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welcome the old members, so many of whom were 

 leading men in the county. Among these old members 

 they had Sir Arthur Halkett, who carried the colours 

 of the 42nd at the battle of Alma. They had also the 

 Hon. George Waldegrave- Leslie, than whom there 

 was no more conspicuous member of the Fife Light 

 Horse. Whether the subject was the Church, the 

 scavenging of the streets, or the pollution of the 

 Leven, he was invariably heard of. His presence 

 filled them all with admiration, and though age did 

 not bring slimness to the figure, he had that night 

 donned the red coat of the Fife Light Horse and 

 coupled with it a white waistcoat. Lord Rosslyn 

 made humorous and complimentary reference to 

 several other old members. 



" Sir Arthur Halkett in replying said the former 

 members of the Fife Light Horse felt as they looked 

 on that large assembly and the familiar red jacket of 

 the regiment that they were like the old cast troop 

 horses who pricked up their ears at the sound of the 

 trumpet and wanted to fall into the ranks once more. 

 He never saw the Fife Light Horse without 

 recollecting their dear old Adjutant, Abraham Crab- 

 tree, the most distinguished soldier and the most 

 upright and straightforward man that he ever met in 

 his life. 



" Lieutenant H. T. Anstruther, in a speech full 

 of sparkling wit and humour, proposed ' The Ad- 

 jutant, Captain Waring,' whom he felicitously chaffed 

 for wearing ' the far-famed unmentionables of Prince 

 Albert's Own Hussars'. 



