338 REMINISCENCES OF 



CHAPTER XVII. 



FIFE LIGHT HORSE EMBARKED IN THE CYMRIC. 



23rd January, 1 900.— Arrived Brine Baths, Nant- 

 wich. Very good hotel ; nice people and very com- 

 fortable room ; excellent stabling ; very reasonable. 

 Curtis, the head man, very knowledgeable ; came from 

 Northampton. Took two horses with us, " Collier " 

 and "Cocky". 



24th. — Isobel went to London to attend Lord 

 Balcarres' wedding. Returned 9.3 p.m. 



25th. — North Cheshire Hounds at Calveley. I 

 rode " Collier " to the meet. A large field. Met 

 Mr. Brocklehurst. Found directly and I went home. 

 They had a clipping run and ran into North Stafford- 

 shire country. 



26th. — Sound Heath, South Cheshire ; young 

 Reggie Corbet, huntsman ; Alfred Earp, first whip ; 

 Tom Mc Bride, second. Beautiful hounds ; Reggie 

 very nice with them. Duchess of Sutherland out. 

 Storm of rain and snow going home. 



28th. — I showed Isobel and Rachel Nantwich 

 Church, and they lunched with Kitty Corbet at 

 Hankelow afterwards. 



30th. — Brindley Ley, South Cheshire. We met 



