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to shore when he found how crowded the boat was. Ere half- 

 way across the river, Sir Charles's horse, Saltfish, to whom he 

 had just changed from a new roan that had carried him througli 

 the earlier part of the run, commenced kicking, which uj^set 

 the other horses, and caused them to over-halance the boat, 

 and in a moment all were in the current. Sir Charles swam for 

 the shore, and made the attempt to catch his horse as he swam 

 past — after he found his struggles to regain the boat ineffectual — 

 alas ! unsuccessfully, as he could reach nothing but the bridle, 

 and in an instant sank lifeless in the water, nearly close to the 

 north shore ; the greater part of the others were imprisoned 

 under the boat, amidst the struggling horses ; Mr. Clare Vyner 

 managed to disengage himself, and reached the top of the boat, 

 to which place of refuge he also succeeded in pulling Sir George 

 Wombwell, who was exhausted and unconscious; Capt. Key 

 jumped clear as the boat turned over, and got to shore by means 

 of the chain, against which he was carried. On shore all was 

 horror, excitement, and confusion. Mr. Preston of Moreby, 

 Mr. Ingilby of Ripley Castle, and Capt. Vyner of Linton 

 Spring, dashed into the stream to rescue their friends, and the 

 two latter succeeded in reaching Mr. Lloyd, but he sank from 

 exhaustion when within a short distance of those on shore, and 

 they were with difficulty rescued themselves, as was Mr. Preston. 

 Mr. Richard Thomson, of Kirby, went to the assistance of Sir 

 Charles, but could not reach him for the current, and was 

 foiled in a subsequent effort to recover the body of poor Orvia. 

 vVhen the excitement calmed a little, it was found that, besides 

 Sir Charles, Mr. Robinson of York, one of the best and 

 straightest men in England, Mr. Lloyd, a welter-weight, who 

 was universally beloved and respected, poor Orvis and the two 

 gardeners were drowned. The bodies of Sir Charles, Mr. 

 Robinson, and Mr. Lloyd, were recovered the same day — those 

 of Orv'is and the gardeners not for some days afterwards, when, 

 strange to say, Orvis still grasped his hunting-crop in the 



