. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . put in the past tense, not because there isany falling off in the horsemanship, only that, after hebecame rector of Warsop, he did not come out regularlywith the Meynell. His two elder brothers, who un-fortunately died young, were also quite first rate. Colonel FitzHerbert, too, who dressed very like hiselder brother, in hunting cap, and black boots coming upover the knee, was just as good as the others. In fact,with a slight alteration, Mr. Egerton Warburtons linesexactly fit the case— Were my life to depend on the wager,I know not wh
. A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 . put in the past tense, not because there isany falling off in the horsemanship, only that, after hebecame rector of Warsop, he did not come out regularlywith the Meynell. His two elder brothers, who un-fortunately died young, were also quite first rate. Colonel FitzHerbert, too, who dressed very like hiselder brother, in hunting cap, and black boots coming upover the knee, was just as good as the others. In fact,with a slight alteration, Mr. Egerton Warburtons linesexactly fit the case— Were my life to depend on the wager,I know not which member Id back,The Rector, the Squire, or the Major,The purple, the pink, or the black. It is impossible to decide which was the best. Somesay one, some another; the fact being that they allexcelled, each in his own way. Sir William was perhapsthe more brilliant and dashing rider, the Colonel couldnurse a horse the best, while the present baronet seems to Sir Richard FitzHerbert, Fifth Baronet. • Jynoiija iljt. i .;i?«fTjrlj;ji4 bmrioi>| ifg. „ait^,,j:.S,^.f/Lfc^ THE FITZHERBERTS. 91 combine the good qualities of both. And this brings usto one of the other sex, the Colonels daughter, MissMildred FitzHerbert (now the Honble. Mrs. Moncreift).She was not only a horsewoman of the finest calibre,equally good on a young one or on a perfect hunter, butshe had a wonderful eye to hounds and a country, andknew all about it. She wanted no pilot, and to see hersweeping along on her favourite, Tory, was a treat, forshe knew how to gallop, an art which few men, andhardly any women, ever acquire. She could turn andtwist with hounds like one of them, while her eye wasnever off the pack. Many a time has the writer seen her,when every one was riding along a lane or road, gossiping,while hounds were at fault, stop suddenly, pull her horseround, and jump out of it. Her quick eye had noticedthat a hound had hit the line, while other people werebusy with their own concerns. Perhaps one
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