1 60 Saddle and Sirloin. 



ground under the flooring of the temporary kennel. 

 In vain did the whip lie on his stomach for minutes, 

 and practise every endearing wile : " Come Sultan ! 

 poor aidd fellow, come here man ! Poor aidd dog ! — 

 there s naebody sal hot thou /" as he had finally to be 

 drawn for inspection like a badger. 



When the Cheshire and Lord Wemyss's had come 

 and gone back, Turpin, who had been making himself 

 generally useful as first whip on the flags, opened the 

 Fife kennel. Out came the three couple looking all 

 life and freshness, as well they might, seeing that Mr. 

 Thomson and " Fred" had given them a long scamper 

 over the sand and among the breakers like a troop of 

 mermaids, that morning. Father Neptune owed them 

 a good turn, as the year before he made such a dread- 

 ful rough night of it on the Frith of Forth that they 

 could not be got across, so they were all left behind 

 save Syren. That beauty of Guisboro' had been 

 kicked and killed since then, and her daughter Sym- 

 pathy was one of these three couple. Dairymaid 

 was also put in for Rector, but though she let them 

 . down a bit, Captain Williams declared that, save and 

 except the Belvoir Dryden bitches, he had never seen 

 finer. 



The Cheshire were out again, and again Sir Watkin 

 was sweet on the yellow pyes ; then the Yarborough, 

 and lastly Earl Wemyss's and the final discussion 

 began in earnest. Captain Williams whipped out his 

 tape-line once more ; and had a few last words with 

 Major Fletcher. Mr. Milbanke took one of his long 

 quiet surveys, pencil in hand ; and Sir Watkin drew 

 his hand anxiously across his face, as if he was in 

 judicial difficulties, as indeed they all were. The 

 Cheshire could not win on the strength of one couple, 

 and they had too much flesh ; while the Yarborough 

 lots were not well put together, and seemed uneven, 

 " when it came to a squeeze." It was clearly reduced 

 to a Scottish contest — Fife v. Coldstream. The Bench 



