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Warwickshire. Since his secession, Mr. John Darby, 

 of Rugby, has become one of the most eminent 

 country dealers in hunters and hacks ; and Mr. 

 Denham, late of Derby, but now of Kegworth — a 

 first-rate judge, and a first-flight man to boot in his 

 twelve-stone days — must not be forgotten. Mr. Ge- 

 thing, of Orton, near Newark ; Mr. Potter of Ashby- 

 de-la-Zouche (who used to supply Sir Richard Sutton 

 with nearly all his Irish horses) ; and Mr. Stanton, of 

 Grantham, are known for hunters far and wide in the 

 midland counties ; while Mr. Barker, of Roade, near 

 Northampton, passes an immense amount of first-class 

 cart-horses, besides carriage and riding horses through 

 his hands. The Messrs. Painter, of Bicester ; Mr. T. 

 Chamberlayne, of Southampton ; Mr. R. Chapman, of 

 Cheltenham (who has had the great run in those parts 

 since Tom Smart of Cricklade died) ; and Messrs. 

 Haines, of Highworth, are also constant attendants at 

 the great fairs, and ever on the look-out for likely 

 hunters and hacks. Mr. Murray, of Manchester, gene- 

 rally takes a large string of hunters northwards from 

 Horncastle, and with Mr. George Garwood, does a 

 thriving business in hunters, hacks, and carriage 

 horses, in Manchester and Cheshire. These dealers, 

 as well as Messrs. Ainger and Bretherton, of Liver- 

 pool, buy largely of Irish horses. In Norfolk, Mr. 

 George Hill, of Scole ; Mr. Robert Beart, of Rain- 

 ham ; and Mr. Coleman, of Norwich, have the leading 

 business, which takes rather a first-class hack and not 

 a hunting turn. Mr. Charles Symonds and Mr. 

 Wheeler, of Oxford, deal exclusively in hacks and 

 hunters, but the former seldom attends any mother 

 fairs than Horncastle and Lincoln, and purchases 

 elsewhere through a commissioner. He horses Jem 

 Hills and his whips during the Heythrop season, 

 and sends the horses they have ridden up to Tatter- 

 sail's each May. His stables are well known to every 

 Oxford visitor as one of the most perfect things of 



