104 if^ Scarlet and Silk 



of the Gunners (red and blue) in tlie form 

 of a blue coat with red collar, than which 

 nothino- could look neater ag-ainst the ortho- 

 dox white breeches and black velvet cap. 

 They hunted then three days a fortnight, 

 ])ut soon after changed it to twice a week, 

 as now. The present fixtures are made for 

 Tuesdays and Fridays. 



Very few claims for damage are ever sent 

 in by the farmers and landowners. At the 

 annual dinner given at the Mess, two or 

 three of them have even declared their belief 

 that a fence looks more picturesque after a 

 charge of cavalry has swept over it ! 



During Major Yorke's first period of Master- 

 ship, 1874-5, I16 ^^^^ i^^ the habit of sending 

 the kennel-man on, Ijy train, with the 

 " worry " to the finish. One day he never 

 arrived, and on the Master getting back to 

 kennels, he rated the man for his remissness. 

 " Beg pardon, sir," said the culj^rit, " but as we 

 wasn't out last Toosday, / kept the ivorry, and 

 when I got to the station they wouldn't let 

 me into the train ; they said a smalt too bad ! " 



