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timber. She carried him splendidly from the 

 Hemploe Hills, a fast twenty minutes with the 

 first fox. Another fox was found in Yelvertoft 

 Gorse, and Lord Inverurie did not get a good 

 start, a very essential thing in that country 

 where hounds are extremely fast, and the rider 

 intends to be first, or very near it. In passing 

 under Winwick Warren he rode at a strong 

 flight of rails which his mare failed to clear, 

 and fell heavily on him heels uppermost. He 

 was carried to the house of Mr. Lovell, a 

 yeoman, where he died shortly afterwards, 

 never having spoken. Mr. George Payne, 

 the Master of the hounds, and the Duke of 

 Montrose remaining with him to the end. 



In the fine old church at Brixworth there is 

 a tablet in memory of him, merely saying that 

 he is buried near that spot. He was a lieuten- 

 ant in the 17 th Lancers, a gallant rider to 

 hounds, and as indeed his father's son could 

 not have failed to be, a great favourite with the 

 hunt. The rails must have been a formidable 

 obstacle, for the previous year a man named 

 Sawbridge had been killed riding over the 

 same flight. 



The memory of Lord Kintore's jumping 

 feats still linger in the old Berks country. He 

 rode a horse called " Whitestocking," which he 

 was currently reported to have given ^800 for. 



