264 THE IMAGE OF WAR 



I have ever hunted v^ith — Will Goodall of the 

 Pytchley, Stephen of the Monmouthshire, and Frank 

 of the Kildare. The huntsman died young ; but the 

 Master, I am glad to say, still flourishes,^ and will, 

 I hope, take my remarks in good part. Fortunately 

 a large number of Masters whom I have known are 

 still going strong, though not all in office. Yet this 

 to a great extent limits the scope of my article. 

 What am I to say, inter alia, of Lord Lonsdale ? 

 A man whom I have always mentally compared with 

 another famous Master of Hounds — Villiers, Duke of 

 Buckingham. What of the Duke of Grafton, probably 

 the most popular man in England in his own country ; 

 and what of that other Crimean veteran, Lord Trede- 

 gar — to make a "bull," just as popular in his own 

 country as the Duke ? 



When I hunted with the Grafton the command was 

 in the hands of the Pennants. The late Lord Penrhyn, 

 though I shared some capital gallops with him, then 

 handed over the hounds to his son, and he was in 

 all respects a " charming " Master. With him was 

 associated Mr Kobarts, equally genial and cheery. 

 I never heard this gentleman's conduct commented 

 upon except on the occasion on which he asked a 

 shining ornament of the burlesque stage to hunt else- 

 where. This was, of course, the upshot of a feminine 

 cabal ; and it must be remembered that the Grafton 

 were then a private pack. Still, I think it was a 

 mistake, and very different was the conduct of Lord 

 Spencer one day that hounds paused at Althorp. He 

 asked us all to come in, but he particularly pressed 

 the lady I have referred to to do so. She, however, 

 declined to quit her saddle. 



^ Since these lines were written fate lias regrettably falsified them. 



