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hurried refreshment at the door of some inn. On 

 those occasions, whoever was riding The Barber was 

 obhged to dismount, for the horse would never stand 

 still and allow his rider to drink in comfort. One 

 day, Captain Ha worth said to Clark : " The Barber 

 will never allow one to have a drink. See whether he 

 will have one himself." A pewter pot of suitable size 

 was accordingly offered to the horse, which drank the 

 ale with avidity. After that, it was found that, once 

 he had had his quart, he was quite amenable to his 

 rider following suit. 



The picture of Captain Rock was painted just out- 

 side the eastern corner of Powderham Park, and 

 shews in the background a glimpse of the estuary 

 of the Exe, with Powderham Church on the left. The 

 hounds appear to be some of the Devon Harriers. 

 The quaint little terrier in the foreground was a great 

 favourite of his master's, and, when the latter was 

 mounted, the terrier would make a stepping-stone of 

 his foot to spring on to the saddle. 



The portrait of Captain Ha worth is from a little 

 water-colour sketch made by his sister and is said to 

 be an excellent likeness. 



Lady Mary Leslie also has her father's horn. It is 

 of copper, rather shorter and with less bell than most 

 of the horns of that period, though not as short or 

 as straight as the generality of modern horns. Its 

 tone struck me as particularly sweet, even in a 

 London flat ! 



After giving up the H.H., Haworth became a 

 Queen's Messenger. He has many an interesting 

 anecdote and many a thrilling adventure to relate in 

 his book The Silver Greyhound , so called after the 

 badge of office peculiar to the Service. He also wrote 

 another book : Road Scrapings, which, besides shew- 



