New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSES.


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~ ~. .. 10 sblo 70 work southwark as the NsV
yYs'r,,,arl,et meeting approaches aud / am very
-. e, be M this moment in Bucklughanls"il0'
,.,'t = Is raining 50 abominably that nave ho
~ ,,st,rae except billiards, WHIST ana pen
LID Since my last letter had run mo 'uo
18th of Scotland to finish off with moor
n we had been drowned ont of full SIX VEGAS
80 It's in the extreme north OF scotlauu' ".u
~ three clear days of superb natural Snoo,'"e
lids VERY strong well-grown ana veteran" =.
A., h,st who il a dead-hand on the trigger was J"
wonderful form especially at the co"',-,
ut Of sbootinr. wien he killed sixteen pit"S
-, car+ridces a run that hardly Mt AIcn'o
,,-.~,l,,-o r Dr Carver could have beaten u'
..oa.b.r ,-as beautiful and we enjoyed the NnO'o
+b;ng greatly. There was plenty Oh 80"
brt the moor is so contormed tha' ~
cannot be managed ! heard very niue W
in Scotland of Mr.. Wmans ana Ms uou'SN
This gentleman rents some OF Tue nnO'.
forests and is very fond OF deer-uII ''"s'
IN which confess agree with him. Inelo nv
the ouantity of shooting in a deer-drve tu', 'N'0
is In n grouse drive, but II Is very gran" "uu
nifcent and exciting-almost thrI-lng'
corod the Legitimate" method of killing deer III
Soa+1and nv stalking. but only very active ana
healthy people can stand the wear and tear anu
- the necessary nerve TO stalk a stag success
eli, Crawling over wet stones is hard work. ana
,1oosant when vipers abound, as they do IN many
norts of the Highlands a viper is lot raIue-
s,.l,e nv n great deal but he is venomous oru'e
nevertheless and his bite is followed by unpe"sdn'
consequences He loves high stony DTS OF moor
land. and may be found among the Sods WnIcu CUM
80 q battery AT a grouse-drive or with MS fangs
=, ones knee while creeping along corrle 10 get
within shot Of a stag. But Captain Horato h"'S
and the grand old sportsmen of the past generation
nile publc opinion, and the deer-driVers are
GREAT deal chafied by the so-calied legitimate
marksmen They invent stories against INC ne"
school and appear especially splteluI against III
1Vinans who excites their envy. They accuse MN
% oloys selecting for himself the butt or battery
from which the last great score was
do without reference TO the wind, when
entirely alters the conditions OF drive
1,hor also say that when deer we're very
nlan+,fnl one wear he was anxious to try OaiAhg
eun and fire into the brown as we call the 'hlcA
Of them. But am convinced that thls Is lAtTed'
malice and all unchantabeuess.
p6ckinrbamshire. the beloved % Lord BeaconS-
f.ld delicious country full of verlant meadows
"fshful - streams, and birIful fields and cop
oices. At the fue old house whence ! am writing
There will be prime shooting If the rain holds M on
Monday. We are ferveutly praying for fine weather
not only on account of the shooting ont or the
Houghton Meeting Newmarket, which Will TAKE
AWAY Us OF the male kind for the TIRES middle days
Of tie week. The ladies who hold court at New
market ike the Duchess of Moutrose' Will proolDy
ca +le,e ~ niglt or early or Monday aud glori-
ous time is expected The only Duae who is stay
inc here Is very sweet on AobotsforL who IS only
Mistake renamed. cast-otT American sold out OF
Mr. LorilarI's stable to young Charley Archer,
who has so tried him with LowIand Chief chat 1t Is
thouplt he must win. lie Is now tho property of
Lord Ellesmere and if be Should win Will probably
cau.e Mr.. Lorularl to throw over Pucus and his
svsten of training altogether. To OUT notion, the
American trainer galiops all the life out OF his
horses. and when people say be won the
Derby and Leger with Iroquols, we
nly answer: "What wonder Loquois must
have been 10 stand the treatment One thing IL
certain. Pass1ic and Walous-ciu were no sooner
sold out Of Pincuss stable than they began 10 win
races The Cambrilgsshire has been the chief topic
of conversation to-day, and numerous letters have
been written 10 various commissioners Our host,
who is not a fox-huuter and Is fond OF pheasant
shooting is desperately savage abCut the damage
done by foxes this year He Is far too good sports
nan to interfere with them. and l. quite content
that they should be preserved but he thinks II Is
carving foxes a little too far TO bring score Of
down there TO devour his Young pheasauts This is
one Of the stock grievances and stumbin=-bocis
Of offence in English country life. To listen TO Mr.
George Lane Fox. one would think thar pheasant
pras. rvqr was " Eat burglary but pheasant pre-
servers like Lord Loudcsboroush entertain % some
what similar opinion about the undue fostering of
Master REWARD. II another couple of weeks. how
ever. fox-huuting viii have commenced, and the
orthodox season VIII bring out the pink and
pckl.-jars" as we cjil the scarlet coats and top
boots of the proper Melton Nowbray build. All
this Is pleasant TO look forward TO- bu- on snch
DAYS as this Our only comfort is in mixed or blended
champagne. There was once a prec-pt in force
never 10 NIX your metaphors OF your liquor Then
we took to drinking al *a,t halfa dozen wines at
dinner and latterly to drinking only one-chan-
payne. Now two sorts Of champagne are handed
round AT many tables not to select from. but 10 be
mixed in ones glass, hllf-aud-haf, just like beer
II isnot the option between sweet and dry"
that is ofered. but the mixture as before"
The company here has been greatly amused bya
story Of a recently made judge who, while he was
vet at the bar. enjoyed the reputation Of late man
about town. When he was made a Judge he
burted out: "D--n it all. Where can I tell my
wife 60 10 of an evening ~
Some time time ago il was rumorel that yeuer-
able peer. Lord Winchlsea, who married widow
this year was in expectation Of an heir. This is
now authoutatively conJradicted. II vii, De
1ecollcctcd that bis eldest son, Lord Maidstone who
was very Queerly brought Up. died some years ago
after turbid career Lord Winchil,ca is thenoble-
nan who was humorously sad TO have been ruiaed
by his fathers being such an uucon,cionabie time
in diving, lie only succeeded 10 the family titles
and estates at the ge Of iorty-thr.e.
Lord Seton has hurt himself badly by
an awkward slip in the conservatory at
LathOm. He is the peer qqpts girls perle Ft was
never known 70 Go without EN- The old Lord
Seton who was called "Cod's-hcad and shoulders
dish 20 which be bore a remarkable resemblance.
was the author OF the following celebrated menu
for plain dinner for a plain man.: