REMINISCENCES OF BERT DRAGE 



Sowerby's little grey lying down in Bucknells 

 Wood, but it recovered. 



Lord Annaly ordered hounds home from here. 



We had about twenty miles home, and his 

 Lordship told us to go into the Pomfret Arms as 

 we passed through Towcester ; but Captain 

 Elmhirst said we would have to stop at his place at 

 Blisworth if we put in at twenty Pomfret Armses. 



He rode on and had port and cake waiting for 

 us in the road as we passed ; as we were finished 

 Lord Annaly passed us in cab he had hired in 

 Towcester. There were not many motor cars or 

 telephones in those days. 



Mr. Tweed rode all the way home with the 

 hounds to Brixworth, where we found some 

 champagne and sandwiches in the feeding house, 

 sent by one of the gentlemen who lived in the 

 village. 



I think it was the best day I ever had." 



Frank Freeman 



(I include this with the very kind permission of 

 " The Field.") 



I remember some good fun I had in Ireland. I 

 went over with Captain Lowenstein. A well- 

 known dealer mounted us, and, as I expect he felt 

 that Captain Lowenstein might be a good customer, 

 he put him on a high-class blood horse. I was on 

 a much commoner horse. Captain Lowenstein 

 was getting on very badly with his horse, as he was 



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