REMINISCENCES OF BERT DRAGE 



Col. Lawson, but he rang up to say he wanted to 

 return him as he had a hunt on him and could not 

 get on with him. So he sent him back. He 

 then came up and tried several horses, and this 

 one among them. He liked him and bought him 

 again ! He didn't recognise him as the horse he 

 had returned. When he got the horse to his 

 stables his groom said : " Why, you have bought 

 him back, master ! " 



Once we sold a horse to a Colonel Colman. 

 It was the same horse that Colonel Colman had 

 been to see in Norfolk. I remember selling a 

 horse to a Captain Allfrey, and about the same time 

 one to Lord Cowley. They both said the horses 

 were no good, so I took them back and I sold the 

 horse returned by Lord Cowley to Captain Allfrey, 

 and the one returned by Captain Allfrey to Lord 

 Cowley. When they met out hunting, they said 

 to each other : " Why, that is the rotten horse I 

 returned to Drage ! " Anyhow, they were both 

 well-satisfied, and, when arguing with each other 

 about the respective horses, they made a match over 

 the country near to Adam Gorse. It was a very 

 good race, and I forget which won — only by a few 

 lengths. 



I have just read an account of the death of 

 Mr. Cecil Sanders. He used to ride over from 

 his home at Wollaston to hunt our horses with the 

 Pytchley. He did them a lot of good, as he was a 

 fine rider and went so well to hounds. 



Another hunting man who I mounted about 



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