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among a scanty crop of illustrious sportsmen. These were 

 the days of Meynell, Warde, Osbaldeston, the two Raw- 

 iinsons, one of whom afterwards took the name of Lindow, 

 John Moore, Tom Moore, Captain (since Sir David) Baird, 

 Maxse,* Colonel AVyndham, Sir James Musgrave,t the two 

 Edges, Lord Kintore, Davy, Sir Henry Peyton, Sir Harry 

 Goodricke, John White, John Cradock, Lord RanclifFe, 

 Lauucelot Ptolleston, and last, though not least, that splendid 

 rider, Valentine Maher.J With more than one of these 

 names the record of some famous run is associated. 

 White, of whom the old song says, 



*' White on the right, Sir, midst the first flight, Sir, 

 Is quite out of sight, Sir, of those in the rear," 



was the only man who stuck close to Mr. Smith on the 

 Belvoir Day with the Duke of Rutland's hounds, when the 

 fox led them nineteen miles point blank, and every other 

 rider was beaten off. 



Lindow was the owner of the celebrated Clipper, con- 

 sidered "the best hunter in England ;" and it was on his 

 back that he and Mr. Smith, who was mounted on Garry 

 Owen, after a tremendous run with the Quorn, found them- 

 selves alone with the pack, while Tom Wingfield, the 

 whipper-in, was visible at some distance alongside of them, 

 flying down the wind to stop some earths which he knew 



^ Mr. Smith always admired the riding of Mr. Maxse, who was one 

 of the most forward of the heavy weights. Maxse had a famous horse, 

 Cognac, whom he hunted for nine successive seasons. His master was 

 over sixteen stone. 



+ Sir James Musgrave's horse, Baronet, was a mean-looking animal, 

 with only one eye, but so capital a hunter, that it was said of him, that 

 if titles could be conferred on the brute creation, this "Baronet" would 

 have been raised to the peerage. 



X Lord Alvanley betted Maher a hundred guineas that the latter 

 could not jump a brook without disturbing the water ; and Maher made 

 Lord Alvanley the same bet. Maher got over, but Lord Alvanley's 

 horse threw some dirt back from the bank into the water, and it was 

 given against him. Mr. Valentine Maher died in ' S42. 



