Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . at Handley Cross, and christenedYoung Hyson ; and the cut em down Captains quad, six in did most of Mr. Jorrockss work, and Xerxes could carryhalf-a-dozen Bens every day in the week, so that Pigg and Charley^ame in for most of the work of the others, Charley never havinggone to the. trouble of getting any more horses* than the one hebrought with him. Xerxes and Arterxerxes (capital feeders) were both desperatelytroubled with the slows, and the latter puffed and blew in a way thatmade ill-natured people say he was going broken-winded. Having
Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . at Handley Cross, and christenedYoung Hyson ; and the cut em down Captains quad, six in did most of Mr. Jorrockss work, and Xerxes could carryhalf-a-dozen Bens every day in the week, so that Pigg and Charley^ame in for most of the work of the others, Charley never havinggone to the. trouble of getting any more horses* than the one hebrought with him. Xerxes and Arterxerxes (capital feeders) were both desperatelytroubled with the slows, and the latter puffed and blew in a way thatmade ill-natured people say he was going broken-winded. Having long stood together, they had contracted a friendship,that displayed itself in constant neighings and whinnyings whenseparated, and rushings together and rubbings on meeting, to thederangement of the dignity and convenience of their riders. Thusif Mr. Jorrocks was yoicking on one side of a cover on Arterxerxes,and Ben all hot-ing* it on the other side on Xerxes, there would be * Yo hote, to make hounds —Diary of a Huntsman,. INSPECTING THE 438 HANDLEY CROSS; such a neighing and whinnying, and exchanging of compliments allthe time, as greatly to interfere with our masters attention to hishounds, and when the horses caught sight of each other, Xerxeswould take the bit between his teeth, and rush to his friend Arter-xerxes, making a rubbing-post of him and his rider in defianceof resistance on the part of Benjamin, and remonstrance on the partof Mr. Jorrocks. Ginnums was quite the reverse of the preceding. He hadcommenced life as a leather-plater, and done hard service on somecountry courses, and after experiencing the vicissitudes of fortunein the hands of various masters of different callings, had descendedinto the hands of a smuggler, when he was seized by the Excise,well weighted with contraband goods, and publicly sold to for fourteen pounds ten shillings. He was a raking goer,but a nasty wriggling beast to ride, continually throwing his headin the air, t
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