. The choice works of Thomas Hood, in prose and verse. A Party of Pleasure. THE PLEASURES OF SPORTING. 559 a dear item, though my friends killed my hunters for me, and Iboild my own horses. The subscribers, moreover, were not punctual,and whatever differences fell out, I was obliged to make tliemup.—Pay again ! At last I happened to have a dispute with a. Pointer and Disappointer. brother Nimrod as to the capability of his Brown and mine, andwe agreed to decide their respective rates, as church rates, by ;iSteeple chase. The wager was heavy. I rode for the wrong steeple

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