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and fifty brace. He then offered to double his bet that he would shoot 

 eighty brace, but the ease with which it might be done was so apparent 

 that no one would take him up. He stopped at three o'clock, having 

 killed fifty-six brace. If he had shot the eighty brace it would have been 

 a greater performance than either Lord Kennedy's or Mr. Coke's the 

 year after, for he shot over his dogs as in an ordinary day's shooting, 

 without preparation or assistance, and was baulked a great deal by his 

 two guns having stocks of different lengths. 



It was considered that had Lord Garlies undertaken the "one 

 hundred brace match" for Sir William Maxwell he would have won it* 

 Not that he was a better shot than Lord Kennedy, but he would 

 have taken advice and kept his temper better. 



Lord Kennedy was, when things were going all right, a most 

 charming companion, and his home, Dunottur, was the pleasantest 

 place to visit. Unfortunately, however, this great sportsman was 

 cursed with the infatuation for gambling, and being of an uncontrollable 

 disposition and violent temper he would take advice from no man. 

 The consequence was Dunottur, which was the property of his wife, 

 had to be sold, and this unfortunate nobleman, heir to a marquisate 

 and £40,000 a year, fell like many others, and died young. 



Me. Edward Hai^waed Budd 

 of Elcombe House, near Swindon, born February 23, 1785, was a 

 contemporary and associate of all the men I refer to in this chapter. 

 He was powerfully muscular, and one of the best cricketers that ever 

 handled a bat, and when four-score years old played in good style* 

 Lilly white said that he was the hardest hitter and best-made man 

 he ever saw. No man of his day could run or jump with him, and as 

 a boxer no pugilist was more artistic. He was also an excellent shot. 

 In fact, no man in the world had a chance with Budd in an all-round 

 match of the sports I have associated him with. My readers must, 

 however, consult " Sportascrapiana " for particulars. Like most men 

 of his time he hated tobacco smoking. 



Mr. Wheeler leaves out from his book the names of such men as 

 Thomas Assheton Smith, John Musters and others who were 

 celebrated contemporaries of the men I have mentioned, possibly for 

 the reason that they were not the all-round sportsmen the others 

 were. Hunting was in their line predominant over all other sport. 

 Inasmuch as special histories have been written of these men, not to 

 speak of countless allusions made in the press, I need not make 

 mention of them. 



Never in either former or present generations have we had in a 

 gentleman such a pedestrian as 



Captain Baeclay-Allardice. 



BelVsLife was not started until about the year 1822, so from its own 

 columns it was not able to take particulars of this officer's feats ; how- 



