174: REMINISCENCES, ETC. 



his horse Jack-o'-Lantern. I saw him near Frisby Gorse, 

 trying to get his horse over a flight of rails six or seven 

 times, but he refused, and Mr. Smith had to take him to 

 another place before he could succeed." Mr. Ferneley adds : 

 " He was the^?^5^ red-coat I painted, and on Jack-o'-Lan- 

 tern. The picture was bought by Mr. Mayler, and at his 

 death it was sold, and I do not know what became of it. 

 This was in 1806, the year Mr. Smith first took the Quorn 

 hounds. I also painted his portrait, with his hounds, for 

 the Earl of Plymouth. In the same picture were portraits 

 of Lords Plymouth, Aylesford, and Dartmouth, Messrs. P. 

 Mills, J. Bradshaw, Paris, J. W. Edge, Hinton, &c. This was 

 in 1819; and I fear never again will Leicestershire boast 

 the assembling together of such thorough sportsmen, as well 

 as kind noble-hearted men." In another celebrated picture 

 Mr. Smith is conspicuous, viz., in that painted for Sir Pichard 

 Sutton by Mr. Frank Grant. Although Sir Richard and his 

 sons, together with the Duke of Rutland, Colonel Lowther, 

 and others, occupy the most prominent position in the pic- 

 ture, yet the circumstance of their all wearing hunting- 

 caps, while Mr. Smith has the usual well-known hat, makes 

 it appear as if the hounds were his, and those around him 

 his huntsmen and whippers-in. The horsemen in this pic- 

 ture are all portraits of eminent sportsmen. A fine 

 engraving of it has been made by Bromley. Another ex- 

 cellent likeness of Sir Richard Sutton* on horseback hangs 

 in the ante-room at Tedworth. 



'' In Lord Plymouth's celebrated Quorn picture by Ferne- 

 ley, Mr. Smith is standing by the side of Gift, a light 

 chestnut (he had him from Sir R. Sutton), with Dick Bur- 

 ton holding the rein ; and he is talking to Mr. Mills on his 

 iron-grey. Barkby Holt, in the spring of 1815, is the meet ; 



* Sir Eichard Sutton's and Mr. Assheton Smith's were the onl> 

 hounds belonging to private gentlemen ever known to hunt six days a 

 week. 



I 



