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I never knew but two clever
women in my life. The first was
my mother, who could train
horses as well as my father ; the
second is my wife, who minds her
own business." Having thus freed
his soul, he turned sullenly upon
his heel.
How much the Duke loved fox-
hunting, and what an amount of
thought and labour he gave to its
every detail, is shown by the sket-
ches on the preceding pages (drawn
by his own hand, Metoclopramide Buy notwithstanding
the gout) of the stables which he
erected at Badminton.
In addition to the above, it may
be mentioned that no one was
firmer than the Duke when, as
Master of Hounds, he found it
necessary to control an unruly
field, or when he had to put an
old servant, who momentarily
forgot himself, back into his
proper place. The Bristol Times
quotes an instance of the latter
quality in the following words : —
" The late head Order Metoclopramide Online of the House of
Somerset was in reality a sports-
man to the manner born. The
Somersets have been mighty
hunters from the time that their
name became a power in the land.
They have hunted big game, too,
as well as little, and have never
been found wanting * when the
gallants of England were up for
the king.'
" Will Long said of him that
he was the best whip he ever saw,
and had a wonderful knowledge
of when to let hounds alone and
when to interfere with them. In
the old days he or the Marquess
of Worcester always worked a
team to covert on hunting days, Generic Metoclopramide
whilst he set a good example to
all landowners by keeping a stud
horse for the use of his tenants.
(Kingstown, for instance, who was
second to Wild Dayrell, stood
here, and Grey Prince sired some
excellent hunters.) One grey Buy Metoclopramide Online that
the Duke used to ride he was so
fond of that after his legs gat
shaky, and he was not quite safe
as a hack, he would have him
taken to the meet in a van. This
is the very horse on whose
back he was seated when Grant
painted him, and which is so Buy Cheap Metoclopramide well
known, as he stands facing the
Duchess on Tetuan. This beau-
tiful picture was presented to her
Grace in 1864, and prints of it
are to be seen (and how their
owners valued them the reader
probably knows for himself) in
many homes in Gloucestershire
and elsewhere."
" I will tell you," says a
correspondent, " how he came to
hunt the hounds. Nimrod Long,
son of Will Long, the Purchase Metoclopramide huntsman,
struck a hound with his whip
pretty forcibly ; the hound cried
pen and ink to a pretty tune. On
the Duke reproving Nimrod for
it, he answered the Duke in a way
that the Duke did not approve, so
his Grace sent him home. Later
on, Old Will came to the Duke
and said that if his son had to go
he should go as well. ' Well, so
be it,' said his Grace. 'Who is
to hunt the hounds ? ' * I will/
replied the Duke, Purchase Metoclopramide Online and he did—
and thoroughly well he did it too.
His enthusiasm, his cheeriness
and the way he could blow his
horn (better than anyone I ever
heard) seemed to put life into bis
pack. He was so quick, that
(with all his weight) he would sit
down on his horse with the seat
of a jockey, and gallop at top
speed. He never liked to have a
fox killed in a drain, but kept
terriers that would go up to a fox
and bolt him, but not mangle or
injure him ; and many a good run
was the result. He was always
ready for a gallop, no matter how
late it was."
To adduce further evidences of
the Duke's keenness as a sports-
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man would be but to weary and
exhaust the, patience of my
readers. Finally, let me therefore
bring these remarks to a con-
clusion by reminding some who
will read them that nothing
would have given Metoclopramide Online the Duke
more genuine satisfaction than
to think that the faithful partner
of his joys and sorrows who
survives him would be appre-
ciated as she deserves by those
among whom her lonely life will
henceforward be passed. If it be
true that •' to live in hearts we leave
behind is not to die," the memory
of the eighth Duke and Duchess
of Beaufort, however evanescent
among those who knew them not,
will long survive in the grateful re-
collection of those best acquainted
with and most worthy of them.
Cricket Song.
How Cheap Metoclopramide blithely to the meet we ride
Upon a hunting day,
How sweet to hear at covert-side
The huntsman's " Gone away;"
Some love to stalk the antlered prey
Over the heath-clad hills,
To draw the fish from Tweed or Tay,
The gaff beneath his gills ;
Chorus — But on a clear and sunny day,
With a true and lively wicket,
Of all the grand old games we play,
There is not one like Cricket.
'Tis joyous on a well-found craft
To fly before the breeze,
And watch the silver streak abaft,
Furrowing the summer seas ;
Right gallantly a stalwart crew
Cuts through the brimming wave,
And whether light or dark the blue,
AH honour to the brave ;
Chorus — Order Metoclopramide But on a clear and sunny day,
With a true and lively wicket,
Of all the grand old games we play,
There is not one like Cricket.
And football is a noble game