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be permitted to repeat, as I do not think it has ever been 

 told in print : — 



On one occasion a parson occupied the box-seat, and 

 Mr. Lowther, who liked an appreciative listener, began to 

 tell him a good deal of the history of some of the country 

 houses they passed on the road, as well as of the families 

 to whom they belonged or had belonged. On their arrival 

 at Bridlington, the parson, who was evidently a man of not 

 much discernment, congratulated Mr. Lowther on ' being a 

 'most intelligent man for his station in life,' and handed 

 him halfa-crown, which was received with becoming gravity 

 and an amusement which can be better imagined than 

 described. 



Mr. Tom Kennedy began to hunt rather late in life, and 

 his ddbut was not a very promising one, for he fell with a 

 regularity which became monotonous during his first season. 

 But he possessed that invaluable attribute of the horseman — 

 a nerve that nothing could daunt, and having naturally light 

 hands, he soon became one of the best men of his day ; a 

 day, alas ! which was all too short. As well as being a good 

 man to hounds, Mr. Kennedy was a fine polo player, and 

 one of the finest judges of the game in his day ; and he was 

 also an excellent tennis player as well as an Alpine climber. 

 As a rider to hounds he was absolutely without fear, and his 

 horses soon found that there was no such word as ' refuse ' 

 known to him. His ideas on jumping were of a liberal 

 nature, and he seemed to think no place impracticable. 

 Considering the width of his views on the subject of 

 jumping, he got very few falls, a fact to which his fine 

 hands contributed no little. He was the most unselfish of 

 men, and would lose his place in a good run to succour a 

 friend who was down. None who knew him will fail to 

 endorse Lord Harrington's opinion, expressed in a sympa- 

 thetic article in 'Baily,' that 'he was the best sportsman 



