J\Ir. Egerton Warhurton 



dated soon after the writer had exchanged into the 9th 

 Lancers from the 60th. 



Francis draws the comparison between foot and horse 

 with the candour free from offence that seems to have been 

 one of the most engaging characteristics of the twins : 

 ' Of course, I find the riding chaps superior in the same 

 way as we Fox-hunters think the huntsman superior to the 

 gamekeeper. If you can't grip my meaning, it would take 

 me so much time to explain that you would become weary, so 

 I will leave you in darkness.' Isn't this delightful ? Francis 

 Grenfell was right. No words, not even a Baconian essay, 

 could make it clear to any one who had not the temperament, 

 why riding, provided you know how to ride, is so vastly 

 superior to walking. But it is. An advantage that the 

 pig-sticker may legitimately claim over the Fox-hunter is 

 that he does the deed himself instead of having to watch 

 the huntsman doing, or trying to do it. 



True, but in a day's Fox-hunting the adventure is by no 

 means confined to the huntsman. The mere riding to Hounds 

 is enough fun for most people. And the whole environ- 

 ment of Fox-hunting makes even a moderate day with the 

 Foxhounds better than a good day at anything else. Rivers- 

 dale Grenfell knew all about this. He had been to stay 

 with Francis for a week's pig-sticking, and Colonel Buchan 

 tells us that his diary records his disappointment : — 



' Most of us came to the conclusion that even if the pig were 

 there it could not be compared to fox-hunting. One wants to find 

 a pig every fifteen minutes to make it really amusing. Another 



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