1874] MR. GODFREY MEYNELL. 361 



exponent of ladies' riding to hounds, over an extended 

 term of years — perfect hands and perfect seat — so grace- 

 fully and quietly did she ride to hounds." There is not 

 much to add to this, except that she knows more about 

 hunting than nine men out of ten who come out, and that 

 she still has a day with the Meynell whenever they are 

 within reach of Lullington. 



The other ladies were two or three Misses FitzHerbert, 

 with Mrs. Frank, Ashbourne Hall, and Miss Goodwin (now 

 Mrs. Dawson, of Barrow Hill), who both rode well, and 

 knew what they were about. Besides these, there were 

 Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. C. Allsopp, Miss Lyon, and Miss Bott. 



Captain R. Goodwin, who subsequently took the name 

 of Gladwyn, was a wonderfully nice quiet rider to hounds 

 and was always in a good place. He had a bad fall on 

 his head at Plymouth in his soldiering days, which affected 

 his hearing and the sense of taste, and possibly his sense 

 of enjoyment as well, for he was very chary of praise, 

 however good the sport might be. But this trait in his 

 character had one o-reat merit. One word from him in 

 fjivour of any person or thing meant volumes. He and 

 Mr. Meynell, of Meynell-Langley, were very staunch 

 allies. 



There is no better sportsman than the latter. His 

 gorse is hardly ever drawn blank, and, if it is, there is 

 generally a good reason for it. Unfortunately, partly 

 owing to a bad fall which he had two years ago, and 

 partly, perhaps, from those bad times which most land- 

 owners have been experiencing, he does not come out with 

 us now, but when he did he was very hard to beat. In 

 his style of riding he rather resembled Mr. Gerald Hardy ; 

 that is to say, he went equally straight, always rode his 

 own line, and usually rather wide of the hounds. His 

 best horses were Brampton, a brown horse, very stout and 

 a wonderful fencer, and Peter, both of which carried him 

 ten seasons. 



He was a most entertaining companion, full of quaint 

 and original sayings. He would say of any one, who only 



