62 SPORTING REMINISCENCES 



at the dress rehearsal before the first act is going 

 smoothly. When Mr. Edmund Burke and Mrs. 

 Owen Lewis were there to help the unwary it 

 worked wondrously, but I have seen it go rockily 

 indeed. A hunt in spasms. 



I have also acted with Lady Gooch, a well- 

 known amateur ; one of her greatest successes was 

 in " Lady Frederick." 



To anyone who loves to act, an audience, held, 

 is almost as keen a joy as a gallop. 



