116 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



was cantering down to this corner, when 

 two or three people called to him and told 

 him that he could not get out that way. 

 With a look that said '^Thanks, I'll ask 

 for your advice when I want it,'' he never 

 hesitated a moment, took hold of his horse 

 (John Peel), and jumped the wall neatly 

 and cleanly. Colonel, the Honble. A. Cath- 

 cart, who generally has a happy remark 

 handy, rode up to him and said ' ' Why, 

 Dent, you remind me of what the French 

 General said to Lord Cardigan, after the 

 famous cavalry charge of Balaclava: ' C'est 

 magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre ! ' " 



One day his name happened to be men- 

 tioned when in conversation with a farmer, 

 who said, ''Well, he's a straight man is't 

 Major, if iver he has o'wt to say to ye, he 

 niver gangs round it mitch." 



A rather half-hearted fox preserver wrote 

 and told him that he had a litter of cubs in 

 some covert on his property, and what was 

 he to do to ensure their safety and well being. 

 The reply was laconic — three words, but 

 with a volume of meaning, * ' Leave them 

 alone." 



