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verbial lion, and is, moreover, an excellent judge of 

 horseflesh. His services in reference to the latter 

 qualifications have been and will be valuable in the 

 extreme. As a rider he is more renowned for 

 strength than for elegance in the pigskin. No day is 

 too long for him, and he does not seem to know the 

 meaning of fatigue. As all my readers know, he is 

 on terms of intimacy with the German Emperor, and 

 it will be interesting to watch whether his Imperial 

 Majesty has given him any hints, and whether he 

 will adopt them. One thing, however, we may take 

 for granted, namely, that Lord Lonsdale will be a 

 strict disciplinarian ; but he will never ask his officers 

 or troopers to do anything which he would not be 

 willing to do himself. 



There are few better all-round sportsmen than the 

 Earl of Essex, Major of the Herts Yeomanry. 

 Though only forty-three, he has already won his 

 spurs in the hunting-field as a first-flight man. Per- 

 haps he is better known in the world of sport for 

 his fondness for driving unicorn. The Earl of 

 Dudley, the present Master of the Worcestershire 

 Hounds and Major of the Worcestershire Hussars, 

 is only in his thirty-fourth year, though he has 

 already made his name in politics as the Parliamen- 

 tary Secretary of the Board of Trade. Though not 

 such a fine horseman as his brother, the Honourable 

 Reginald Ward, he is more devoted to hunting. 

 Still, he is a familiar figure in racing circles, and 

 seldom misses a meetingr at Dunstall Park. Viscount 



