Lady Jane. 207 



ground for riding and schooling on the other side of the 

 river, and lots of pigsticking. Although I did not take 

 a very active part in the pigsticks myself, for I had no 

 suitable cattle to ride after the wily boar, I enjoyed 

 going out to the meets, where I was always certain to 

 be in the best of company — to wit, Messrs. Maxwell, 

 Dunbar, Chapman, Carr, poor Bonner-Maurice, Leach, 

 Preston, Cruickshank, Fishbourne, and others — and have 

 a jolly dinner after the long ride out, yarns over the 

 camp fire, a sound sleep in the tent, and, instead of 

 parade next morning, a ride and lots of fun. 



We had, while there, several sky-meetings, which 

 showed good sport. I remember on one occasion 

 riding Mr. Leach's b.w.m. Lady Jane for the Cawn- 

 pore Tent Club Cup. This mare was a very hard 

 puller, and had, as the expression goes, only one 

 side to her mouth. I rode her in a snaffle, as her 

 owner thought that was the best bit for her. Her 

 only opponent was Mr. Maxwell's Waler mare Vesper, 

 ridden by Mr. Martin Gubbins. The steeplechase 

 oame off on the Oudh side of the river over a fair 

 hunting line of country. As soon as we started, I found 

 it impossible to keep Lady Jane straight at her fences, if 

 I went at all fast, as I had no power over her in the 



