The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-11-27 00:00:00

isrurrs HORS U.
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TO THE EDITOR.
Sit ....Having been strongly requested to give-I
some explanation of the utility of the Country
Donee, by Eight Horses, to be performed this and 1
tomorrow evening. I request you will' be so 1
obliging as to insert the fcllowsug blots :—Yirsto I
humbly think that a thorough 4111111114nd and Ohs.
bility of body, on horseback, Ili sliikei sok
souk
noble exercise.—Secondly, Th le at;
various figures in this dance, the flier 4
knowledge of the extent of the bridle•lmud:
capacity and capability of the horse t more partial-
larly at the p.ecise time of casting off, and turning
of partners, right and left, &c. &c.—Thirdly, 1
also conceive, that the cunning of the horseman
may be greatly improved, when in the ad ot re-
ducing the horse to obedience, on scientific piaci.
pies ! I I and not otherwise.—Fourthly, As a know-
ledge of the appal in horsemanship is highly de-
sirable,
whether on the road, the chase, or field of
honour, I expressly composed the various figures in I
the Country Dance for this desirable purpose, and
which my young equestrian artists have very much
profited by—as some of them, three months since,
were never ea horseback. It was from this ob-
servation, during forty-two years pries, that I
gave this Equestrian Ballet the name of V Leek de
Mars; and I am strongly thankful than myy humble
abilities have affordW some little infenondons,.ws
well as amusement, talb istill=t. • I—.
With due fovea, the Phat
Parilioa, And WAN Servant, • .
Neweastk-asred. Strad, Plilllll. AIITIATip ..
Nwr. 27, 1807. Pistieses et the An of 94.
useweemilantlr
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1111VICACILL-UPON-TYPt, NOV. e 4.
On Tuesday last, during a hard run of the
Lambton Hunt hounds, Colonel Shepperdson, at-
tempting to leap the narrow river Skerne (which his
horse did not fully clear) was thrown with extreme
violence on the opposite bank. and remained in a
state of insensibility a considerable time. The im-
petuosity of the chase preventing his companions
horn observing the serious nature of the accident.
Col. S. was left to the care of a young man, who
humanelycondated him to a neighbouring fume
home. He is now nearly recovered.
On Saturday, the 7th inst. a remarkable fox-Mori
took place in the pa: rah of Cartmel, with the fox-
, bounds beloogiag to Wm. Townly, Esq. of Town
Head, near the foot of Windermere Lake. The
tex broke cover about nine o'clock in the morning,
out of Sedge Hill, west of Kiri:head Heights, the
ritsees of Edward Barrow, Esq. of Allithwa to
ead
; he took his course southwards, 1011G4 by
Kirk "ad : from thence to the Northward,
passing a few yards on the West aide of Kent's
Bank-houses ; this direa:on he continued, crossing
the Lancaster tad Grange road, and running nee ty
parallel to the latter, affording a general push to
both horse and foot, which were numerous. Ar-
riving at Yewbarrow, West of Gionge, he was
checked by some foot people ; he then turned back
to the cover where he first took his hasty strides,
crossing and iseatoraing his homer direaion, but
finding the holes stepped, and the hounds in full
roars it now became neuesary to exceed oath lola
lantwde and Infigltude. which he did in a wonder:oi
manner, perhaps surpassing all precedent, how-
ever, seldom forialicd. His direaion was now again
Northward, a .male en the East of the summit at
Whartbsrrow, and having got to the North of this
mountain, he took has course nearly Wear, across
the valley of Cartmel, close to the town (on the
South) and over the heigats of Mountharnard. pat
of Holkar Band. and bighaid Star, as also the
moues of illerioe, Walthem and Barker, into Old
Park, a large rough wood, on the West b andary
of the parish, near Holkar-ball. In this wood
bold Rey nerd seemed to wish tor shelter ; about en
hour and a half. exercising his sagacity, he found it
necessary to quit, doubling back in tne same direc-
tion veer the mosses, ascended Elierside-brow, and
crossed near Howbarrow houses. He now i;ecame
thirsty. and not having time to search for the purest
fluid, was seen, by Mr.Dliver Touimin, drinking dif-
ferent times out of the wheel tracks ; he now passed
near Hill Mill aad Barns Bank, crossing the valley
of Cartmel, a hole above the town, through Castle
Meadow, and continued this direaion over Hamps-
held Fell, Egget slack and Blawith ; trom thence
be crossed. a latie North of Castle Head, through
the river Muster. into the enmity of Westmir-
land, and forward crossed a part of the demesnes of
Mr. John Bartow, of Meathop (a keen sportsman.)
From this place, the chase was augmented with
fresh pursuers, in the direttion of North East, thro'
the brush-wood of Whole Cat to the South end of
Yew-Barrow; continuing this direlition. about the
middle of the acclivity on the West of this moun-
tain, when be ascended the top. a little to the
North-East of Witherslack church; he now took
the top of the wall, built upan a stupendous precis
p.
ee (cross the Noddle) a sight and situation grand
in the extreme, to a beholder from the road below.
there being no brush wood to intercept the sight.
Still further, and more in a North-East direction,
he crossed the Outcast. also Wit erelack High and
Low Park, to the skirts of Whitberrow, a little,
above Witherslack Hall ; and thence took his course
full North, up she Screw. to the Rake, East of ,
Hawredding ; climbing the top of this grand mono•
tain, and short rotted Northward to the very extent;
then shaped his course through the township of
Crosthwaite, is a Northward dire/lion, nearly to
Crook Chapel; doubled there in a South-East
direaion, and got upon the North end of Whit-
barrow azain ; continued some considerable distance
on the summit, when he was taken by little more
than one-third part of the dogs that first started, it
then being six o'clock; so that the chase lasted nine
boars, and the distance run was forty-three miles.
The ground run over being so rough, and distance
so great, that many of the dogs were spent, and
took their lodgings epos Whitharrow, amongst the
blackens, all 'get. All the horseflies gave up
the chase about Tool Desk. except Caps, barrow,
of Meathop. she made a round turn at the extent
of the chase. He was taken. et the doe* isy feat-
awa, who crossed Cartmel Fell with j*sd limns,
and when they got epos the FeWoot road, in sight
et Mr. Tawnie rs b..., they stopped at certain
intervalsand Atm, blew the hors, and followed
with loud shoots of joy and uiaaropli.

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