George Beers, Hiintsinan. 75 



Reaching a point from which a long view up 

 a riding was obtainable, I saw the fox dead beat. 

 I halloo'd, and the hounds were very soon with 

 me. "Where did you see him?" his lordship 

 asked. I showed him the place. 



" How could you tell so far off?" he gruffly 

 enquired. 



"Go on, please, my lord," I replied, "and 

 blow me up afterwards." 



I guarded heel-way and he went on ; the 

 hounds hit on the scent, ran through the covert, 

 out into the fields, and killed the fox in style. 

 " You did that well," his lordship said, in a tone 

 of genuine pleasure. I made much of that, as it 

 was the only time he praised me in his life. 

 " Give Mrs. Pilgrim the brush, if you please ? " I 

 asked. " Oh, certainly I she deserves it," was the 

 ready response. 



From that time, on account of Lady South- 

 ampton's illness and subsequent death, Lord 

 Southampton hunted very little. 



Shortly afterwards I had a day with Mr. Tailby 

 in Leicestershire. The fixture w^as Gumley, and 

 Jack Goddard was huntsman. The first fox did 

 nothing but ring about the hills ; I never liked an 

 undulating country for hunting. Jem Mason and 

 Frank Gordon were out, and there w^as always 



