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champion of the year, and Jem Mace came in for a 

 congratulation, but he only looked at " The Staley- 

 bridge Infant." We, however, never remember him 

 asking us so earnestly to try and point any one out to 

 him as Sir Joseph Hawley, whom he looked upon as 

 quite the Turf hero of the day. 



He prided himself not a little on his field ponds, at 

 which he often laboured hard with his coat off. Their 

 formation was on this wise. A thin half-inch layer 

 of lime was laid down to prevent the worm from 

 getting through, and upon this was put a four-inch 

 layer of clay puddled to the consistency of paste. This 

 was limed again and the whole formed a surface as 

 impervious as pot. A thin covering of straw was then 

 put to prevent the stones, which he would often break 

 himself, from perforating the clay, and upon that a 

 layer of three-inch stones to prevent the beasts from 

 slipping when they came to the water. When there 

 was no vein of clay on the farm, supplies had to be 

 sought from some of those dun and drab egg-shaped 

 pockets of Kimmeridge, which crop out among the 

 chalk strata. Sir Tatton was also fond of road-mak- 

 ing, and he would take a turn with the turnip hoers if 

 there was nothing special going on at the paddocks 

 that morning. 



Of the weight of a beast he was an excellent judge, 

 but, unlike the present baronet, he took no interest in 

 pedigreed stock. It was his invariable custom to 

 attend Malton Michaelmas Fair and buy twenty or 

 thirty West Highland stirks for the park, where they 

 ran their first winter and were finished off in the 

 smaller pastures. Agricultural shows were not much 

 in his way, but he never missed going to see the 

 hunter show at Driffield, where he stood, in the centre 

 of the ring with the judges. The Yorkshire Show 

 very seldom tempted him out for the day, but he could 

 not resist a visit to the York Royal, and dined and 

 spoke at the banquet. 



