1 BAILY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES. CHARLES TRELAWNY, ESQ., OF COLDRENICK. THE name of this gentleman has been held for a long period in the West of England to be the synonym for that kindness, urbanity, and liberality which should be, and it is to be hoped are generally, concomitant with the prominent position of a Master of Foxhounds. The responsibility and cares that attach to the office, pleasurable for the most part, but partaking of the wayward uncertainty which often converts a pastime into its converse, are unknown to those ephemeral sportsmen of the covert side who, making self the law of their epicurean system, judge that everything should be subservient and conform to their personal convenience. But it may be remarked, passim, and without reference to Mr. Trelawny, that, above all, and beyond all, should the master of a subscription pack possess the virtues of the patriarch of Uz to reconcile the torments of his three friends of different opinions, who are constantly prompting the means whereby he may obtain that ignis fatuus of popularity which he strives honestly, yet vainly, to attain. And in the little hours, peradventure, of failure and mortification, the other half of Job is not more consoling as a spiritual emollient. From these anxieties, however, the subject of this memoir is providentially exempt, for he maintains his establishment at his own expense, and is single-handed in his pilgrimage on earth. Mr. Trelawny was educated at Winchester and graduated at Oriel College, Oxford. He is the male representative of the Dayrells, of Littleot-a name that has been borne by many members of his family, and which he has an heraldic right to assume conjointly with that of Trelawny. On coming of age, and having the wherewith to gratify his tastes, he was not long in giving proofs of his predilection for hunting and the turf. Unlike the usual sample of men of his fortunate lot, instead of seeking the shires for his head-quarters, he has made home and Devonshire his primary object, with an occasional visit to more fashionable regions for an outing,' and to this circumstance may be attributed the abounding popularity that he has acquired in his own county. The racing career of Mr. Trelawny, with an occasional exception, has been principally of a local character, and with Fadladeen by Foxbury, Walter by Whalebone, and Fox h. b. by Sancho, he won, in former days, some of the best stakes at the several race meetings of the West. But his connection with the Turf is marked by the following incident-In the year 1842, his horse Coldrenick by Plenipotentiary, in the Danebury stable, was first favourite for the Derby, and was most dangerous for certain of the fielders who had laid heavily against him. Persons deputed by this gang had an interview with one well known to Mr. Trelawny in London, and offered 3,000l. for the favourite, and although they were assured that it would not be accepted, the proposal was necessarily forwarded to head-quarters. On the following day, one of the fraternity met another friend of Mr. Trelawny, who gave a similar assurance, when it was said in reply Will money buy? for we are prepared to go on, say 'double, 6,000/.? The answer of the' Charles Trelawny arrived, thus laconically expressed: The horse Coldrenick is the property ' of the public, and will not be sold until after the race.' In this era of Turf obliquities it is gratifying to record an action, of a rare virtue, which demonstrates, without the labour of argument, the high sense of honour that, throughout life, has actuated this gallant Master of Foxhounds. Many can say ay,-ay! but it is the test that proves the validity of affirmation. Not many years since there was a strange deficiency of blood for stud purposes in the two western counties, Devon and Cornwall. The late Lord Portsmouth was the first who endeavoured to repair the evil with Czar Peter, Colossus, and Quiz; the late Mr. Bulteel, of Fleet, imported Gainsborough by Rubens, and Mr. Trelawny has added largely to the number by Grey Middleham by Walton; Hindostan by Whalebone, out of Sister to Euphrates; Anacreon by Walton; Oswestry by Filho du Puta; Giovanni by Filho; Dulcimer by Muley; Tim Whiffler by Voltigeur; Koh-i-noor by The Libel; Lascelles by Touchstone; and Hazard by Ulick. No greater boon can be conferred on a remote district than to bring within its scope horses of pedigree and character that are beyond the monetary powers of country dealers and farmers. The light-weight hunters bred at Coldrenick have earned a deserved reputation: Bessy by Lascelles from Fawn, by Jack in the Green from Elfrida, bred by the late Sir William Trelawny from Barbara, by Bucephalus by Alexander by Eclipse, obtained the first prize at the late Horse and Dog Show at Plymouth. There is also a strain, peculiar to this stable, from a pony called the Roughtor Pony, bred on the Cornish moors, that, by thoroughbred sires, has produced Tom Thumb, Tiney, Croome Hall, Bantie, and others, which have not only distinguished themselves over the moors of Dartmoor, but in other shires, where their breeding and stay have proved their merit. Upon the decease of his friend Mr. Bulteel in 1843, the Mastership of the foxhounds was transferred to Mr. Trelawny, and he has ever since, for a period of nearly thirty years, hunted the |