HORSE-DEALING 



had a very bad fall, and that ended the idea of him 

 becoming Master. 



During several seasons' hunting, we kept the 

 horses that we had sold to Michael Beary and 

 Fred Lane, and they hunted them from my place. 

 Beary was a first-class man to hounds. We used 

 to have quite a number of people in for tea after 

 hunting. Their horses were stabled either with 

 us or nearby. I was out hunting on two occasions 

 when there were fatal falls. One of them was 

 Hugh Owen, who was killed jumping a fence not 

 far from Harborough. I was to have gone next. 

 The other was one day when I was out with the 

 Grafton. I forget the name of the rider, but the 

 horse fell right on top of him and, before we could 

 release him, he was dead. 



Two further incidents occurred in my life — 

 both connected with the late Lord Beatty. One 

 relates to a horse I sold him, which he had a fall 

 on when jumping a fence in cold blood. When 

 he fell, the horse kicked him and fractured his jaw. 



The other little incident happened one day when 

 hunting with the Quorn. Hounds had gone along 

 by the railway, and the field all stood crowded under 

 the bridge. Then the huntsman wanted to come 

 through, and, of course, the field made way for him. 

 I tried to slip in behind him, but Lord Beatty 

 drew across me and, in a very jocular voice, said : 

 " No you don't, Bert." 



We had some other amusing incidents connected 

 with our business. We once sold a horse to 



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