34 Tally ho. 



Many were the sprees tliis madcap Marquis indulged 

 in — one night painting a house all red from top to toe, 

 to the astonishment of the occupant when he turned 

 out in the morning; on another occasion driving up 

 to the house of some one to whom he owed a grudge, 

 calling him to come out instantly, and, when he came 

 to the door in his nocturnal costume, whipping him 

 into the drag, driving off to a neighbouring town, and 

 putting him down in the market-place, leaving him 

 shivering at two o^clock in the morning, to find his 

 way home as best he could in his light and airy 

 costume. With all his follies and foolish exploits, those 

 who knew him at Melton will acknowledge that not only 

 was he an " original,^^ but a generous fellow at heart, if 

 a trifle fast. '^ Autre temps autre mceurs.'^ Such goings 

 on would not be tolerated in Melton nowadays. 



Of Prince Batthyanj^, who no longer rides to hounds, 

 there are many who speak, when they call to mind old 

 times, of his courtesy and kindness; but no one is 

 talked of with greater respect than Lord Cardigan, 

 hot-tempered, imperious, if you please, but kind and 

 generous to the highest degree ; and the days are not 

 forgotten when his lordship and Lord Gardner used to 

 ride to hounds, too high-bred to show anything like 

 jealousy. These two splendid horsemen took up their 

 positions a field apart from each other, and the instant 

 the fox broke cover, sat down on their horses, and 

 went like the very mischief, and it was *^' devil take the 

 hindmost.'^ There have been many ill-natured things 

 said of Lord Cardigan by those who did not speak the 

 truth or know the man ; but the narrative of one of the 

 Six Hundred who galloped side by side with him in 

 and out of the valley of death proved that he was as 



