96 RADNOR REMINISCENCES 



less style, on "Frosty"; Isaac Clothier on "Judge"; Fred 

 Phillips; "Buzzy" Smith; Ben Holland; Mr. Delmas; 

 Hector McNeal; Dr. Edgar Powell on a very nice-looking 

 chestnut; Miss Hopper; Frank Lloyd on "Sherry"; and 

 the two Ashton children on ponies. 



24/^ February, 19 17 

 The following bit of appropriate verse by M. V. Wynter, 

 was on the back of the menu card at the dinner given last 

 night at the Riding Club, New York, by the Masters of 

 Fox Hounds' Association, in honor of General Sir Charles 

 Gunning, Bart., C.M.G. of the British Remount Service: 



There's a Vale for which I'm sighing, 

 I can see its fences still, 

 And my thoughts go backward flying, 

 With the pack to Golden Hill. 

 I can hear that welcome holloa. 

 "G-o-n-e away! He's broke at last!" 

 Hear the thundering hoofs that follow, 

 As I ride into the Past. 



Memories, bitter sweet, come thronging 



As I pace the prison ground, 



And my heart is sick with longing 



For a sight of horse and hound. 



But however dear the days be, 



Fair or foul, or rain or shine. 



Not the Fates themselves can rob me 



Of those Hunts that once were mine. 



Pause a moment, oh, my brothers, 

 Who at home so glibly prate. 

 How you hope to see foxhunting 

 Soon abolished by the State. 

 We have fought for you, and gladly. 

 Will you now requite us thus? 

 Kill the sport we love so madly? 

 Think what hunting means to us! 



