APPENDIX III 



These lines were penned by Mr. H. Cumberland-Bentley 

 for his " Songs and Verses," in memory of Captain " Bay " 

 Middleton, who was killed near Rugby in 1895. Other 

 notable hunting - men killed by falls from their horses 

 have been : Henry, third Marquis of Waterford, March 29, 

 1859; Major J. G. Whyte-Melville, December 5, 1878; 

 Captain Jock Trotter in Worcestershire (he had been 

 M.F.H. of the Meaths ten seasons); Captain Park- Yates, 

 M.F.H. N. Cheshire; and in 1907 the widely mourned 

 and lamented Lord Chesham, &c. &c. 



R. I. P. 



Clad in the scarlet that he loved to wear, 

 Whip still grasped firmly in the stiffening hand. 



They found him lying there ; 

 And to the crowded gathering on the hill 



Swiftly the tidings sped ; 

 And strickened voices whispered in dismay, 



" Bay " Middleton is dead ! 



Dead — in the glorious strength of manhood's prime, 

 Dead in the promise of the sweet spring-time, 



• ■ • • » • • 



And so . . . 



With solemn pace and slow, 

 They bore away what once rejoiced in life 

 And now in death lay low. 



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