REMINISCENCES OF BERT DRAGE 



I remember what was rather amusing to me. I 

 had broken my right leg three times and the 

 insurance company refused to insure that leg again. 

 Then I had a bad fall, but this time I broke the 

 leg that was insured, so, after that, they refused 

 to insure me. 



I should like to tell of another nasty fall 

 I had. I was hunting with the Quorn, and I took 

 on some rather high rails with a ditch on the landing 

 side. I expect the horse, in trying to refuse, 

 swerved, and Captain Frank Forester, the Master, 

 was just behind me and knocked me and the horse 

 over the rails. I remember all he said was : 

 " Why the 'ell do you come in front of me on a 

 refusing 'ors3 — he had no ' H ' in his vocabulary. 



Since the last world war I have had some good 

 hunting, principally with the Pytchley. I also have 

 had some very good days when I went with that 

 great sportsman Gerald Glover to hunt with the 

 Quorn and with the Grafton. He used to box 

 me to the Meet and usually mount me. He is very 

 fond of hunting and no one goes better. He has 

 some useful mares at his Stud at Pytchley House, 

 where he breeds bloodstock and farms some 400 

 acres. 



I have always been interested in the different 

 styles adopted by various Masters of hounds and 

 they do vary a great deal. I think one of the most 

 popular Master of Hounds was Major Burnaby of 

 The Quorn ; also Charlie McNeil and C. W. B. 



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