1881] DEATH OF LOKD HERTFOED. 101 



an hour, and after getting home he did not recover for six 

 weeks.*— 0. M. 



January Utli, CJiarlecote Park. — Found at Siiittorfield Buslies, ran out as 

 if for Ganuaway, l)ut turned back through the Buslies, and out again towards 

 Weleondie, and ran clean into him, after forty-five minutes without a check, 

 just under the monument. Found at Scar Bank, and ran again, without a 

 check, towards Snitterfiekl Bushes, through Red Hill, along the bottom of 

 Luscombe Wood nearly to Bleakeu, turned to the right, and ran towards 

 Sherborne, and on to the Coplow, and again for Luscoml)e Wood. Stopped 

 the pack in pitcli darkness, and I should think they killed their fox, but could 

 not make out for certain. Very good scent. 



January 18th, Badway Grange. — Found at Miller's Grorse, got away 

 towards Arlescote, turned to the left, and sunk the hill by Arlescote, ran by 

 Harbage's House, Old Leys, Owliiigton, and in front of Chadshunt Hou^e, 

 j^assed Fletcher's Coppice on the left, and went straight to Itchington Holt, 

 through it at once, aiul away as if for Watergall, but scent seemed to die aAvay, 

 and we lost him. Found at Mollingtou Wood, and ran very hard as if for 

 Farnborough, but kept turning to the left, and went ueaidy to Page's Gorse ; 

 left that and Angel's Piece on the right, crossed the Baul)ury Road, and ran 

 to ground near Clattercote, after twenty-five minutes without a check. 



On January 2Lst the meet was at Eagle}^ Hall, and 

 while the hounds were running through the park a very 

 serious accident happened to Lord Hertford. No one w^as 

 very near him at the time, but he was found insensible, his 

 horse having fallen on him. The ground appeared to be 

 quite even, without any cause for such a fall, and it is 

 probable that the horse had some sort of seizure, as he was, 

 when found, in a nearly inanimate state. Lord Willoughby 

 de Broke, on hearing what had happened, at once took the 

 hounds home. Lord Hertford, it is sad to relate, never 

 recovered consciousness, and he died on Friday, the 25th. 

 He had succeeded to the title as fifth Marquis of Hertford 

 in 1870. He was very fond of hunting, and he rode hard 

 up to an advanced time of life, The horse on which he 

 was riding when the accident happened was a perfect 

 hunter, and his j^articular favourite. Lord Hertford's loss 

 was deeply deplored by all classes, with whom he had 

 made himself most popular, for he was indeed the pattern 

 of wduit a country gentleman should be. He was an 

 ardent supporter of the Conservative cause, and was for 



* I remember I gave the horse all the whiskey left in my flask, which, I daresay, was 

 not much.— W. K. V. 



