The Life of a Great Sportsman 



himself very much there, throwing the whole of his enthusiasm 

 into the politics of the moment. The tenure of his seat was 

 insecure, as he had a very strong Wesleyan Nonconformist 

 element against him which deprived him of his seat at the next 

 election. 



His sudden death was a great shock to all his friends, and 

 the idea of putting up some memorial to him at Harrow met 

 with universal response. It was, however, difficult to exactly 

 hit on the shape or form that the memorial should assume, and 

 the rule as regards a memorial in the Chapel is that the person 

 to whom it is dedicated should have performed some public 

 service ; and although we may say that the influence which 

 your brother had on sport and athletics generally was wide and 

 so good as to come under the head of national service, still to 

 put up a tablet in the Chapel because he was the best gentleman- 

 rider of the day was rather an innovation upon existing tradition 

 and rule. We had, therefore, to think of something which 

 would commemorate his name and would bring his life and 

 character prominently before successive generations of young 

 Harrovians. The idea was suggested of putting up a new 

 Pavilion dedicated to his name, with a portrait of him inside, 

 as more likely to fix the attention of old and young Harrovians 

 than any other form of memorial which could be suggested. 

 This, as you know, has been admirably carried out, and I think 

 all of his friends may be sure that what has recently been done 

 will perpetuate in the best possible way his memory to suc- 

 cessive generations of Harrovians. 



As regards myself, I can truly say that there is hardly 

 anybody I have ever met in my life for whom I had a more 

 sincere regard and affection. He was unique in his generation. 

 Though the best horseman of the day, there was not a particle 

 of what is known as " horsiness " about him. It was only 



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