138 REMINISCENCES 



cribbage in the billiard-room. With his usual kind- 

 ness he sat up till I arrived and had a pot of hot 

 soup on the fire for me. 



9th. Next day hounds met at Doddington Ash. 

 I rode " Slippers " and the " Last Man ". 



loth. Newton Lodge, Chesters. 



nth. Hullavington, "Balloon" and "General". 

 I had two horses every day, and Jim Walker, the 

 duke's second horseman, to look after me. The 

 " Last Man " was one of Percy Williams' horses. 



I went to London after hunting, to Onslow 

 Square, my mother's. On Monday I went to 

 Tattersall's. Bought a very good-looking chestnut 

 horse called the "Quack Doctor". Next day, 

 Tuesday, I4th, put "Quack Doctor " into the train, 

 and met the Queen's Staghounds at Hillingdon. 

 Frank Goodall told me he had to keep the hounds 

 very high in consequence of the long distances home. 

 I found that my horse could gallop and jump well, 

 but I could not take any liberties on account of 

 condition, so I got behind and trotted on the line. 

 Charlie was quartered at Windsor, so I went and 

 slept there the i5th. London next day and back 

 to Edinburgh by night train. Thursday, i6th 

 Fife Hounds ; Kelly Toll. Thick fog and little 

 scent. Found a brace on Kelly Law ; ran a ring. 

 "Home Rule" bolted with me and ran into a bog 

 covered with water ; pitched my head into it, wet 

 me through, got my face covered with mud, and my 

 horn full of dirt. As soon as he was out of it he 

 was in up to his shoulders he ran away up the hill. 



