The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-01
LONDON TOWN GOSSIP.
Hunting Season Is Now In Full
Preparation.
(By the Countess of Biankshire.)

(By the Countess of Biankshire.)
| LCopyright, 1905, by Central News and
Press Exchanged
! London, Sept. 3O.-The hunting sea-
son is now in full preparation, and the
Quorn Hounds. the most famous pack
| in England, have had their inaugural
meet under the mastershiD of Captain
Frank Forester. Captain Forester is a
cousin of Lord Forester. and belongs
to a very famous hunting family. He
! is himself a capital man for this diff
lcult position. which has been held in
/ recent years by Lord LOnsdale and
| Captain Burns Hartepp, amongst 9th
er well known sDortsmen. The Quoru
was founded about one hundred and
i fly years ago by that hero as a hunts
man. Hugo Meynel, the perfect type
of the English rider to hounds. Hugo
Meynen devoted his entire life to his
/ favorite sport-all other tastes were
/ controlled bv that. and he lived al
most ascedcally so that ne might be
I in good condition to indulge in it. His
J diet sounds absolutely terrifying. A
hunting brea kfast with him consisted
of "a teacup full of veal, tncture of
/ rhubaFb-a stOmachic which stood for
/ him in place of brandy, curacao,
/ cherry bounce" or any of the other
lccrdials dear to the huntsman's heart.
Most of the present Lord FOrester's
predecessors-the first and second
I
were illustrious riders to hounds. In
+ Leicestershire Cecil Forester-the first
baFOn-iS still remembered reveren-
/ TALLY. He had a famous hunter, Ber-
nardo, who once cleared a water jump
of thirty-one feet Cecil Forester was
/ a bold, practical joker, and rather a
reckless sportsman, who seemed to
/ consider other riders besides himself
tedious part of the game. In spite of
i his marvellous jumping, he once came
across a park paling which he was
unable to negotiate" He caught
sight however, of a bride gate with a
key in it, got through quickly, put the
key in his pocket waved valediction
to the field which followed him, and
had the rest of the run to himself.
Although partridge shooting is on, it
is seldom that any big drives are held
/ before the end of September. The
shooting set in society is gathering
in various houses near manOrS where
birds are plentiful. one OF the smart
est house parties is generally given 1t
Lord CarnarVon's place, Bingham, in
Nottinghamshire. Lord Carnarvon IS
an excellent shot. and spends great
deal of money every year in keeping
up his coverts III Norfolk and Noting
hamshire. He is lucky enough, by the
way, to own what IS also one of the
finest pheasant shOOtngs in England.
at Highclere Castle where the king
and prince of Wales have stayed for
the sport. Highclere and Bingham are
both places interesting artistically as
well as from the sporting point of
view. The former house contains the
clair in which Napoleon is said to
have signed his abdication at Fon-
tainbleau.
General Lord Methuen passed his |
sixtieth birthday last week. Lord
Methuen is one of the military COM
manders who are popular with civil
ians as well as with the soldiers. He
hi 10 11n
censor in Egypt years ago, to conclliate |
var cOrresp Ondents- This he Gid by
being generous with them. He would
not bother with small restrictions or d !
rigorous scrutiny of each word they
wrote Several times he has even
signed blank kilograms, and trusted
to the correspondents honor not to
send any news which might be useful
to the enemy. His confidence has
never been abused. TAN. squarely
built with a look of determination
not unlike Lord kitcheneEs, Lord
Methuen is still an enthusiastic attn
lete He is one of the few English
soldiers who are good fencers, and he !
always maintains that the foil helps
to keep d man much younger than his
recorded age" With all this, he is
quite free from humbug and the OPP
pressive official manner. A good story
is told of some irregulars he was COM
handing IN South Africa which illus
trates this One of them had to be
Z
did not recognize the commanding Of
ffcer. He therefore protested, and
said, DO you know who 1 am, sir? I
am the Honorable So-and-So." I'm
deed" was the reply, "most interest
ing. I am Paul Sanford, Lord Methuen.
and I have the honor of sentencing
you to fourteen days c. B.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nosely, I I'M
derstand, are going to the United
States this fall as guests of DR.. Murray
/ Butler, president of Columbia univer-
sity, whom they entertained largely
during Dr. Buffers visit here Mr..
Mosely is one of the EngIishmen who
have a sincere admiration for Amer
lean methods and the American char
acter AS a boy he was set to make
bad Latin verses al the Grammar
school in Bristol, where he was born.
/ When, some years later, filled with a
boys illusions, he made for South
Africa in search of diamonds, he
found that Latin verse had done him
no good at all. Tt was then, I think,
that Mr.. Mosely conceived his admira-
ton for Americas more practical
methods of education.