96 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



day of his second wedding he was seen with his 

 bride driving out a favourite hound that was 

 recovering from an accident. 



Another story that Sir Richard Glyn tells me of 

 his old huntsman is very characteristic. Press 

 wished to celebrate the anniversary of his wedding- 

 day, so he determined to take his wife and baby 

 for a drive, and at the same time to do a little 

 hunting business. The party consequently set out 

 for Compton Castle, taking with them two hound 

 pu^Dpies. Into the box of the cart Press put the 

 puppies and the baby, and then mounted in front 

 with his wife. (Of the latter's view of the arrange- 

 ment I hear nothing.) In due course they arrived 

 at the castle, but the key of the box had been lost 

 on the way, and the inmates seemed to be having 

 a genial scrimmage. When at last the box was 

 opened, the inmates were all discovered in good 

 condition. 



At last the epileptic fits from which Press 

 suffered brought on insanity, and his condition 

 became such that he had to be removed to the 

 county asylum, where he died at the age of sixty- 

 seven on December 27, 1885. On the memorial 

 card sent out to his friends was inscribed — 



" Alas ! he's gone to Earth at last, 

 Waiting for the Trumpet's Blast." 



For the month or six weeks that remained of 

 the season after Press gave up, Tom Jordan, the 

 first whipper-in, hunted the hounds. Jordan had 



