30 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1745 to 



shoulders, in the regular French style. Prince 

 William turned out on a pony, and soon 

 fathomed a deep ditch. A hind that was not 

 expected to run straight was selected, in order 

 that the foreigners mio-lit have a better chance 

 of nicking in. At least five hundred horsemen 

 were present. The hind was uncarted at 

 Kempshot Park, and very soon after the 

 foreigners were seen sprawling all over the 

 country, and out of the whole number that 

 started scarcely fifty got to the end. This day 

 nearly drove George Sharp mad, for whenever 

 his hounds came to a check, the Frenchmen, 

 thinking all game was alike, three times blew 

 their horns, and put them on to a hare. 



At this time the prince was a very hard 

 liver, and suffered much from gout. Nanny 

 Stevens of Dummer, a stout, strong woman, 

 was his nurse, and even helped him in and 

 out of his bath, while his lazy valet did 

 nothing but brush his clothes and look on. 



Mrs. Fitzherbert visited the prince at Kemp- 

 shot, and, while she was there, Mr. Ridge's 

 hounds, with Joe Hall and Phil Gosling, came 

 over from Kilmiston. Lady Jersey, Lady 

 Cunningham, and Mesdames Hodges and 

 Sturt, in hunting costume, joined the field, 



