216 MEMORIES OF THE SHIRES 



which house will always be associated in my mind 

 with Lord Wilton — " the old Earl " — and his son, 

 Lord Grey de Wilton. 



It was some time in the "eighties" that the 

 "Bell" sheltered a very hard-riding crew, the best 

 of whom were Mr. Alfred Brocklehurst, Mr. " Buck " 

 Barclay and Count Charles Kinsky. 



Lord Cowley did not hunt with us regularly, 

 but paid frequent visits, and was always in the 

 first flight, though like others he was rather in- 

 clined to press the pack too closely. Lord Chol- 

 mondley was also an occasional visitor, and a 

 very fine horseman, not afraid to gallop ; but it was 

 as Lord Rocksavage he was best known at Melton. 



I think it must have been in th arly " nineties" 

 that " the Tenth " were quartered at York, and 

 there were always some of them at Melton. Good 

 men to hounds all of them, and in a fast gallop 

 you might be sure of seeing them in the front rank. 

 There was Mr. Joe Lawley, Mr. Kavanagh, Lord 

 " Bill " Bentinck, Mr. Bryan and many others, 

 who I can't remember now; but, unless I am 

 much mistaken, Mr. Ned Baird belonged to that 

 regiment. 



They were a particularly nice and cheery lot 

 of men, as well as exceptionally fine riders. 



Later on Count Zbrowski came to Coventry 

 House, and inaugurated the American invasion ; 

 many of those who stopped with him his first 

 season became regular visitors in succeeding 

 winters. 



I remember my first meeting with Count 

 Zbrowski was a morning cub-hunting at Gartree 

 Hill, and I think Major Candy introduced me to 



