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CHAPTER XXVII 



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MEMINISSE JUVABIT . . . . . . 302 



The late Lord and Lady Londonderry Sir George Wombwell 

 New burgh Priory and VVynyard Corcyra The Lascelles Family 

 Lord Harewood and Pentecost Cantilever's Cambridgeshire John 

 Burns and the Sporting League His Challenge and its Conse- 

 quences The Ailesbury Duck and the Moated Grange Dolly : 

 A Love Story A Laughable " Little Episode" Abington Baird 



CHAPTER XXVIII 

 WHEN THE HEART WAS YOUNG .... 318 



A Joyous Memory The Offensive Gates Between Coxwold and 

 Thirsk Methods of destroying them Failures An Explosive 

 Scheme An Embryo Parson assists Midnight Descent from 

 Window York Minster Bell-rope Ignorance of Blasting Another 

 Failure Learning how to blast Getting there at last Charging 

 the Gate-posts The Fizzing Fuse Glorious Success Again, and 

 yet again Shattered Ruins Safe Return Never discovered 



CHAPTER XXIX 



SOME NOTABLE BREEDERS AND FINIS . . . 332 



Lord Rosebery's Great Double The Paraffin Blood His three 

 Derby Winners The Original Ladas King Edward's Breeding 

 Successes A Memory not wholly pleasant Perrier, and what came 

 of him Other Memories of King Edward "Old Kate" Lord 

 Marcus and the Mating of Vane Lord Marcus at Sheriff Hulton 

 Lord Derby's Successes The Messrs Joel Lady James Douglas 

 The Duke of Portland and Welbeck Lord Astor Final Words 



