SIR HARRY GOODRICKE 145 



Other masters we've had, in the days of our glory — 



Osbaldeston, Sefton, Tom Smith, and " The Graeme," 

 Southampton the last, not the least in our story, 



Giving Melton its mainspring and Le'stershire fame. 

 And if for a season our joy has been clouded, 



A day like the present's too happy for pain ; 

 In the prospect before us what pleasures are crowded, 



For oh, in our Goodricke we've Meynell again. 



The Coplow again shall be famous in story, 



And high be the deeds we shall do from Seg's Hill ; 

 And Melton once more, in the blaze of its glory, 



Under Goodricke shall nourish — under Goodricke shall fill ; 

 Again shall our coverts like Courts be attended; 



Again shall our " Field Days" boast many a Star, 

 The friends shall return who have Melton befriended, 



Thynne, Forester, Kinnaird, Moore, Maxse, and Maher. 



And Alvanley too — shall Meltonia forget thee ? 



Oh never — while wit, and while wine, have a charm ; 

 Thou too wilt return, blithe as ever we met thee, 



And with joke, fun, and glee, still old sorrow disarm ; 

 And Chesterfield too, and our honoured De Wilton, 



With Plymouth and Stanley, shall come in the train, 

 And the Lord of the Chase, and the Monarch of Melton, 



Shall be Harry of Ribston, success to his reign. 



Sir Harry Goodricke, the sixth baronet, father of 

 him concerning whom this chapter is written, was also 

 a master of hounds in an unpretentious way, having in 

 conjunction with Colonel Wardle kept a pack in Flint- 

 shire, with kennels at Colonel Wardle's residence, Harts- 

 heath. Coming from Yorkshire, it is certain that the 

 spirit of sport was strong in both father and son, and in 

 the latter it showed itself at a tolerably early age. While 

 at Eton, possibly on Montem Day, the young Goodricke 

 had to don some kind of fancy dress and pass before 

 the King. To the amazement of every one, the future 

 M.F.H. made his appearance in a red hunting-coat 

 reaching down to his heels. It was made for his father's 

 whipper-in in Flintshire. This very fancy costume 



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