i8 FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 



married in 1874 the 5th Marquis of Waterford, 

 and, sad indeed to relate, died after a long illness 

 in 1895. 



It is many years now since I wore a blue 

 and buff coat, but time cannot efface recol- 

 lections of the friendship and fox-hunting 

 which were my experience with the Beaufort 

 Hunt. 



In 1865 I had two or three steeplechasers 

 trained by Saunders at Hednesford. The best 

 of them was Marble Hill, by Teddington, a horse 

 I bought at TattersalFs when Lord Uxbridge's 

 stud was sold. He proved a good investment 

 that spring, as within a few weeks of the purchase 

 he won the Croydon Steeplechase and Hurdle 

 Race on consecutive days ; George Ede rode him 

 then and subsequently, when he won several 

 hunt races for me. 



In 1867 I bought Romping Girl, by Wild 

 Dayrell, from old John Osborne — a three-year-old 

 which had just run second for the Oaks ; she went 

 to Findon to be trained with Lord Westmorland's 

 string by William Goater, a capital trainer of the 

 old-fashioned school. That autumn the mare was 

 in the Cesarewitch with seven stone. Sammy 

 Kenyon rode her, and her chance was much 

 fancied, but she only got third in a very large 

 field. During the next two years she won a 



