. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . 62. From Derby town a Boden comes, A right good man is he;He Iides to hounds as nicely As you could wish to if they twist, or turn, or race, Or go which way they may;He, like the master s with them. In a quiet sort of way. This is no bad description of the subject of this was a time when on Jacko, a grey, and Spread Eagle,a black horse, he was nearly invincible. The momenthounds were away, he would sit down in his saddle, dashout of the crowd, get to the front, and, when once there,nothing could stop him. But the f
. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . 62. From Derby town a Boden comes, A right good man is he;He Iides to hounds as nicely As you could wish to if they twist, or turn, or race, Or go which way they may;He, like the master s with them. In a quiet sort of way. This is no bad description of the subject of this was a time when on Jacko, a grey, and Spread Eagle,a black horse, he was nearly invincible. The momenthounds were away, he would sit down in his saddle, dashout of the crowd, get to the front, and, when once there,nothing could stop him. But the flowing verses of thelaureate of the chace describe him better than humble,plodding prose :— As he sits in the saddle, a baby could tell He can hustle a sticker, a flyer can spare;He has science and nerve, and decision as well. He knows where hes going and means to be first day I saw him they said at the meet, Thats a rum one to follow, a bad one to beat. Mr. Walter Boden. From a photograph by W. W. Winter. riqBiSoioriq n moiR id .lalniW .W .W. MR. WALTER BODEN, 199 We threw off at the castle, we found in the holt,Like wildfire the beauties went streaming away; From the rest of the field he came out like a he tackled to work like a schoolboy to play. As he rammed down his hat, and got home in his seat, This rum one to follow, this bad one to beat, Twas a caution, I vow, but to see the man ride ! Oer the rough and the smooth he went saOing along;And what Providence sent him he took in his stride. Though the ditches were deep and the fences were I, if he leads me Im in for a treat,With this rum one to follow, this bad one to beat. These spirited lines leave but little more to be is nothing to add and nothing to take away. This rum one to follow first went hunting in 1849,his earliest recollection being the killing of a fox inHorsley Car with Sir Seymour Blanes and Mr. Storyshounds. Curiously enough, it is at the Pastures, whichonce bel
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