76 RADNOR REMINISCENCES 



Tuesday, 24th October, 19 16 

 Alexander Brown, one of the very best of our all-too- 

 few all-round sportsmen, was unfortunately drowned to- 

 day in the Delaware River off Essington, when the hydro- 

 plane in which he was flying, while endeavoring to qualify 

 for a pilot's license, fell into the water. 



It was hard to say whether he was more distinguished for 

 his hunting, racing, or his polo. 



In hunting he was always with hounds and had been a 

 liberal and loyal supporter of Radnor for many years. In 

 racing, his horse " Pebbles " was probably his best, winning, 

 among other things, the much-coveted Maryland Hunt 

 Cup. He was a five-goal man at polo and one of the main 

 standbys of the old Bryn Mawr team, and one that could 

 always be relied upon to do his bit and do it to the best of 

 his ability. 



Saturday, iitk November, 1916 

 After having been out with hounds for a couple of hours 

 this morning, but before they had any kind of a run, Mr. 

 Louis S. Fiske was fatally stricken in his motor on his way 

 back to the kennels from Sugartown, and died before any 

 medical aid could be obtained. 



One of Radnor's hardest riding and most popular men, 

 he seemed in splendid health at the meet, and in fact not 

 ten minutes before his chauffeur found him unconscious, he 

 had waved his hunting-crop out the door of his car at my 

 two little sons who were motoring up-country with me. 



Monday, 20th November, 1916 

 After having hunted the Harford country a fortnight, A. 

 Henry Higginson, Esq., M.F.H., Middlesex, was invited to 

 hunt the Radnor country three days this week. His sixteen 



