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pidity and judgment. No day was too long for 

 her, and she was ever anxious to show the field 

 which was generally a large one, the best of sport. 

 She continued to preside over the Hunt until in 

 her seventieth year. 



Even at the great age of eighty-six she was 

 still fairly hale and vigorous, and up to her last 

 season in London seldom omitted her daily ride 

 in the Park, or, when the weather was unfavour- 

 able, in the King's Riding School at Pimlico, 

 where she spent an hour in the saddle. Her 

 painful death in November, 1835, created a great 

 sensation at the time. The day after her arrival 

 from London she was alone in her boudoir, 

 in the west wing of Hatfield House, writing a 

 letter ; her cap came in contact with the candles 

 on the table, her clothes took fire and before aid 

 came she was burned to death. 



She was a great patron of both art and sport. 

 The first volume of the Sporting Magazine for 

 the year 1792 contains a series of articles descrip- 

 tive of " Archery, its Origin and Progress in the 

 Kingdom," from her pen. An engraving by Cook 

 after Corbould, entitled " Archery at Hatfield," 

 accompanies a chapter of the series. 



John F. Sartorius died about the year 1831. 



