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season. The Countess of Cardigan, who is conversing 

 with Colonel Forester across the sluggish stream 

 which meanders through the inviting meads ; Mrs. 

 Sloane Stanley, well mounted, and a model for those 

 who would desire to appear in proper form in the 

 hunting field ; Lady Florence Dixie, on a blood-like 

 chestnut, who must now be placed in the front rank 

 of the very best performers, being entitled by her 

 indomitable courage, unfailing nerve, and love of the 

 sport, to rank as " a bright particular star ^' in the 

 firmament of Melton ; Mrs. Younger, on her favourite 

 and perfect lady^s horse ; Mr. and Mrs. Adair, Captain 

 and the Hon. Mrs. Molyneux, Captain and the Hon. 

 Mrs. Stirling, Sir Charles and Miss Clayton, Captain 

 and Mrs. Tomlinson ; whilst among the sterner sex 

 appear the well-known forms of many hard-riding men. 

 I see Lord Carington, the future Master of the 

 Cottesmore, who has undertaken their management, 

 upon the retirement of the Earl of Lonsdale ; and the 

 members of the hunt, as well as the frequenters of 

 Melton, are to be congratulated, the noble lord being 

 a first-rate sportsman, a good man across country, with 

 a reputation for geniality as well as unbounded 

 liberality, admirable and necessary qualities in an M. 

 F.H. The new master will take up his abode at 

 Barleythorpe, Lord Lonsdale lending his splendid pack 

 of hounds, giving the use of the kennel, etc., and 

 subscribing the liberal sum of £500 per annum towards 

 their maintenance. Lord Wolverton, who cannot 

 resist the attractions of the Belvoir, the Cottesmore, 

 and the Quorn, which draw him from his own country, 

 and his splendid pack of bloodhounds, with which he 

 pursues the stag across one of the stifiest '^ countries ^' 



