no Tally ho. 



and several others witli whom I was unacquainted, 

 making up a goodly array. Many of these gentlemen 

 are well known in the " pigskin/^ and an excellent 

 opportunity was afforded of judging of their powers. 

 It is pleasant for us veterans to know, when we are 

 knocked out of time, that the rising generation are 

 comino- out in good form and well up to the mark. 

 Witness Mr. Shoolbred, who, I am told, is an ex- 

 tremely hard man, who rides well up to the hounds, 

 and is likely to prove a shining light in the Shires ; 

 Captain Bridson, a neat horseman, very quiet, riding 

 well, but without display ; Mr. Cameron a light weight, 

 who, if I may judge from appearances, is as little 

 daunted by a difficulty, and as well able to take him- 

 self safely across a dangerous country, as his brother 

 the renowned African explorer. It will bear repeating 

 if I allude to the fact again, that it is to the noble 

 sport of hunting, which, in my opinion, stands first of 

 all manly amusements, that we owe so many indomit- 

 able spirits that crop up on many occasions, and who 

 take walks across Africa, or rides to Khiva, with such 

 marvellous coolness and courage and absolute dis- 

 regard of consequences. I will venture to say that 

 if the antecedents of such men were traced, they 

 would be found to have been the first at all athletic 

 games, the hardest to pull an oar, the toughest at a 

 game of football, or the last to be shaken off at a 

 paper chase ; and it is well known that it is not 

 always the best crammed scholar who, though he 

 passes an examination with amazing edaiy turns out 

 either the finest soldier or the jolliest companion. 

 Decidedly, if I had anything to do with Army exami- 

 nations, I should require a certificate from a M.F.H. 



