CHAP. IV.] Mr. G. Payne, 1 3 1 



out of tlie ark by Noali, and was snapped up by a whale 

 passing by ! '^ 



T. Oliver, the celebrated steeple-chase rider_, on his 

 death-bed was invited to summon some clergyman to see 

 him. " I only wish to see one/' he replied, " Parson 

 Eussell, out of Devonshire/' Mr. Kussell was written to, 

 and came immediately. 



In the following season the same " post and rail/' 

 though not at the identical spot, caused the death of as 

 fine a young officer as ever entered her Majesty's service. 

 Lord Inverurie, heir to the earldom of Kintore, and a 

 lieutenant in the 17th Lancers, had for some weeks in 

 the season of 1843 been hunting from the ^' Coach and 

 Horses " at Brixworth. 



In a fast twenty minutes from Hemplow Hills, nobody 

 had gone better than the young Scotch lord upon his 

 favourite mare, " Quatre Ace." Patting her approvingly 

 npon the neck when the gallop was over, he pronounced 

 her to be '^ as good a bit of stuff as man ever rode." 

 Within an hour after this expression, she had fallen upon 

 him and killed him ! Getting a bad start from the Yel- 

 vertoft cover, it was conjectured that he rode at the rails 

 referred to in Mr. Sawbridge's case, when his mare, a 

 famous timber-jumper, was somewhat '^ pumped." She 

 caught the top rail, and fell a complete somersault upon 

 her unfortunate rider. He gave one groan, threw his 

 arms upwards, and never spoke again. He was carried 

 to the house of Mr. Lovell, and Mr. Payne and the Duke 

 of Montrose, residing at Sulby, remained with him till 

 all was over ! 



On being referred to as to the disposal of the body, 

 Lord Kintore's reply was, '' Where the tree fell, let it lie/' 



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