The Life of a Great Sportsman 



" It seems impossible to realize that we shall never see him 

 riding over the fences as we used to. My husband always had 

 the greatest admiration for Mr. Richardson all his life and has 

 felt his death very, very much." 



" I was so pleased to meet Mr. Richardson again, not 

 having seen him since we were at school together. I found 

 then the truth of the saying that the child is father to the man. 

 At school we looked up to him as a leader among other boys. 

 He was a straight-goer, energetic and popular — in fact a boy's 

 boy. Last August I recognized the same good qualities in the 



man. 



" It has made me very, very sad. He was straight in 

 character as he was to hounds. He will have his last resting- 

 place in the best hunting county in England, where nothing 

 but the sound of his hounds and the horn will disturb his 

 rest." 



" I don't suppose there was any one, from the oldest person 

 to the smallest child, to whom he had not shown some 

 kindness." 



" I, like every one else, thought him the most charming man 

 I had ever met, and I am certain his presence always influenced 

 people for good." 



" Every one who knew your husband seems to have been 

 so much attracted to him and he will be very much missed 

 everywhere. Every one who knew Mr. Richardson loved him. 

 My husband feels he has lost his best friend." 



" To think that I shall never see such a dear old friend as 

 Mr. Richardson was again. I think of him now as I write to 

 you with his cheery face and 'joie de vivre.' How he rode 

 and how he loved all sports and how well he did everything, 



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