The Life of a Great Sportsman 



her whilst her owner was at Harrow. Many a time I have had 

 a mount on that mare and can answer for it that she was a 

 beautiful goer, seemingly hung on springs. She won several 

 races after her first experience on the turf, but none I think 

 over which we three sang metaphorically such paeans of joy as 

 over her first win for the " Bold Harrow Boy." 



My brother had been but a very short time at Harrow when 

 he took the School Cup as their best fielder, and as I write 

 these lines, the small silver shield he won for " the best catch 

 at Harrow school," and which he gave me many years ago to 

 have made into a brooch, hangs over his picture, the last ever 

 taken of him on horseback, as Joint Master of the Cottesmore 

 Hounds ; as I lift my eyes it meets mine in bright testimony to 

 Maunsell's prowess as a first-rate fielder. 



Among Maunsell's most cherished possessions, I have 

 found, carefully stowed away, the identical cricket card published 

 by Lilly white, of the historic match at Lord's, Harrow v. Eton, 

 in 1864, when, captained by the late " Charlie " Buller, Harrow 

 scored a glorious victory over Eton, beating them in one 

 innings with sixty-seven runs to spare. This match, which 

 ranks as one of the most famous, if not the most successful, in 

 the annals of Harrow School, I was privileged to see, partly as 

 a tremendous treat, and partly because I had a brother playing 

 in this match. Two of my favourite schoolfellows and myself 

 were taken by one of our kind principals of the Kensington 

 Boarding School to Lord's Cricket Ground for the purpose. 



How vividly it all comes back to my memory now ! I have 

 been to many cricket matches at Lord's since then, but on that 

 glorious day in July 1864, the sense of personal pride that 

 possessed me, by the reflected glory of my brother's prowess, 

 has never been equalled. But though Maunsell's performance 

 that day was a most creditable one for Harrow, the special hero 



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