396 RACING CAREER OF SIR W. H. GREGORY. 



Tattenham Corner, round which Gaper led, Cother- 

 stone seemed equally able to come down hill, and 

 ended by winning without an effort." 



Upon February 1, 1884, Sir William set forth 

 in happy phrase his views as to Mr Charles 

 Greville's capabilities to fill the rdle of a leading 

 statesman, to which he always aspired. The 

 opinion given below by Sir Wihiam Gregory was 

 shared in a still higher degree by the late Sir 

 Francis Doyle, who was in the habit of meeting 

 Mr Greville annually for many years at Nun- 

 appleton, the seat of Sir William Milner, from 

 which they all repaired to York August Races. 

 Here are Sir William's words : — 



" Charles Greville could never have taken a 

 prominent part as a political w^arrior. He had 

 good sense, and sound views upon many subjects — 

 witness his book on Ireland, which is very remark- 

 able, considering how far advanced his opinions 

 were beyond those in fashion at the time. I do 

 not think he would ever have been a good speaker ; 

 certainly never a leader of men, even if he had 

 enjoyed many years of parliamentary training. 

 He was the worst adjuster of quarrels and what 

 the Americans call "difficulties" that I ever came 

 in contact with. In fact, paradoxical as it may 

 seem, I never could regfard him as what he most 

 desired to be thought — a man of the world. This 



