26 Charles^ Third Baron Southampton. 



who dealt in horseflesh cailled him " Tape Webb." 

 He rode lovely horses ; Liberty, Pigeon, and 

 Cats'-meat were those he rode with us. Not 

 a particle of ambition had left him ; I never saw 

 a man of his years so brilliant. He was noted 

 for dry sayings and quaint remarks. One day 

 his son rode at a "double" with a wide bank in 

 the centre, his horse jumped into the second 

 ditch and rolled over. The father came past 

 and said : " I will give you a hundred for him 

 now^ Jack ! " 



Mr. Webb asked me for a horse. I said : "You 

 are so particular." "Yes," he replied; "they 

 must clean knives and talk French or they are 

 not clever enough for me, and no speedy-balls 

 required ! " He said he liked our Friday country 

 better than any he rode over ; there was less 

 brutality about it. That was true enough. With 

 the exception of the Sulgrave bottom, and a 

 ravine near Blakesley, there is nothing one might 

 not get over with a good hunter. The only man 

 who attempted the former was the late Sir Charles 

 .Knightley, who rode at it fence-side, jumped 

 half-way over the brook, pitched on to a hard 

 road and knocked his front teeth out. 



The late Lord Howth jumped into the ravine 

 near Blakesley, and was so much injured that he 



