90 Random Recollections of the 



liad an obstinate pupil, who declined on any 

 terms to jump at water, how he blindfolded the 

 animal, and with a short canter charged a 

 brooklet, with the natural result that the horse 

 went bang in ; whereupon some labourers who 

 had been watching the fun rushed promptly 

 to the rescue, and extricated both horse and 

 rider from a somewhat perilous position. It 

 never transpired what effect a leap in the dark 

 had upon the obdurate animal ; but the 

 rescuers got rewarded with a golden coin where- 

 with his lordship's health would be received 

 with acclamation at the village " Pub " in the 

 evening. The noble Marquis was very 

 popular in the district for many acts of kind- 

 ness, consideration, and liberality in providing 

 entertainments for the working classes. 



Mr. George Drummond hunted from 

 Grantham with a magnificent stud of sixteen 

 to eighteen powerful well-bred horses. He rode 

 over big fences, and was nearly always near to 

 hounds. Being frequently away the fortunes of 

 his hunters were entrusted to the hands of 

 Capt. Longstaffe, who had some famous mounts 

 and did ample justice to his charges, for it 

 was seldom that the gallant Captain was not 



