The Life of a Great Sportsman 



they might only pain you. There would be necessarily so 

 much left unsaid, nor is there anything from which his modesty 

 would have shrunk so much as from words of praise. 



" Beloved and honoured as few have been and still fewer 

 so justly as he deserved to be loved and honoured, he has 

 left the record of a noble life and an untarnished name, a 

 memory inexpressibly precious. 



" It is impossible to think of such a life as closed by death. 



" His true life is begun in the presence of Him whom with 

 such unaffected humility and sincerity he served during his 

 earthly stay. 



" May He who has taken him from you for a while be near 

 to help and comfort you. 



" Pray don't think of answering or even of acknowledging 

 this letter, but believe me to remain, 



" Yours in truest sympathy and respect, 



(Signed) " E. A. Manchester." 



(Bishop of Manchester.) 



From the late Lord Worsley, heir to the Earldom of 

 Yarborough, killed at Mons : " I am so grieved to hear of your 

 dreadful sorrow. England has lost her greatest Sportsman." 



" How grieved we were at the irreparable loss you have 

 sustained in the death of one so much beloved by all. . . . 

 Seldom is it the fortune of a man to have such hosts of friends 

 and admirers, and seldom indeed is it that a man leaves behind 

 him so many who will look in vain and in sorrow at the blank 

 that is left in the world by his untimely removal from our 

 midst." 



" It was always a delight to be in his company, and I know 

 well there are numberless friends who will for ever mourn the 



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