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body would set the ball rolling again. Captain Grant, 

 who was present, at once offered to back Mr. Budd 

 against his lordship at pigeons for 50. Lord Kennedy 

 accepted the bet, and was beaten. When he paid Grant 

 the 50, Mr. Budd reminded him of the other bet, 

 but Lord Kennedy denied that he had ever made it. 

 Though witnesses proved the fact, he still refused to 

 pay, but at length agreed to refer it to the Jockey Club, 

 who decided that if his lordship was such a fool as to 

 make the bet he must abide by it, and that when any 

 man again did so, he ought to name it in his will, as the 

 person who took the odds could not 'lose during the life 

 of him who made the bet. Lord Kennedy was very 

 sore about the matter, but he eventually sent the money 

 to Mr. Budd by Captain Ross. 



Two great feats of Lord Kennedy's I must not 

 omit. One night, when a large party of sportsmen 

 were assembled at Black Hall, in Kincardineshire, then 

 the seat of Mr. Farquharson, Sir Andrew Leith Hay 

 bet Lord Kennedy 2,500 that he would get to Inverness 

 on foot before him. Off they started at nine o'clock at 

 night in their evening costume, with thin shoes and silk 

 stockings. Sir Andrew Leith Hay went by the coach 

 road, vid Huntley and Elgin. Lord Kennedy, with 

 Captain Ross as umpire, struck straight across the 

 Grampians. Amid pouring rain they walked all night, 

 next day, and the next night, reaching Inverness at 

 6 a.m. on the third day. Sir Andrew Leith Hay, 

 who had chosen the longer, but far more comfortable 

 route, did not arrive till four hours later. I think that, 

 for its grotesque combination of madness, endurance, 



