Telegram-herald., 1890-11-16


Colenel xho is ssid ~ - likely - sSke
the hosnas = lee they are given ap by
ths present master Its net the moEey.
oae must osa. thss attracts her. hut
after tie unhappy beast is '-oesgeda aBd
she Aas reseixe1 tbs brush, the thought
wiu cone 49, the Colonel puIs his Big
roan AZ her side that she woala BE- quiFe
In her place IS Ihe eifs u a Master %
Eoxh0ands-
Diana become 'horSeyp is = degraded
TIVE, u use tie DArWiniAa ,ern2euisr.
This baa edition of LADY Cay Sp4nksF"
my be n any sort age OF condition.
Sometimes she Is thirty. handsome ana
fashionable Sometimes she is forty
I've. speaks broad dialect and has no
standing Smong TIE county families
In any case she would DC recognized in
Yokohama as British 20 the back bone.
II sue is fine lady she rides magaih-
Gently aud mixes her stable slang with
Al argot not videiy q issimilar from that
OF Bilhngsgate or Whitechapel. ltshe
is roll.cAng, tox-huRting Midlands
dame her speech is cleaner. for she
talks horse pure and simple, but she IS
hair. IS solid OF flesh and ''blowsy bella"
OF complexion and bumps up and down
when she rides Ia either event she
Is glib OF ages. weights, records and
pedigrees. enlsrges on a mares quar-
ters legs and the way in which she is
ribbed up, and speaks % negotiating
fence" or OF chappies getting awful
troopers, you know" in way
10 confuse and confound the
uninitiated listener. The female mem
ber OF the elite is the most mas
culine-looking Of the several varieties
Of horsey women, though there is little
difference in this particular. The heavy
dame whose avoirdupois would break
down, one would think. the strongest
weight-carrier has often the most 90 in
her, and cares not how atrOcious the
weather or how far from home they
kill" The fashionable horsey woman
has one decided advantage. in that she
is chums with the efieminate-looking
but straight-riding swells of her own
''swagger" London set, while the other
is rather despised by the country gen.
tlemen.
All the horsey women have one point
in common; their riding habits may oe
Immaculate or slouchy-the elite stable
woman has the smartest in all England
and the bouncing, jouncing heavy
weight the most slovenly-but the
skirts are invariably short enough TO
make the riding boots conspicuously
visible. All the horssy women use
crops instead of whips, and all the
fashionables carry TASKS with bayonet
tops buckled to the saddle bow.
1t is the grief of her life to a woman
who has ridden If the time comes when
she is obliged TO take to lum bering
barouche. coachman and footman and
a pair of ponderous animals. Yet, still,
she does not absent herself from the
gathering of the clans. 1t made a spirit
ed scene as ! saw it last Tuesday, the
second mect OF November OF the York
shire foxhounds few miles out OF this
old cathedral city. There was a white
frost on the grass and the brown leaves
rolled under foot in pillows. The
hawthorn hedges were bare but there
was color in the reddening holly ber-
ries. The whole country side seemed
out to enjoy the autumnal sunshine.
Hundreds and hundreds a-foot, or horse
back, in pony traps, and village carts
crowded the lanes. Now and again
relocated huntsman galloped by. The
gentry" whether country" or titled,
made brave showing on fine bred
horses There we're perky girls in pony
carts who whistlcd for their betters to
u.
mercifully. There was Mrs. Major
Somebody, the wife of the master Of
hounds, who sat high on her
dog cart, whose coachman wore
a cocllade and whose footman hung on,
seemingly by his eyelids on the narrow
ledge seat behind. There were quiet,
rigid-looling women on quiet hacks
who hunted as they prayed because
decent respect for the opinions OF So
ciety demanded It, and Jolly girls, just
ont OF the schOol-room, on their first
ponies and a Di Vernon on q big black
horse who seemed 10 be getting a deal
OF amusement ont OF y couple Of dude
hunters -spick, span and dainty young
men.
The "start" was not n sensational
thing 70 witness; the huntsman, Who is
the paid servant OF the hunt and is re-
spOnsible for the real work done, led
the hounds keeping them together
by calling their names and sounding
the horn. while the master Of hounds
leisurely maintained his dignity This
huntsman was = grizzled old fellow. who
until be warmed no to his task looked
serious. not 10 say melancholy Life
was a heavy proposition 70 him
and in the midst Of the merry
making thr0Rg he wore an air
Of painful responsibility. There was
only one point about the Snort markedly
different from that form OF the Ameri-
can imitation which concerns itself
with fox and not with bag % snise-
ssed. the pack OF hounds had more
tongue. American dogs seem 20 realize
that auglomania has its ridiculous side.
and save Fer few muFsd yelps they
are apt 20 keep pretty still. but these
Yorkshire bounds set % = caaine shoat
when thoY started tho FOX across The
field they kept shogtinz az they tore
after hin. fslloved hv man and women
strsining every nerve g watch the
game. they whinea snd frette5 and
scolded when they lost the scent snd
strsgrle5 ingloriouslv noses - ths
ground. snd thsT exalted savarelg when
they fornd IL again and scraag escer 80
Kill after their 'orlorn itttie preF Men
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