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the policemen were in fancy dresses : one was a rail' 

 way porter, another a cricketer in flannels, another a 

 waterman with a straw hat and blue jacket, another 

 a Scotsman in a checked suit, and one with a black 

 evening coat and black satin waistcoat. If a police- 

 man did not succeed in getting his victim convicted, 

 he was well chaffed by his companions. When my 

 case came on it was quite clear and no defence, and 

 he got six months' imprisonment. 



A hound show in connection with Cleveland 

 Agricultural Show took place at Guisborough on 15th 

 August. Turpin and I went to it and took " Syren ". 

 Tom Parrington was secretary of the show ; Captain 

 Percy Williams, Mr. Mark Milbank and Mr. Gregson, 

 judges. The Cleveland entered a couple ; The 

 Quorn their " Blissful" ; The Hurworth, "Timely" ; 

 Lord Middleton, "Languish"; Fife, "Syren" — a 

 bitch of immense power, measuring seven and a 

 half inches round the arm and twenty-eight over 

 her ribs. She fairly overtopped the handsome 

 " Languish " and got first prize as brood bitch, four 

 season hunter, and had reared a litter of puppies. 

 Her sire was Badminton "Primate"; dam, Fife 

 " Scandal ". 



On the 5th December hounds met at Mount 

 Melville. I was riding a grey horse called " Snow- 

 drop". When I got to the meet "Syren" galloped 

 up to me and touched my horse's hock with her nose. 

 He kicked and killed her— an awful loss. 



I wrote to the Earl of Mar : — 



