SIR L. PALK, Bt., AXD SIR J. DUXTZE, Bt. 12# 



not pulled him down before he got there, Xo"w, av Skerraton 

 is jxjssibly sixteen miles and White Wood, etc., ahout twenty 

 from where we found, I need not teU yoa that we were 

 probably baulked of a real clipper ! . . . 



" P.S. — Walter Radclifie is in a d 1 <rf a way aboat the 



harriers." 



The letter reveals the good spirit and fine temper 

 of a sportsman in the highest sense and one who 

 knew how to bear disappointment. 



It was Sir Lawrence Palk's father. Sir Lawrence 

 Vaughan Palk, who used to hunt from Dalby, near 

 Melton Mowbray, and is mentioned by Ximrod among 

 the " Crack riders of England." Sir Lawrence him- 

 self in his early days was an habitue of Melton far 

 seven years or more. He was also devoted to vault- 

 ing, and his LaneaMre WUck and Gvlnare waie wdL 

 known in the Squadron. He ^tas ako fond erf shoot- 

 mg and, in addition, he was a very good coaciinian 

 and a member of the Four-in-Hand Club.* 



Sir Lawrence's second son, Mr. E. A. Palk,* acted 

 as field-master in his father's absence, which fraoi 

 ill-health was more or less continnous dining the 

 last two seasons of his mastership. Mr. Palk was 

 lather strict with his field, and some of us have 

 reason to be grateful for the discipliDe acquired in 

 those early days, which saved us from committing 

 many a solecism in later years. The yoothfol 

 delinquent who incurred the field-master's just but 

 quickly abating displeasore was often ecNOSoled by a 

 word of encouragonent from his sister, now the Han. 

 Mrs. Gambier-Pany, who hunted regularly with the 

 pack, and was extremely keen and a good nder. 



Sir Lawrence Palk's coDeague, Sir JcAn Dontze, 



