RICHARD PRINCE. 31 



and upon her death she confided him to her son, 

 and gave him a beautiful cane as a " souvenir " of 

 herself. The cane in question has a fine ivory 

 knob, and was preserved by my father with the 

 greatest care, and on his death was bequeathed 

 by him to me. It is now in my possession ; and 

 whenever I look upon it, my thoughts fly back to 

 many precious memories of the past, which would 

 otherwise escape my attention. I have ventured 

 to reproduce some of them here. 



The younger Prince, to whom my father was 

 intrusted by Mrs Prince, his mother, had the kind 

 heart of an Irishman, and was exceedingly good to 

 the boy under his charge, sending him to school, 

 and treating him in every respect as well as his 

 own sons. As my father was a light-weight, and 

 a good natural horseman, he was selected by Mr 

 Prince to ride in many of the stable trials, and 

 soon gained some reputation for his skill in manag- 

 ing dangerous and difficult horses. On one occa- 

 sion a horse trained by Mr Prince, and looked after 

 by my father, who invariably rode him at exercise, 

 was sent to Black Hambleton, in Yorkshire, to be 

 trained for some North Country engagement. Mr 

 Prince could not spare my father, and consequently 

 the horse, on arriving at his destination, soon be- 

 came so riotous and violent that none of the York- 

 shire boys could master or control him. Accord- 

 ingly, my father was despatched to Black Hamble- 

 ton to ride the horse back to Newmarket, which he 



