Its Makers, Past and Present 



with the surest 

 and most effec- 

 tive tact, over 

 fi e 1 cl s com- 

 posed, some- 

 times, o t 

 troublesome 

 elements. In 

 truth, nature 

 had endowed 

 Davis with a 

 demeanour 



which made impertinence 

 impossible. His finished 

 horsemanship was the ad- 

 miration of the field, and his 

 person was such as received 

 advantao^e, in a sino^ular de- 

 gree, from the uniform of 

 his official position." Davis 



was seen at his best when he figured in the Roy 

 cession at Ascot, with whose history he could 



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al Pro- 

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