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his regiment like a good soldier before the battle. 

 He was shot through the lungs during the battle ; 

 thus learning by experience the difference between 

 the dangers to which staff and regimental officers 

 are exposed, which are generally in an inverse 

 ratio to their promotion." 



I have entered into the details of his Grace's 

 military life at a length which to some may seem 

 inconsistent with what I must necessarily say 

 about his racing career, because it was from his 

 Peninsular experiences that he acquired his great 

 love for horses, and esj^ecially for thorough- 

 breds, which, as he had practically ascertained, 

 make the bravest and most enduring chargers in 

 the world. Upon the restoration of peace Lord 

 March returned to Goodwood House, and devoted 

 himself with great ardour to hunting. It is prob- 

 able indeed that he would have re-established 

 the far-famed "Goodwood Hunt" but for an acci- 

 dent which befell him when out with the Earl of 

 Egremont's hounds. As he was galloping down 

 one of the steep hills near Goodwood, his horse 

 fell and trod upon his chest, injuring him severely. 

 For some days his life was in imminent danger, 

 and the surgeon in charge believed that the bullet 

 which Lord March had received at Orthez was 

 displaced by the fall. Be this as it may, he was 

 advised to give up hunting, and most reluctantly 

 but with sound judgment he accepted the fiat of the 

 doctors. 



