264 THE QUORN HUNT 



Some pity for our fate, if we fall short, 

 Failing to reach the eminence we sought. 

 Then, if we falter as we near the brink, 

 Let friendly hands support us, or we sink, 

 Let friendly cheers our energies sustain, 

 And if we flounder, help us out again. 

 Then by your aid ' Still Waters ' we'll get through, 

 Our ' Dreams then of the Future ' be of you, 

 For you shall ' Pillicoddy ' play his pranks, 

 While ' Betsy Baker ' tenders you her thanks. 

 Strong with knowledge that we've friends at hand, 

 Boldly we'll leap— and safely we shall land." 



The applause was great when Lord Grey de Wilton retired, 

 and then came the overture. "Still Waters Run Deep" and 

 "Betsy Baker" were the pieces played, while the music included 

 a violin solo by the Hon. Seymour Egerton and a cornet solo by 

 Mr. A. B. Mitford. On the following evening (Thursday) the 

 programme included " A Dream of the Future " and " Poor Pilli- 

 coddy," while the instrumental soloists were the Hon. Catherine 

 Egerton (pianoforte), Mr. Robley (violoncello), and Mr. Le Patourel 

 (flute). In "The Dream of the Future" a sporting turn was 

 given to the proceedings by the introduction of the names, in 

 connection with the evening party in the play, of Dr. Scraptoft, 

 Lord Ranksboro', Mr. Thrussington Gorse, Sir Bescoby and Lady 

 Oaks, Mr. B. Coplow, and Mr. and Mrs. Tilton Wood. Lord 

 Grey de Wilton, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, and Hon. H. Coke were 

 among those who were members of the orchestra; the musical 

 programme included Mendelssohn's Symphony in A minor and 

 Concerto in G minor, overtures to "Zanetta," "William Tell," 

 aud " Oberon," while the incidental music was composed by the 

 Hon. Seymour Egerton. Amongst those present were the Duke 

 of Rutland, Lord and Lady Forester, Hon. G. Fitzwilliam, Earl 

 and Countess of Westmorland, Countess of Sefton and the Ladies 

 Molyneaux, Lord Stanhope, the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, Lady Hamp- 

 ton, Sir Henry Edwards, Sir Frederick and Lady Fowke, Countess 

 of Craven, Marquis of Hartingdon, Countess of Chesterfield, Sir 

 Walter and Lady Carew, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord and Lady 

 Colville, Lady E. Stanhope, Lady Wallace, Hon. F. Morgan, 

 Captain Morgan, Mr. Cheeney (High Sheriff), &c. 



In the following year (1861) there were more private 

 theatricals, but the festival extended to three days instead of 

 two. "A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing," "The Mummy," and "The 



