. The Sportsman's cabinet, and town and country magazine. led, equally lament-ing the absence of his Lordship, and thecause by which his presence was pre-vented : when at the very moment ofmutual regret, who should appear atfull speed on the pie-bald pony but LordOrford himself. All attempts and en-treaties were in vain; none had powerto restrain him ; the match he was de-termined to see, and no persuasionscould influence him to the greyhounds were slijiped, and Czar-ina won; but, during the course, it wasfound impossible to prevent him ridingafter the dogs, moi-e particularly as
. The Sportsman's cabinet, and town and country magazine. led, equally lament-ing the absence of his Lordship, and thecause by which his presence was pre-vented : when at the very moment ofmutual regret, who should appear atfull speed on the pie-bald pony but LordOrford himself. All attempts and en-treaties were in vain; none had powerto restrain him ; the match he was de-termined to see, and no persuasionscould influence him to the greyhounds were slijiped, and Czar-ina won; but, during the course, it wasfound impossible to prevent him ridingafter the dogs, moi-e particularly as hisfavourite displayed her superiority inevery stroke : when in the moment ofhis highest exultation and the eagernessof his triumph, he unfortunately fellfrom his pony; and, pitching upon hishead, he almost instantly expired. Shortly after his Lordships deceasehis gieyhounds were brought under thehammer of the auctioneer. The lateColonel Thornton was the purchaser ofJupiter, Czarina, and most of his bestdogs, giving from thirty to fifty guineas it,,. ^,. ■1^ <i^ 5 Toivn and Country Magazine. 359 each ;—for the purpose of improving thebreed in Yorkshire ; and by the unionof the Norfolk and Yorkshire blood, thebest greyhounds in the woi-ld were pro-duced.—Snowball and his brother Ma-jor were superior to all other greyhoundseithor before or since—they were thevery perfection of the animal; and per-fection, at least in greyhounds, appearsnot to be stationary; as, notwithstand-ing every possible exertion, the breedhas deteriorated a few shades, thouglithere are at present great numbers ofvery capital greyhounds. There was something remarkable inLord Orfords favourite bitch Czarina:she won forty-seven matches, withoutever having been beat; and shewed notthe genial desire till she had completedher thirteenth year, when she broughtforth eight whelps by Jupiter, all ofwhich lived, and were excellent was the dam of Claret and YoungCzarina, both of which challenged
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