Gentlemen Riders 



marriage, at which time he had virtually given up race- 

 riding. 



We must not omit to state that he was one of the select few 

 up at the finish of what was known as the "Great Wood Run " 

 with the Duke of Beaufort's hounds many years ago, and one 

 of the most celebrated in the Annals of the Chase. 



The Brinworth brook came in the way, and in this Major 

 Candy was up to his neck for some time, but was on the 

 right side when the hounds ran back within a field of where 

 they had first crossed, a piece of luck that does not happen 

 every day. 



Soon after joining the 9th Lancers Major Candy, during 

 a visit to the Duke, had ninety-five days' hunting and ninety- 

 five falls, so that if anybody may be said to be thoroughly 

 qualified for a land surveyor in the Badminton country, it surely 

 should be the subject of this sketch. 



Mr. RUSSELL MONRO 



Mr. Russell H. Monro was born on August 5th, 1846, and is 

 the eldest son of the late Dr. Henry Monro, of Cavendish 

 Square, London, and Orchard Leigh, Bonchurch, Isle of 

 Wight, and of Jane Eliza, third daughter of Sir William 

 Russell, Bart., of Charlton Park, Gloucestershire. 



Educated at Radley College, Oxford, where he rose to be 

 head of the school, and, moreover, distinguished himself by 

 obtaining several of the more important prizes of the College, 

 the subject of our memoir at "Easter, 1865, matriculated at 

 University College, Oxford, between which and Christmas, 



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