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Sandringham, the gentlemen of the Norfolk 

 County hunt turned out to escort her carriage, 

 all in pink, all wearing the green velvet caps of 

 the hunt, all splendidly mounted and perfectly 

 appointed. They were a magnificent sight, 

 and it was no wonder that Her Majesty looked 

 at them with approval. 



" In a dash across country they would prob- 

 ably have surpassed any other riders in the 

 world, unless, perhaps, those of some other 

 English county, but when Her Majesty and the 

 Prince of Wales appeared at a front window, 

 and the gentlemen rode past to salute them, 

 what happened ? The first three or four ranks 

 went on well enough, although Frenchmen, or 

 Spaniards, or Germans would have done better, 

 because they, had they chosen, would have 

 saluted and then reined backward, but the Eng- 

 lishmen made a gallant show, and Her Majesty 

 smiled. Somebody raised a cheer, and the 

 horses began to rear and to perform movements 

 not named in the school manuals. The Queen 

 laughed outright, and the gentlemen finished 

 their pretty parade in some confusion. Now 

 a very little school training would have pre- 



