farmer's cob which he had borrowed, having beaten his own 'two horses and one of the whip's also; Mr. Henry Walker, who 'kept the Cock at Eaton; Mr. F. Cheere of Papworth Hall and his brothers were useful men; Mr. John Phillips of Royston, who 'came from Lincolnshire, was a heavy man who liked a good start, ' and, if he got it, would ride capitally; Mr. Thomas St. Quintin ' of Hatley Park, a most gentlemanly, good-looking man, whom the Queen singled out as a partner at a ball at Lord Hardwicke's, has always had foxes at Haley Wood. Mr. Parkhouse, a veterinary 'surgeon at Cambridge, it is said was a great man over the mahogany, 'where he could stay well; Mr. James Meyers, who kept the Hard'wicke Arms at Arrington, was a good supporter and very fond of 'hunting; the Rev. D. Sampson, the Rector of Kingston; the Rev. Charles Blyth, the Rector of Sutton, near Potton, was a good 'sportsman and very fond of game fowls; Mr. George Race of Biggleswade, the present Master of the Harriers; Mr. James Carrington, an auctioneer of Potton, who rode races at Biggleswade and other places; Mr. Foster of Biggleswade, Mr. Osborne of St. Ives, who hunted occasionally; Mr. Fred. Hogge of Girtford also went well, understood hunting, and has been a rare supporter ' of the hounds; also Mr. Wm. Hogg, the banker, who was for a long time Treasurer, and Major Hogge, afterwards Master of 'the Oakley, who died at the Cape in 1852, where he had gone to 'settle the Caffre war; Mr. Robert Lindsell of Fairfeld, a won'derfully quick and good man for a burst; and Colonel Lindsell, 'who then went exceedingly well, as did Alfred Leete, a farmer of Kingston, a great ally of Jack Ward, the huntsman.

At this time Mr. W. Westwood Chafy of Connington House, ' of whom I have so often spoken in other countries, went very hard. 'here on the Rusher, who, on April 8th, 1843, with Mr. Ned Reynolds and John Ward, after a very fine run, were the only 'three who attempted to swim the Ouse, in the middle of which Ward said to Mr. Chafy, "I hope we shan't be drowned, for I ""can't swim." They got safe out, and, after going four miles to near Toseland, up came Tom Percival on Sangaree, and Billy Hopkinson, and saw the fox killed at Offord.

The late Lord Hardwicke, who also came out occasionally with the Puckeridge and rode a stallion, but a badish fall or two pretty 'well shut him up; and his brother, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, also 'from Wimpole, a capital sportsman all round, good at anything, ' and a famous amateur actor; he went very well as a young man, and once rode over the boarded gates at the end of Kingston Wood 'on a little thoroughbred chestnut mare. A little later Lord Royston (the present Earl) went well, and with him his friend Mr. Anthony Hammond, Master of the West Norfolk, then an undergraduate.

'Mr. John Dickason of Abington Piggots was a great fox-preserver, and he and his successor, that good fellow George

'Mickley, now of Buntingford, generally had a litter or two of 'cubs. But there was Mr. "Bill" Pryme, who always overrode 'the hounds and got blown up; and Billy Beaumont of Whaddon, 'a deaf man, who used to lead his famous grey horse over curious 'places; Mr. Christopher Pemberton of Bourn Hall, which he rented of Lord Delaware; Mr. W. B. Caldwell of Trumpington 'Hall went well and still subscribes, but does not hunt; Mr. Charles Bevill, who hunted from Cambridge, where he then lived; Mr. William Hurrell of Newton, and his brother Henry of Harston; Mr. Biscoe Wortham of Kneesworth House, a nephew of Mr. Wortham, who formerly kept the harriers for so many years, and 'who lives in the same house that Sir Charles Nightingale formerly occupied; Miss Reynolds, afterwards Mrs. Sullivan, from Ware, 'went wonderfully, and once, on old Charley, jumped between Will Hurrell and Bob Ward over the Wrestlingworth Brook. She was very strong on a horse, rode to hounds quite independently, and never wanted a leader. She went in fine form on February 11, 1848, in a great run from Harlton Wheatsheaf.

Coming down to later times, towards the end of Mr. Barnett's Mastership, or the reign of Charles I., as he was called, were 'Colonel Lindsell of Biggleswade, brother of the present Master, 'who was very fond of it; and the Master himself, Mr. Charles Lindsell, quite a first-rate man, whom I have heard would ride. 'to St. Ives, a distance of twenty-two miles, to meet the hounds at 10.30. Messrs. Charles, Frederick, and George Power, three brothers at the Mill, were regular attendants and good supporters, 'rode well to hounds, and still show at the covert-side; Mr. W. Pope, at the Wharf, and his nephew, who used to keep his stud at the Oak; Mr. W. H. Whiteley of Holme, Mr. Chapman and 'Mr. J. T. Hooper, both lawyers, of Biggleswade; the Rev. J. Taddy of Caldicott Grange, also fond of the sport; Mr. Harvey Baily, afterwards Master of the Rufford, then lived at Ickwell 'House, and was one of the best preservers in the county, and a real ' good friend to fox-hunting. Lord Ongley preserved well at Old Warden, and the Hon. George Ongley always had a litter of cubs at Palmer's Wood; and Mr. Sam Whitbread of Southill, was formerly a very good rider, and Secretary to the Oakley; Mr. F. 'Dawkins of Morhanger House, a son-in-law of Mr. Barnett, and Mrs. Dawkins, who is a capital horsewoman, and knows more ' about hunting than most of the men; Colonel Pearson of the Hasells Sandy, the owner of Achievement, was a good preserver ' and subscriber, and as fond of a fox as he was of a racehorse; 'Mr. Arthur W. Peel of Sandy Warren preserved the animal, but 'cared nothing at all about hunting him; while Sir John Burgoyne ' of Sutton Park was very fond of game, but left them Potton 'Wood, one of the best coverts in the country; Mr. Newton of 'Croxton always had game and foxes also; Mr. Mortlock always ' had a fox ready for them on the opening day, and it was an understood thing for Mr. Barnett to meet at Caxton on the first Monday

' in November; Mr. John Linton of Westwick Hall kept a good 'stud and rode very hard-too much so, perhaps, sometimes, to please the Master, but he was a good preserver and supporter, and has a nice gorse covert, and has now settled down into a good sportsman; Mr. Charles King of Long Stanton was one of the 'best farmers in the county, who used to sit and smoke his pipe ' at his door and watch the cubs playing about in his covert.

'Foxes were always found at Madingley, although the coverts were 'small; and from Hardwick Wood, the property of Mr. Hurrell of 'Newton, more good runs were seen than from any other wood in the county; and the late Lord Hardwicke, although fond of game, always took good care to preserve foxes.

In 1867-8 Mr. Charles Newton of Croxton Park succeeded Mr. 'Barnett in the Mastership. He built new kennels at the Downs, and spared no expense during the time he was Master; and we may say that the country is most deeply indebted to him for the 'way he did everything. That this was felt to be the case the testi'monial of a handsome silver dessert service, which was given him ' on his resignation of the Mastership, is ample proof. His first huntsman was George Southwell, from the Vine, who was assisted by Robert Jennings; but the following year Southwell left and went as first whip to the Herefordshire, and was succeeded by Tom 'Champion, from the Hambledon.

In 1871 Mr. Charles Lindsell, than whom nobody had gone better with the hounds for the last eighteen years, assumed the 'helm, and his huntsman was Harry Hardy, from the Louth, followed in 1873 by James Bailey, from the Atherstone.

During the present management and that of Mr. Newton the following have hunted with these hounds :-The present Duke of 'Manchester, from Kimbolton Castle; the Earl of Hardwicke occa'sionally, from Wimpole; Lord Wodehouse, when an undergraduate, from Cambridge; Lord Sandwich, from Hinchingbrook; Major Pemberton, Colonel Lindsell and his sons, Rev. W. Smith ' of Drayton, Mr. Joseph Phillips, Mr. G. Nash, and Mr. W. T. Nash, all of Royston; Major Campbell of Trumpington, and Captain Douglas, Mr. G. O. Newton of Croxton Park, who subscribes 100l. a year; Mr. F. Pym of Radwell, Mr. J. 'Thornhill of Diddington, Mr. F. Archdall of Baldock, the son ' of Mr. William Hogge, who took that name; Mr. Patrick 'Beales of Cambridge, Mr. H. Thurnal of Royston, the Secretary, and a well-known judge at horse shows; Colonel Wade ' of Shelford, Mr. E. J. Mortlock of Cambridge, Mr. Sidney Stanley of Stow Hall, Mr. C. Marshall of Huntingdon, Mr. C. F. Julius Allington of Barford, St. Neots, Mr. Wm. S. Mitchell and Mr. R. Headley of Cambridge, Mr. J. H. Astell of Woodbury Hall, Mr. R. C. F. Merry of Morden, and his brother, Mr. John C Merry, are good young ones; Mr. H. Hurrell of Harston, owner of the Madingley estate, where the Prince of Wales resided when at Cambridge; Mr. William Hurrell of Newton, son of Mr. Wil

liam Hurrell, a former Master, is a good fox-preserver and a "bad ""un to beat" for a heavy man; and Mr. Toogood of Sawston, another welter-weight, fond of the sport as well as of having a 'race with Mr. Hurrell; Mr. John Linton of Westwick House, 'near Cambridge, rides very forward, and is a capital supporter in every way, having made a covert on his own farm; Mr. S. Linton ' of Long Stanton, Mr. Thornhill of Diddington Hall, a capital pre'server; and Mr. Thornhill of Boxworth, who does not hunt, but 'looks well after Boxworth and Knapnell Grove; Captain Duberley; Mr. J. Perkins of Downing College is a good preserver; Mr. Briscoe Wortham of Kneesworth Hall also preserves foxes, and aids the good cause with his purse as well; Mr. H. Toogood of Thelford, Doctor Dennis Adams of Cambridge can take his own 'part when hounds run; the Rev. A. G. Day, Mr. E. H. Adcock of Trumpington House, Mr. Morgan of Brampton, Mr. Evans ' of Sawston, who walks a lot of puppies; Mr. F. Safford of Girt'ford, a good sportsman and rare man over a country.

The farmers here are also a capital lot: Mr. King of Tadlow, ‹ Mr. Slater of Trumpington, Mr. George Fuller of Abbotsley, Mr. George Ladds of Paxton, Mr. King of Long Stanton, and King of Wrestlingworth, and Mr. Coles of Ŏakington, Mr. Baker of Barton, 'Mr. S. Jonas of Duxford, Mr. Marshall of Buckden, Messrs. Baker ' and Woodward of Warden.

'Of course many undergraduates come out and go as if they were riding to a drag.

'As regards quarters at Cambridge, there are the Lion, and the Bull, kept by Messrs. Moyes, father and son; the Hoops, and the University Arms, built near the old Greyhound.

'At Huntingdon, the George and Fountain.

'Royston is good for both the Cambridgeshire and the Puckeridge. At both the Bull and the Crown good stabling can be found. One 'half of Royston is in Cambridgeshire, the other in Hertfordshire, 'the counties being divided by the Baldock Road. From here a 'man can hunt four days a week without going very far.

At St. Neots, the Cross Keys, the only inn of any size, is the 'best.

HUNTING AND SHOOTING,

WE hear of fast parsons who ride over hounds,
In dog-slaughter Tollemache transgresses all bounds;
Though a horse with four legs be denied to his son,
Still the chase he pursues with a two-barrelled gun;
Would you know what it costs the two sports to combine,
At five pound a shot you may reckon the fine.
Parson Tollemache, to prove that his creed orthodox is,
First reads Fox's 'Martyrs' and then martyrs foxes.

EXPERIENCES OF MR. THOMAS COLEMAN.

II.

'I FOUND myself 2377. out of pocket by the No Man's Land races. 'As I told you before, Lord Verulam said, "If they let you lose, it's C (c a great shame."

"I replied, "If you will allow me to form a racecourse in Gor""hambury Park, it won't interfere with the house, and it will "enable me to get my money back, by having a toll for carriages ‹ “and horses."

"Well," said Lord Verulam, "but I should have to open my <"house, like the Duke of Richmond. I must sleep over it, Cole““man, and I'll write to you to meet me in the Park."

'I went there early, because I wanted to see him before his 'steward came. I knew he would be against it, and I told his 'Lordship so. Presently Purat came up, and looked as black as 'thunder to see us together; but his Lordship said, "How wide do 6 "you want it, Coleman?" I told him, and he inquired, "Can ""you step a yard, Purat?"

"Yes, my Lord."

"" Then just stick in a plug here, and step off so many." There was a big oak-tree, and he said, "You will want that down, and it "will cause me many a sleepless night."

'I told him we could just miss it, and not interfere with the course at all; so I laid it out, and made one of the best racecourses in England. You see that picture of myself, with the horses at work, where we stand, was the start for the two-mile course; ' and where you see others galloping in the distance is the run in. 'It was a rare good two miles. I won the biggest stake ever run for 'there with Calmuck, the bay horse in the picture. I bought him of 'the Duke of Grafton without ever seeing him. It was worth any 'three races ever run for at Gorhambury. We were in the park at 'exercise the day before the races, when Lord Verulam came up, and said, "We shall have a good field for the Gorhambury Stakes." "Yes," I answered, " my horse is sure to win. I want you to <"back him for a hundred at your own dinner-table."

"I daren't do it, Coleman; he can't win."

"Then will you back him for fifty? You will get twenty "" fifties."

"I daren't. Colonel Peel will beat you, and so will Lord """Exeter."

""Barring accidents, my horse is sure to win."

'I got them all off the first go, like a flock of pigeons; and when they had run a mile (halfway), Bill Sadler, who was on Combat, holloaed to the jockeys, "I'll lay a sovereign to a penny old Tommy "has got us all." My nephew was on Calmuck, and he won in a canter, never having turned a hair. Mervyn was second, with