The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-10

AMERICAN SPORT ron ExeIIsIr HuNrsuxv
Hon. GrantIey Berkeley, who il said 10 BE-
quite celebrated In England as a sportsman.
has been bnffalo hunting in The West and on
the 18th nit delivered q lecture ut ST. Joseph,s.
Mo-. to large audience A letter giving d de.
scription of his hunt says:
They arrived in the settlements on the sath
uit, and the party divided the nohleraan and
portion of his suite going on to ST. Joseph
ana tns guide ana generai.ssimo OF the excnr
sion, John Cantreil. and the balance of the
party coming on to Wesfporf. learned from
one of the company that the hunt turned out
very well, and TO the satisfaction of NV
Lord who thinks himself amply repaid for
all his trouble and expenditures. They start
ed ont on the Sanfe Fe route until they heard
of the Indian depredations, when. by ad vice of
Cantreli. they changed their course further
north. They proceeded to Fort Riley, where
they were joined by two officers of the army
and thus recruited, made for the region OF
Smoky Hill Fork, (some $50 miles from Mis-
souri, river,) where they were gratified with
the sight Of buffalo in abundance. During the
first days hunt our high born Engiishman
made dead faiiure--he had the g buck ague y
to an alarming extent. and missed fire every
time, but he daily improved, and soon showed
himself 4 good hugter and fair sportsman
fer foreigner. They killed twenty -niGe no.
Bile buffalo, the skins and tongues of which
will be carried across the waters as trophies
and a few choice steaks carefully packed up to
grace London Club dinner about Christmas
time. They also killed a variety of smaller
game, at which "My Lord" seemed more at
home. When it came to tea thered game, birds
on the wing, &c, he surpassed every one else.
His fondness for sport is only equalled by his
energy aud epduEae - Gantreli says that the
old Engffshman can hunt on foot or on horse
back without eating or drinking.
How TO CHOOSE A HUNTER.-The choice of
hunter must be proceeded with before we
commence TO ride him. ] approve of a rule
strictly adhered to by a master of fox hounds
for many years-a patron of the turf and
good practical Judge of a horses shapes and
action as can be found. This gentleman per-
formed feat of horsemanship never exceeded
for brilliancy of action and genuine pluck
So much 50. that whenever the sons of MINI
rod pay their devotions to the ''rosy god,' and
the toast goes round to the honor of the 'cle-
ver' and the gallant. the respected name of
John Courtney aud 'sWhiteiion'' will as
cend with the 'cheer of cheers" After q bril-
liant day with the Kilkenny hounds, and while
the soothing juice of the grape circled the fes
tive board, "'mid toast and song, and iocund
mirth,'' conversation turned upon horses and
their performance, when the stable feat'' of a
noble Marquis, some years ago, was intro
duced as the acme OF ali that embraced pluck
in man and cleverneSS in a hunter And il
being mooted that that feat would never again
be accomplished, the southern squire ordered
his gallant greyn to the fore. mounting him
oltside the Kilkenny Clubhouse. lie rode up
the steps of granite, thence To tagged hall,
up two flights OF stairs, into the dining-room,
and back and forloard over the table--glasses.
lights, decanters and all-without as much AS
displacing single raisin or almond. "Huzza!
for auld Ireland aither all; for love. war,
whiskey, or devilment, we lick everything but
Il Yankees tongue" cried the elated groom OF
the squire, as patting the gallant horse, none
the worse for his performance, he led him to
rest.-The Horse and has Master.