78 mwQB ot tbe 1bunting-3fiel& 



would not find many fanners nowadays to endorse that 

 remarkable view of the benefits of hunting to plough- 

 land. 



The second earl raised a regiment of Yeomanry 

 among his tenants in which he took the keenest interest 

 and pride, and which was admitted to be one of the most 

 efficient corps in the countr)-. It needs but a glance at 

 the portrait which is prefixed to this sketch to under- 

 stand why Lord Yarborough should have been beloved 

 by every man, woman, and child upon his estates. That 

 frank, gentle, handsome face truthfully indicated the 

 warm heart and amiable nature of the man. ' Yarborough 

 the Good' they still call him in Lincolnshire, and right 

 well he deserved the title. And not less beloved was 

 his charming and beautiful countess (a daughter of Lord 

 Listowel), one of the finest horsewomen ever seen in the 

 saddle, and an enthusiastic lover of the Chase. She 

 never missed a meet if she could possibly help, and would 

 hold her own with the boldest rider of them all, either 

 across the wolds or among the big drains of the low 

 country. ' But,' says one of her most ardent admirers, 

 'she not only rides boldly but" with intuitive knowledge 

 of how a country should be crossed as well as the run of 

 a fox.' To see her flying on her splendid dark bay 

 ' Brilliant ' was a sight worth going many miles to 

 witness. The members of the hunt, to show their 

 dmiration for her as a horsewoman and their affections 

 for her as a lady, presented her on the 23rd of December 

 1863, with her portrait, by Sir Francis Grant, in which 

 she is represented on her favourite ' Brilliant ' with a 

 couple of hounds by her side. 



I have said that the tenantry are the pride of 

 Brocklesby, but I hope I shall not be accused of de- 



