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CHAPTER IX. 



THE FIFTH DUKE AS A SPORTSMAN. 



The fifth Duke of Riclimond preferred hunting to 

 any other sport, and, when a young man, was a bold 

 rider, and actually rode down one of the steepest parts 

 of the Bow Hill, a portion of the South Downs about 

 four miles from Goodwood — a feat which was never 

 attempted before or since. The descent was so pre- 

 cipitous, and the feat caused so much astonishment 

 at the time, that the track of the horse was kept 

 open by persons employed on the estate, as a great 

 curiosity. This daring deed occurred before he re- 

 ceived the wound at Orthez, and when he hunted 

 with the Earl of Eojremont's hounds. Even after he 

 received the wound he continued the pursuit. Un- 

 fortunately whilst galloping his horse down one of 

 the Goodwood hills, the animal fell with him, injuring 

 him severely. So severe indeed was the fall, that 

 he remained in imminent danger for some days, 

 owing to the bullet he received in the battle of 



