54 REMINISCENCES OF 



" Also to be let, furnished, for six months, 

 the Manor-house, Mancetter. Apply to Mr. Pye, 

 Witherley Kennels, Atherstone. The horses may 

 be seen at the kennels, Atherstone, on Thursday, 

 1 2th October, 187 1." 



I made over most of the servants' horses to 

 Oakeley at cost price. Jim Bailey, huntsman; Will 

 Nevard, whip. 



Among the lot was a horse called " Marmion," 

 which Oakeley bought from Henry Hope. He was 

 a restive horse, and made a little noise ; was very 

 good-looking. Lord Vivian had helped me in the 

 sale, and when " Marmion " had got up to his reserve 

 I turned away. Presently Vivian came to me and 

 said, " I've been trying all day to buy one of your 

 horses, and I've got one at last ". I ran up to Oakeley, 

 who was in the gallery, and said, " What shall we do ? 

 Vivian has bought ' Marmion '." The first thing to 

 do was to tell him that the horse made a noise ; and 

 then we agreed that he should keep him at half price. 



Vivian sent the horse down to Glyn, his place in 

 Cornwall, One day on going to exercise the man 

 hit him on the shoulder with a switch. The horse 

 ran away up the hill, and stopped with his head over 

 a high gate, turned round, and ran away again. 

 There was a sharp turn in the road and a ravine 

 filled with evergreens. The horse jumped at the 

 corner and fell in among the evergreens. They 

 found the horse at the bottom unhurt, without the 

 saddle, and the man stone dead. It is supposed 

 that he had struck against a tree. 



