in to 

 " The Squire," fifty years ago, on the very first day 

 that glorious rider ' carried his horn as master, in 

 the Burton country. No master had been better bred 

 to it, as far as strength of character was concerned ; 

 and it was told of his mother that, when some one 

 brought her the rumour (during the heat of a ten days' 

 election at York) that her son was hurt out hunting, 

 she said, " DoiHt talk to me about my son — Jie knoivs 

 how to fall zvell enough — how goes the poll f " Tom 

 remembers, as if it was yesterday, that the first run 

 was thirty-two minutes to ground without a check 

 from Eagle Low Wood ; and when they had dug 

 down to him, with what delight he turned round and 

 said, " This is a good beginning, sij'- ; there's a fox 

 a-piece for tis in this earth!' And so having disposed 

 of one, they had two hours and thirty-five minutes 

 with the other ; but in spite of four long checks, every 

 horse was beaten to a stand-still. And so we trace 

 the pair on through the South Notts and Atherstone 

 countries, till we find them with Furrier, Rocket, 

 Vaulter, and Vanquisher, and others as good as they, 

 among the pasture lands of Leicestershire. Early in 

 his career, the Squire bred a great deal from Wildboy 

 by Monson's Wonder, who came in the pack which he 

 purchased from his lordship. Vaulter's brother Vigi- 

 lant by Vernon's Vigilant was the harder runner of 

 the two ; but Vaulter was the huntsman's friend, and 

 could put them all to rights on a bad scenting day. 

 Vanquisher was as hard a runner as he was handsome; 

 and, like Furrier, he was eventually given to Lord 

 Yarborough for a stud hound. 



. Still that most unerring and melodious 



of finders, the twenty-four inch Tarquin, 



was Sebright's delight, and two sisters of the same 



litter were nearly as great. His hind quarters were his 



plainest part ; and he was an odd, short-tempered dog, 



