The Life of a Great Sportsman 



and that keen enthusiasm which he displayed in every other 

 walk of life. 



Not only to Maunsell is this applicable, but by far the most 

 striking instance of a great sportsman proving himself really 

 "great" in the severer tests of life, was that of his lifelong 

 friend, the famous u Mr. Roily," as he was known to the sport- 

 ing world, or " Roily " Melgund to his intimates, and in his later 

 years as the Earl of Minto. Amongst other honoured posts 

 he held were those of Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy 

 of India. 



As Lord Melgund in 1870, when twenty-five years old, 

 " Roily" came to stay with us at Limber, where, under my 

 brother's experienced wing, he perfected himself in the art of 

 riding over a country. To quote from Gentlemen Riders, when 

 referring to " Mr. Roily," the name Lord Melgund used for 

 racing purposes, it is stated that when he lived at Limber with 

 us, " if he failed it certainly was not for want of practice, for 

 what with riding gallops over a country in the early morning 

 and hunting all day, he may be said to have lived in the 

 saddle." Mr. John Corlett might very well remark, as he did 

 in the racy columns of his popular pink paper, " Mr. Roily 

 has taken to riding like the devil." " Roily " had been Maun- 

 sell's greatest chum at Cambridge, where the two formed a 

 friendship destined to endure with unbroken fervour on both 

 sides until they were parted by my brother's death in 

 1912. 



Lord Melgund lived with us for over four years at Limber, 

 becoming as one of us, entering into all our sports, sharing our 

 likes and dislikes, our joys and our sorrows — making, in fact, 

 a most delightful fourth to my two brothers and myself, and to 

 me a third brother, and perhaps not the least agreeable of the 

 trio. What splendid horses we had in the stables in those 



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