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bled at Melton tliis season, it will suffice to tell how 

 well every meet is attended. 



First I have to record the fact that Lord Wilton, 

 though not arrived at present, will be here shortly; 

 and his advent is looked upon as the one thing neces- 

 sary to crown the season with eclat. No more popular 

 man is to be found than the noble earl, who, for the 

 last half century, has been a resident during the hunt- 

 ing season at his beautiful abode in the town. 



Next, it should be intimated that Mr. Little Gil- 

 mour, who has been absent in the North for a while, 

 will shortly return ; and I am happy to hear he still 

 goes as well as ever. 



Mr. Burbige — and this closes my list of veterans — 

 is for a while indisposed and unable to go with the 

 hounds, and when I had the pleasure of calling upon 

 him at Thorpe Arnold on Sunday I found two noble 

 lords, well known in these parts, who had called to 

 express the hope that he might soon be seen in the 

 saddle again, though at seventy-six it is necessary to 

 hold hard a little now and then. 



After giving precedence to these well-known names, 

 I must add those of Lord and Lady Grey de AYilton, 

 Colonel Forester, the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Wolver- 

 ton. Lady Cardigan, Lord Downe, Sir Henry Meysey- 

 Thompson, Sir Henry Des Yoeux, Sir John Lister 

 Kaye, Sir Beaumont and Lady Florence Dixie, the 

 Honourable Charles Lowther, Mr. Lubbock, Captain 

 Farley Turner, Major and Miss Markham, Mr. 

 Samuda, the Messrs. Behrens, Captain Smith, Captain 

 and Miss Hartopp, Major Paynter, Mr. Gordon Bennett 

 and Miss Bennett, Captain and Mrs. Candy, Mr. Living- 

 stone, Captain and Mrs. Molineux, Mr. Grey frae the 



