246 Tally ho. 



whose zeal outrides their discretion, are restrained and 

 kept from over-riding the hounds by the courteous 

 and thorough control which is enforced. 



Her Majesty the Empress of Austria, having brought 

 over a stud of some twenty-five horses, intending to 

 hunt with the Pytchley, has arrived here and has had 

 several very capital runs. Not to speak of Mr. 

 Darby and his establishment whilst on a visit to 

 Rugby, would be either to confess one's ignorance, or 

 to show small powers of observation, for it is, in fact, 

 one of the institutions of the town. If Mr. Darby's 

 position was not so well known to hunting men of all 

 ranks, and he himself so greatly respected, I might 

 have doubted whether I should speak freely of what 

 I observed during my visit ; but as his house is always 

 open to all comers who are known to him, or have 

 proper introductions, and he himself being always 

 willing to permit an inspection of his stud and all 

 appertaining to it, I have no hesitation in stating that 

 I believe a description of what I saw and heard may 

 be interesting to avast number of sportsmen. Suffer- 

 ing from rheumatism, and, like myself, being able to 

 give his experience of over half a century, it is not to 

 be wondered at that he has given up riding, and is 

 content to go upon wheels. 



^' I do not know which is the lamest of the three,'^ 

 he said, when driving me to his farm, '^ I, my old pony, 

 or my favourite dog.'' 



All three being good of their sort, however, they 

 managed to get along, and we drove first to the 

 grounds adjacent to the railway station where horses 

 are shown or tried over big fences, with a good stretch 

 of galloping-ground of ridge and furrow grass land 



