Reminiscent 



stay there Lord Melgund (then Earl of Minto, ex-Viceroy of 

 India) was generally staying with him, and a very pleasant 

 time we had. Richardson was, perhaps, the finest horseman 

 of his time, not excepting Jim Mason. . . . He married 

 Victoria, Countess of Yarborough, herself a devoted follower 

 of hounds, and one whose character and virtues I have always 

 intensely appreciated. 



She was simply adored in Lincolnshire, and my wife and 

 I were present when they celebrated their silver wedding in 

 July, 1 910, and Lord Coventry made a charming speech pro- 

 posing their health. The last man who saw him alive was 

 his great friend, Lord Minto, who told me not long ago that 

 he went to see him the night before his death, and as he was 

 leaving, said : " Oh, by the way, Chandos sent you his love." 

 In answer to which the Cat murmured, " Dear old Chandos." 

 Lord Minto, in telling me this, added, " Yes ! the Cat was 

 indeed a remarkable man." 



I must add, by the way, that Lord Coventry has now 

 started a Memorial Fund,* and Lincolnshire has already paid 

 a tribute to his great popularity by erecting a memorial to him 

 outside Limber Church, in which parish he resided for so 

 many years. 



From Thomas Hare y Esq. 



Curiously enough, though I knew poor Maunsell for nearly 

 forty years I never saw him ride a steeplechase, and only a 

 race of private sweepstakes at Croxton Park a few years 

 before his death. This was the first appearance of the white 

 and blue cap since his win the second year in succession on 

 Reugny at Liverpool in 1874. It was two or three years after 



* By the time this book appears in print that Memorial Fund will have merged 

 into the Richardson Cricket Pavilion at Harrow. 



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