CHAPTER XVI

LAST YEARS

“1900 ... and Feels It”--Affection for the 9th Lancers--Help for a Brother Mason--Those Who Loved Him--Friends, not Sight-Seers--A Treasured Gift--Sale of Horses at Newmarket--Purchasers and Prices--Fate of Democrat--Volodyovski Wins the Derby--Too Late--Fierce Ownership Dispute--The Law Settles It--Broken Head of a small Beresford

During most of 1900 Lord William suffered at intervals from his old complaint contracted in India, namely dysentery, and it was taking all his strength away; that he was feeling very sadly I know, and on a photograph he was signing for a friend he wrote “W. B., 1900, ... and feels it.”

At times he was observed sitting resting before dinner, a most unusual thing for him to do. Unfortunately in December he ate some game that was too high for his delicate state of health, this set up peritonitis, and, in spite of the best advice and most tender nursing, he passed away on the 28th December with a smile for those around him, to the inexpressible grief of all who knew him well, and the sincere regret of all who were lucky enough to have met him.

The specialist, Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, came down from town several times to see the invalid, and at one time there seemed to be a ray of hope, only to be dashed to the ground again, for the poor, gallant, brave heart for the first time in his life failed him and refused to work any longer. His last race was run, and surely the prize must be his for his many acts of charity not only in kind, but goodness and mercy.

We all knew in his lifetime how generous he was, no begging letter was ever left unanswered; none who begged, whether deserving or not, received a harsh word from him; he was generous to a fault. He never could resist anyone who said they had been in his old regiment the 9th Lancers, though I have grave doubts as to whether some of the suppliants had ever been in the regiment at all. I know that some who begged from him had a good deal of method in laying out their plan of campaign, and waited until Mr. Palmer, who attended to business matters, had gone home, before going to ask for Lord William, knowing that if Mr. Palmer was there the case would be thoroughly enquired into, while if they saw his lordship they knew they could work upon his tender and kind heart. I have been told the following story is true.

Lord William was a Mason, and a brother Mason wanted to see him, and as he had a favour to ask waited until Mr. Palmer had gone home, and in the evening begged to see Lord William who at once interviewed his brother Mason, a tradesman, who told a long tale with a plentiful use of pocket-handkerchief to his eyes; he came away with a cheque for £1000.

Truly life is a book of many pages, not by any means easily read, and it seems all wrong that such generosity should be imposed on, but Lord William always said his sympathies were with all sinners, and he liked to give everyone the benefit of a doubt.

It does not fall to the lot of everyone to be so sincerely mourned, for his wife adored him, his child loved him, his brothers and relations loved him, his servants worshipped him, the old people round Waterford and Curraghmore, to whom it was a red-letter day when Lord William paid them a visit, which he enjoyed as much as they did; the old pensioners at the Royal Hospital, Dublin, who had many times been made happy by a visit from him.

When the sad news became known, messages of sympathy and condolence poured in from the highest in the land to some of the lowliest.

It was not until after his death, when his papers were being attended to, that the extent of his goodness and charity was fully known.

I will not dwell on this sad time, for there is no language great enough for the expression of our mental emotions, and no language that can express the dignity of great grief.

Lord William was laid to rest in the family vault at Clonagam Church, and the whole route from the boat to the Clonagam was wonderful; every little child wanted to pay a last tribute to their friend, the road was packed and lined with those who _cared_, not sightseers.

Among the four waggon loads of wreathes, crosses, and other flower tokens of respect and affection, was one from his brother Lord Charles, “In memory of lovable, chivalrous Bill, from his broken-hearted brother, Charles.”

Everyone mourned for Lord William, even the cabmen in London, Dublin and elsewhere. The newspapers were full of “Our Bill” and amongst the many touching references to his death, I think the following is one of the nicest.

LORD WILLIAM BERESFORD

_Born July 20th, 1847, died December 30th, 1900_

The old grey year is stricken down--and lying (The days are dark, the trees stand gaunt and bare) Stretches its hand and takes from us--while dying-- One whom we ill could spare.

Soldier and sportman, no fond hand could save you From the old robber bearing you away, England who once the cross for valour gave you, Honours you with tears to-day.

What is the epitaph which shall be found him? Let this story of his lost life tell, All hearts that knew him to-day around him Whisp’ring, “Kind friend, farewell.”

Erin, a vigil o’er her dead son keeping, Now takes him softly, sadly to her breast, Under her grassy mantle hides him sleeping, And gives him his long rest. BALLYHOOLEY.

_Sporting Times_, January 5th, 1901.

Ballyhooley was really the _nom-de-plume_ of Mr. Bob Martin, who wrote the Irish humorous songs for the Gaiety and was a great man on the staff of the _Sporting Times_. In one of the weekly papers appeared the following:

“The regret of all for Lord William Beresford. A Bill that everyone honoured, but alas none can meet.”

In another paper someone signing themselves “Roy” wrote:

A fearless soldier and a sportman bold, Beloved by all; gallant to foe and friend, Brave, true-hearted, as our knights of old, A V.C. hero! noble to the end.

_December_, 1900.

I always thought it was illuminating the way, though Lord William never met his wife’s mother, he felt it would be a pleasure to her, and his duty to write regularly giving account of his wife and son’s doings, and so forth; ending in a sincere attachment on both sides, and his mother-in-law heaped beautiful and costly presents on him, sent from America.

Speaking, or rather writing of presents reminds me that in a cabinet where I keep my many treasures and presents collected during my travels, there rests in one corner a much used and much mended hunting crop bearing the inscription, “From Bill, Xmas 1889.” It likewise has seen its last day’s hunting, for it is tender with age and use, and too much valued to run any risks. I feel as if I could write for weeks of all his kindness and loyal friendship, and then not exhaust my memories of them. There is one more charming trait I should like to mention, namely his great consideration and kindness to his servants; when there had been a house full with many ladies’ maids and valets he always asked if they had had a good time, and his orders were that all the servants should have everything they wanted, nothing was too good for them. One who had served him said to me once, “It is a pleasure to do anything for him; he is the kindest master and friend any servant ever had.”

On January 23rd, 1901, Lord William’s horses were sold at Newmarket, and it makes me sad to write of the break up of his stable; his horses had been such a pleasure to him all his life and now they were all to be scattered far and wide. Had he lived, many of them would have changed hands at times, no doubt, in the ordinary course of events, but he would have voiced the orders. Now even at the sale there was a gloom, a sadness for the cheery voice that was gone. It seems rather hard that we should be brought into this world without our wishes being consulted, and hurried out of it without our wishes being consulted, and as Emerson says, “We seem to be whipped through the world hacks of invisible riders.”

My readers may be interested to know who bought the horses and the prices they fetched, so I give the list. See pages 322-3.

Fifth on the list is good old Democrat, who still has quite a history attached to him. Mr. Joel bought him for 910 guineas, and while his property he ran his last race, at Kempton Park on May 11th, 1901, ridden by Wood, but was not placed, after this he was kept in peace and plenty until the autumn, when he again renewed his acquaintance with Mr. Tattersall’s hammer on October 13th, then Mr. Marsh, the trainer of the King’s horses, gave 290 guineas for him; chiefly I fancy for old association’s sake; so the horse went to Egerton House at Newmarket. One day the late Lord Kitchener was going round the stable, and I think I am right in saying King Edward VII was there at the time; when they came to Democrat Lord Kitchener remarked on his good looks, and that he was the size and make for a man like himself with long legs. “Yes, my lord,” said Mr. Marsh, “he would suit you to take out to India as a charger if you will accept him as a gift.”

Lord Kitchener was not a great horseman at any time, and liked something very quiet so that he need pay no attention to his mount and devote it all to the business in hand; this he explained to Mr. Marsh, asking if he thought the horse was quiet enough, and was reassured by being told Mr. Marsh’s daughter used often to ride him when exercising on the heath. A few days later when Lord Kitchener was speaking to the Duke of Portland about Mr. Marsh’s generous gift, and expressing doubts about a race-horse being a suitable charger, his Grace suggested Democrat being sent to Welbeck to be tried there in the riding school with a view to his usefulness as a charger. The horse’s manners were found to require very little polishing, so to India he went, becoming a great favourite with his master. An unusual end to a race-horse’s career, but a very happy and a most useful one. When Mr. Marsh bought him he was no longer considered any use for racing, no use for the stud to which so many race-horses go, and I am not quite sure he was not just a wee bit gone in the wind. However, this great winner of races after landing £12,939 in stakes became Lord Kitchener’s favourite charger, and was ridden by him at the Delhi Durbar and Coronation Procession of King Edward. Democrat bore himself very proudly in India, winning several prizes at the Indian Horse Shows. Lord Kitchener’s and Democrat’s name will go down to history together, for in Calcutta there now stands a statue of them sent out from England in 1913. A good and honourable man on a good and honourable horse. I have been told that Democrat died in India shortly before Lord Kitchener left the country.

HORSES IN TRAINING

_Name._ _Sire._ _Dam._ _Purchaser._ _Guineas._ Berzack, U.S.A. Sensation Belphœbe Lord Kesteven 320 Billow II, Atlantic Tickle Mr. D. Cooper 380 Australian Caiman, U.S.A. Locochatchee Happy Day Mr. Marsh for 2,500 Lord Wolverton Jolly Tar, U.S.A. Sailor Prince Joy Mr. W. M. G. 2,200 Singer Democrat, U.S.A. Sensation Equality Mr. J. B. Joel 910 Old Buck II, U.S.A. Sensation Magnetic Mr. R. Croker 300

THREE YEAR OLDS

Brelogue, U.S.A. Favordale Bibelot Mr. R. Croker 320 Zip, U.S.A. Owas Telic Doe Mr. R. Gore 310 Nahlband Wolf’s Crag Under the Mr. E. Dresden 1,500 Rose Bronzewing, U.S.A. Goldfinch Reclare Mr. J. Hare 320 Alien, U.S.A. Henry of Kate Allen Mr. J. B. Joel 1,300 Navarre Teuton, U.S.A. Hanover Bessy Mr. R. Gore 210 Hinckley Yellow Bird, U.S.A. Goldfinch Miss Modred Lord Carnarvon 210 Yap, U.S.A. Dandy Dinmont Lizzie Mr. S. B. Joel 410 Choctaw, U.S.A. Onondaga Henrietta Mr. J. Widger 210 Moorspate, U.S.A. Candlemas Belle B. Mr. E. Dresden 860 Sweet Dixie, U.S.A. Sir Dixie Brenda Mr. R. Croker 200 Fore Top, U.S.A. Top Gallant Flavia Mr. W. Lewison 45

TWO YEAR OLDS

The Buck Buckingham Compromise Lord Carnarvon 300 Loveite St. Fruoquin Orle Mr. G. Faber 1,050 Charles Lever, The Bard Equiporse Mr. R. Croker 100 U.S.A. Vendale, U.S.A. The Bard Water Lily Mr. R. Croker 160 Albanian, U.S.A. The Bard Loot Mr. R. Croker 90 Bay Filly, U.S.A. The Bard Roulette Mr. W. Smith 175 Ouilla, U.S.A. The Bard Foxtail Mr. G. Farrar 115 Drooping Martagon Penserose Capt. 55 Featherstonhaugh

BROOD MARES, ETC.

Manister Diakka Tacitus Mr. J. A. McNeal 20 Brown Yearling Worcester Manister H. Von Grundherr 7 Famish Wolf Crag Cearalin Mr. G. Pritchard 20 King Cophetua, Florizel II Cerealia J. D. Wordell 310 Yearling Colt Ch. Yearling Filly Amphion Philatelist Mr. H. King 12

STEEPLECHASE HORSES IN TRAINING

Lord Arrovale Tacitus Lady Arrovale Mr. Russel Monroe 380 Servias St. Serf Ayesha Ayagile H. Escott 80 Uncle Jack Ascetic Mayo Mr. Joel 3,000 Harvesting Barkizan Harvest Moon H. Escott 175 Brandon Carlton Miss Prim Mr. J. R. Eastwood 300 Orange River Hackler Capri Mr. G. Parrott 150 Patrick’s Ball Workington Duty Dance Lord Rothschild 310 Waltager Saraband Alice Mr. G. Parrott 25 Brown Study Tacitus Brown Beauty Major E. Loder 100

Grand Total £19,439

At King George’s coronation, Lord Kitchener rode another great race-horse Moifaa, the Liverpool winner in 1904, while the property of Mr. Spencer Gollan. The horse was afterwards sold to King Edward.

When Derby time came round again in 1901, Volodyovski fulfilled Lord William’s hopes and predictions, though, alas, not in his name, for the rules of racing are that death cancels the lease of a horse, therefore the luck of that Derby fell to Mr. W. C. Whitney, and I do not think there was a soul on that racecourse, including Mr. Whitney himself, who did not wish Lord William had been there, and the win his.

Some few weeks after Lord William’s death there was a good deal of discussion and some heated arguments between Lady William and Lady Meux as to the ownership of the horse, Lady William maintaining it was her late husband’s horse and therefore now hers; Lady Meux declared it was hers, and the Jockey Club were at last asked to decide; they adopted the usual course of leaving the disputants to have it settled by the law of the land. It came for hearing, fortunately, before that fine old sporting Judge Grantham, I say fortunately because he was perhaps in a position to give confidence to both parties in his judgment, owing to his racing knowledge and experience. He gave it as his opinion Lord William’s death cancelled the lease of the horse.

Lady Meux had bred Voly, being the only woman who has ever bred a Derby winner, and she was so excited at his winning that the moment he passed the winning-post she was out of her grand-stand box and claimed the right not usual to ladies of entering the weighing-in enclosure, and she then followed “Zee pet,” as she called him, down the course, through the crowd to the saddling paddock a good quarter of a mile away and then untied the little bit of blue and brown ribbon mixed up in the horse’s headgear, which he had carried throughout the race. While patting and caressing the horse she excitedly exclaimed, “It is my horse and I want the ribbons for my museum,” which I have not seen, but have been told it is a very entertaining place full of a variety of interesting things, now in the possession of Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux, well known as Ladysmith Lambton.

Mr. Whitney’s colours were similar to Lord William’s, being the same light blue jacket, but with a brown cap, which when at some distance looked very like Lord William’s black.

It may be wondered why in the course of these memories I have made no mention of Lord Delaval, the youngest Beresford brother; it is because he decided to seek fortune abroad and settled down in Mexico; the reason for this exodus being to win the object of his affection for his bride, which rested on whether he fulfilled his promise to make a fortune first. It is tragic that when nearing the point that he could return with his promise fulfilled, he was killed in a railway accident in the United States on December 26th, 1906.

With the usual Beresford spirit he had thrown his whole attention and energy into his work, and when he died owned 196,000 acres with nine miles of irrigation canals and several large reservoirs, having quickly grasped that what caused failure so often on ranches was want of water, without plenty of which cattle cannot thrive.

Lord William’s eldest brother died in 1895 at the early age of fifty-one; he had been ill a long time, the result of a hunting accident. Lord Bill felt his death very much. Out of these devoted brothers only two are left now, Lord Beresford and Lord Marcus.

Reluctantly I lay down my pen, it has been a pleasure writing of our dear friend, and living through some of the old times again.

I like to remember my earliest experience in First Aid was in patching up the head of a Beresford, a kinsman of Lord William’s and mine, though at the time he was a very small boy aged about eight years. A dear chubby-faced lad whose people lived at Bedale, not far from my old home in Yorkshire. Little Walter Beresford and his brother Henry, grandchildren of Admiral Sir John Beresford on their father’s side and Lord Denman on their mother’s, came to play with my young brother, and Walter took the opportunity to fall from top to bottom of the cellar stone stairs while playing hide and seek, though they were on forbidden ground. I was very proud of my work when I had done patching up the poor little head, and remember how plucky the lad was, but then he was a Beresford and what is born in the bread comes out in the butter. I fear this is not a correct quotation, but will do quite nicely.

Lady William only survived her husband a few years.

_Requiescat in pace._

INDEX

Abbott, Mr., 94, 186, 266; his unlucky horse, 224

Afghan Chief, The, 179

Agnew, Capt. Q., 266

Agnew, Mr. H. de C., 266

Agra Stable, The, 256

Alexander, Mr. R., 266

Ali Musjid Citadel, Storming of, 73

Allahabad, The thrice run race, 94

Allason, Major, 266

Allan, Mr. J. J., 266, 277

Althorp, Capt. K., 267

Amir of Afghanistan, 178, 179

Annandale, 54

Anderson, Mr. A. S., 266

Anderson, Mr. G. G., 266

Apcar, Mr. J. G., 252, 264, 267

Appleyard, General, 73

Apostolides, Mr. E. C., 267

Arbuthnot, Mr. J., 267

Archer, Fred, 163, 300

Ardagh, Col. J. C., C.I.E., 267

Arthur, Mr. A., 267

_Asian, The_, 57

Astley, Sir J., 163

Australian horses stampede, 160

Baden-Powell, Lieut.-Gen. Sir R., 143

Badger, The pet, 26

Baker, Colonel Valentine (afterwards Baker Pasha), 29

Barclay, Mr. P. D., 267

Barrington, The Hon. (afterwards Sir) Eric, 8; his story of the Tyrol accident, 9

Barlow, Mr. R., 267

Barnes, Mr. F. C., 267

Bates, Mr. R. G., 267

Beaconsfield, Lord, 96

Beasley, Capt. (“Tommy”), 14

Beaver, Col. P. K. L., 267

Bengal Tenancy Act, 177

Beresford, Lady Charles, 154, 156

Beresford, Lord Charles, 303; meets Lord William at Curraghmore, 18, 19; the “Brothers’ Race,” 42, 48

Beresford, Sir John, 326

Beresford, Lord Marcus, 234, 254, 285, 293, 302, 303; meets Lord William at Curraghmore, 18; Lord Marcus and the “Brothers’ Race,” 42; Lord William, and the hall porter, 29

Beresford, Lord and Lady Marcus, 292

Beresford, Lady William (formerly Duchess of Marlborough), marriage, 285; disputes with Lady Meux, 324; death of Lady William, 327

Beresford, Lord William-- accidents to, 20, 81, 110, 147, 164, 187, 259, 290, 295; an accomplished whip, 216; active service, 70, 72, 80; Annandale racecourse bought, 209; anthrax at his stables, 248; A.D.C. to Lord Northbrook, 51; bad luck, 165; farewell banquet at Calcutta, 266; bull, 4; at Bombay meets Lord Charles Beresford, 48; at Bonn, 8; a bribe, 221; the “Brothers’ Race,” 42; meets his brother again at Curraghmore, 18; on Sir Redvers Buller’s Staff, 79; bungalow nearer Viceregal Lodge, 143; buys Myall King, 226; a cab incident, 145; Calcutta paper-chase, 259; the Cambridgeshire, 302; on castes of India, 107; child and the gymkhana, the, 241; calling with Mr. Charles Lascelles, 49; and children, 144, 145; children’s farewell party, 261; and the children of Dorking, 287; Cigar Race, The, 147; a coaching adventure, 291; commands irregular volunteer cavalry, 82; a complaint, 225; congratulated by the Prince of Wales, 90; conjurer, discomfiture of, 238; convalescence, 296; “the courteous,” 126; at Dr. Renau’s school, 4; death, 317; at the Amateur Dramatic Club, 119; Dramatic Club, the Amateur, re-established, 118; dines with his mother and the Prince of Wales, 92; despatch carrying, 73; disappears “en route,” 140; and the dissatisfied subaltern, 239; at Dorking, 283; drives coach down barrack steps, 24; Lady Dufferin’s scheme, 211; at Durban, 80; battles at Durban, 80; at the Durbar, 61, 181; faints at the Durbar, 61; Durbar souvenirs, 183; and the economical colonel, 208; engaged to be married, 284; at Eton, 4; and Fleur-de-Lys, 136; gazetted Colonel and K.C.I.E., 249; Gloucester House mystery, 191; guests at Calcutta banquet, 266; the hall porter and the refrigerator, 29; and the Hill and Frontier tribes, 69; homesick, 198; horse-training for the Durbar, 219 inherits his money, 21; invents the umbrella race, 148; invents the Victoria Cross race, 147; joins the 9th Lancers, 12; last race in India, 282; leaves England, 46; loses a bet, and how he paid, 109; Lord Rossmore and the intruder, 39; and the Maitland-Beresford case, 93; the man who thought he was King, 197; marriage, 284; as a Mason, 316; match with Rothschild, 164; methods, 220; his memory, 218; Military Secretary to three successive Viceroys, 123, 127, 129; mistaken identity, 161, 233; Mr. Moore’s speech at Calcutta banquet, 269; and his mother-in-law, 319; and the natives, 150; paperchasing, 244; parlour fireworks, 190; a polo accident, 63; and Ponto, 141; and Ponto at the wedding, 142; and the pony, 139; a quiet corner, 118; races with Captain McCalmont, 20; the racing man, 168; racing receipts, 311; his racing reputation, 227; racing rumours, 260; racing troubles and worries, 166; racing, 68, 201, 257, 293, 304, 308; racing partners-- Mr. Lorillard, his new partner, 294; Durbangah, Maharajah of, 235; Maharajah of Patiala, 251; Mr. Monty Stewart, 132; Mr. Whitney, a new partner, 300; receives the V.C. from Queen Victoria, 90; recommended for the V.C., 87; regimental trophies, 286; religion, 206; relies on Mr. Palmer, 297; rescues Mrs. Stuart Menzies, 148; returns to India, 71, 88, 92; returns to Ireland, 91; “rules for the A.D.C.,” 229; and the runaway carriage, 35; and the runaway coach, 216; saves the life of Dr. Perry, 10; sells his stables, 187; a serious accident, 295; shares a bungalow with Captain Clayton, 48; and soldier’s wife, 193; some fast trotters, 291; a son born, 298; speech at Calcutta banquet, reply to, 275; spelling, 6; State functions, 169; his tact, 113; the Tattersall’s sale, 320; the £1000 card, 21; his three-year-old record, 306; and Tod Sloan, 299; on tour, 170; his two-year-old records, 305; a useful clerk, 221; and viceregal tour programme, 184; a war trophy, 85; a well-liked man, 130; what the _Hornet_ said, 313; wins the name “Fighting Bill,” 79; wins the V.C., 86; with Sir Sam Browne, V.C., 72; wrestles with Joseph Leeman, 40; at York, 39;

Beresford, Mr. W. M., 267

Beverley, the Hon. Mr. Justice, C.S., 267

Bignell, Mr. R., 267

Bombay, Government House dinner party, 206

Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, 216

Boteler, Mr. R., 267

Bourdillon, the Hon. J. A., C.S., 267

Bourke, Mr., 240

Brabazon, Capt., 289

Brackenbury, the Hon. Lieut.-General H., C.B., 267

Bradshaw, Surgeon-Major-General, 267

Brasier-Creagh, Capt., A.D.C., 267

Brassey, the Right Hon. the Lord, 267

Brock, Mr. C., 267

Brooke, Mr. W. R., C.I.E., 267

“Brothers’ Race,” The, 42

Browne, Lord Ulick, 57

Browne, Sir Sam, V.C., 72

Brunton, Sir Thomas Lauder, 315

Buck, Sir E., C.I.E., 267

Buckland, Mr. C. E., C.S., 267

Bulkeley, Capt. Rivers, rides the Prince of Wales’ horse, 34

Butler, Mr. A. L., 267

Burn, Capt., 232

Burmah Crisis, The, 203

Bythell, Capt., 267

Cahir, 14

Calcutta race meeting, 165, 242, 253

Calcutta Sweepstake, 254

Calcutta Tent Club, 159

Cambridge, Duke of, 285

Campbell, Capt. the Rt. Hon. Ronald, The death of, 81

Campbell, Capt. I. M., D.S.O., 267

Campbell, General D. M. G., 36

Campbell, Mr. Alec, 267

Campbell, Mr. H. P., 267

Candy, Captain (“Sugar Candy”), 11; horse jumps down a quarry, 25

Canning, Lady, 76

Canning, Viscount, 76

Cannon, Mornington, 301

Carrington, Lord, 35

Cavagnari, Sir Louis, 71

Cawnpore, The statue, 77; the well, 76

Cetewayo, 78; advances, 85; retreats, 84; taken prisoner, 79

Chaine, Col., 292

Chatterton, Col. F. W., 267

Chelmsford, Lord, 78, 81; takes Cetewayo prisoner, 79

Chesney, Colonel, afterwards General Sir George, 116, 151

Cheylesmore, Lord, 5

Children’s parties at Simla, The, 143

Chisholme, Major J. J. Scott, 267

Christopher, Major, 267

China interposes, 204

Cigar Race, 147

Clarke, Colonel Stanley, 314

Clayton, Captain, 11; the death of, 60; Harrow and Capt. Clayton’s death, 64; “In memoriam,” 63

Cleland, Colonel, wounded, 71

Clewer Sisters, The, 212

Clonagam Church, 317

Clonmell, Lord, 35

Collen, Major-General Sir E. H. H., K.C., I.E., 267

Colley, Colonel, afterwards Sir George, 52

Commander-in-Chief and the salutations, 215

Compton, Lord Alwyne, 156

Connaught, Duchess of, 155

Connaught, Duke of, 154

Connemara, Lord, 240

Cooking reform, 210

Cork, Earl of, 35

Cotton, the Hon. H. J. S., C.S.I., 267

Cotton, Mr. Ben, 216

Creagh, Mr. B. P., 267

Crespigny, Sir Claude de, 307

Croft, the Hon. Sir A., K.C.I.E., 267

Cubitt, Mr. J. E., 267

Cumberledge, Mr. F. H., 267

Cuningham, Mr. W. J., C.S.I., 267

Cunningham, Surgeon-Lieut.-Col. D. D., 267

Currie, Capt. J., 267

Curzon, the Hon. Major M., 267

Curraghmore, 2

Cuthbert, Mr., 300

Dacca steamer incident, The, 77

Dalhousie, Lord, 76

Dangerfield, Mr. E., 267

Daniel, Mr. Linsay, 267

Davidson, Captain, 51

Dehra Races, The, 92

Delavel, Lord, 325

Devonshire, Duke of (then Lord Hartington), 163

Dickson, Mr. Geo., 267

Dickson, Mr. J. G., 267

Drawing-room reception, 144

Denman, Lord, 326

Dogcart mishap, The, 20

Dods, Mr. W., 267

Donkey, The, and the cock, 41

Doran, Major B. J. C., 267

Dufferin, Lady, 177; her scheme to help Indian women, 210

Dufferin, Earl of, 177, 203, 272

Dunn, the jockey, 243; in trouble again, 248

Durand, Mr., afterwards Sir Mortimer, 183, 234

Durand, Colonel, 278

Durbangah, Maharajah of, 162, 230; becomes Lord W. Beresford’s racing partner, 235

Durbar, The, a huge crowd, 223

Eddis, Mr. W. K., 267

Egerton, Sir Robert, 99

Ellis, Col. S. R., 267

Enter, Mr. K., 267

Evans, the Hon. Sir Griffith, K.C.I.E., 267

Evening, A festive, 200

Ezra, Mr. J. E. D., 267

Famine, The Irish, 17

Fancy dress ball, 157

Fane, Sir Spencer Ponsonby, 149

Farewell Banquet, Calcutta, The, 266; names of those present at, 266-9; Mr. Moore’s speech at, 269; Lord Bill replies, 275

Fenian, Lord W. B.’s horse, 30

Fenians’ threat to Lady Waterford, 17

Fenn, Surgeon-Col. E. H., C.I.E., 267

Fife, Captain, 19

Fitch, Mr., 236

Fitzgerald, Lord, 35

Fitzmaurice, 85

FitzWilliam, Hon. P. W., 34

Forbes, Mr. Archibald, 87

Ford Abbey, 76

Fordham, jockey, 163

Fownes, Mr., 292

Frere, Sir Bartle, 78

Fripps, Mr., 81

Furniss, Mr., 302

Galbraith, Major-General W., C.B., 267

Gambrie, Col. G. R., 267

Gamble, Mr. R. A., 267

Game card of Lord de Grey, 154

Garraway, Capt. C. W., 267

Garth, Mr. G. L., 267

Garth, Mr. W., 267

Gasper, Mr., 202, 224; death of, 249

Gladstone, Mr. A. S., 267

Gladstone, Mr. J. S., 267

Gladstone, Mr., 95

Godjack, Mr., 162

Gollan, Mr. Spencer, 324

Gooch, Rev. Francis, 303

Gordon, Capt., appointed Lord Ripon’s Private Secretary, 67

Gordons, The Scotch, 303

Gough, Capt. C. H. H., 267

Gough, Mr. G., 267

Grain, Corney, 199

Grantham, Mr. Justice, 324

Granville, Lord, 95

Gregory, Mr. E. H., 267

Gregson, Mr. C. B., 267

Grimston, Capt. R. E., A.D.C., 267

Hadden, Mr. F. G., 268

Hamilton, Mr. F. S., C.S., 268

Hamilton, Mr. L. B., 268

Hammersley, Mr. Louis, 284

Hammersley, Mrs. See Lady William Beresford

Harbord, the Hon. Charles, afterwards Lord Suffield, 156, 183, 232, 268

Harrington, Lord, 95

Harrow School and the death of Captain Clayton, 64

Hart, Mr. G. H. R., 188, 268

Hartington, Lord. See Duke of Devonshire

Hartopp, Captain (Chicken), and the bath, 91

Harvey, Surgeon-Col. R., 268

Hastings, Lord, 29

Hay of Kinfauns, Lord, 199

Hayes, Mr. Horace, 92

Henderson, Mr. G. S., 268

Hensman, Mr. H., 268

Herat, 178

Herbert, Capt. L., 268

Herbert, Mr., 31

Hewett, Mr. J. P., C.S., C.I.E., 268

Hext, Capt. J., R.N., C.I.E., 268

Hext, Sir John (now Rear-Admiral), 216, 235, 247

Hills, Mr. A., 159, 268, 279

Hills, Mr. C. R., 268

Hodgson, Mr. G. C., 268

Holmes, Mr. W., C.S., 92, 268

_Hornet, The_, 313

Hope, Mr. G. W., 268

Horse Sale, The, 187

Howrah Bridge, 217

Huggins, Mr. (Lord William’s trainer), 300, 305, 310

Hunt, Col. J. L., 268

Huxley, Mr., 246

Ilbert Bill, 123

Indian descent, 109

_Indian Planters’ Gazette_, 263

Indian Viceroy’s duties, An, 66

Irving, Mr. W. O. Bell, 268

Isandhlwana, Battle of, 78

James, Mr. S. Harvey, C.S., 268

Jardine, Sir William, Bart., 268

Jarrett, Col. H. S., 268

Jenkins, Capt. A. E., 268

Jersey, Lord, 7

Jhind, The Rajah of, 101

Jockey Club, 293, 324

Jodhpore, Maharajah of, 162

Johnstone, Mr. C. Lawrie, 268

Jourdain, Mr. C. B., 268

Jowaki Expedition, The, 69

Kabul, 71

Kempton, 308

Kennedy, H. E., Rear-Admiral George, 268

Keyes, General, sent with reinforcements against hill tribes, 69

Khyber Pass Retreat, The, 71

King, Brigade-Surgeon-Lieut.-Col. G., C.I.E., 268

King, Mr. D. W., 268

King-Harman, Col., 27

Kirk, Mr. H. A., 268

Kitchener, Earl, 320

Kooch Behar, H.H. the Maharajah of, G.C.I.E., 171, 258, 265, 268

Ladies’ Steeplechase, 141

Lady’s curtsey, A, 116

Lambert, the Hon. Sir John, K.C.I.E., 268

Lambton, Mr. George, 300

Lance, Brigadier-General F., C.B., 268

Langford, Lord, 5

Lansdowne, Marchioness, 262

Lansdowne, Marquess of, 234, 238, 247, 272

Lascelles, The Hon. Charles, 11

Latimer, Mr. F. W., 268

Lawley, Hon. Miss, 156

Lawrence, Lord, 53, 97, 240

Leeman, M.P., Mr. Joseph, the wrestling match, 40

Legislative Council pass the Ilbert Bill, 123

Leigh, Sir Gerrard, 13

Lendal Bridge, 39, 40

Leslie, Mr. C. P., 1

Lethbridge, Brigade-Surgeon-Lieut.-Col., 268

Life in India, 158

Lister, Capt. G. C., A.D.C., 268

Lockhart, Sir Simon, 5

Lorillard, Mr. Pierre, becomes Lord William’s racing partner, 294

Louisa, daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothsey, 15

Lowther, Mr. James, 199, 313

Lucknow, 255

Ludlow, Col., 268

Lumsden, Mr. D. M., 268

Luson, Mr. H., 268

Lyall, Mr. A. A., 268

Lyall, the Hon. Mr. D. R., C.S.I., C.S., 268

Lyall, Mr. R. A., 268

Lytton, Lady, 52

Lytton, Earl, 272; appointed Viceroy, 52; appoints a Famine Commission, 68; dissatisfies Government with his Afghan policy, 96; his departure, 104; investigates the Indian Famine, 67; reviews the troops, 62; sends troops against Hill tribes, 69

McCalmont, General Sir Hugh (“The Smiler”), 7, 11

McDonnell, the Hon. W. F., 57

Macdougall, Captain, 232

Machell, Captain, 33

McInnes, Mr. H. H., 268

Mackellor, Mr. G. B., 268

Mackensie, Mr. D. F., 268

Mackenzie, Colonel Stewart, 11; takes command, 71

McLeod, Mr. C. C., 268

Macleod, Mr. J. J., 268

Macnair, Mr. G. B., 268

Macpherson, the Hon. Justice W., C.S., 268

Maitland, Col., 268

Maitland, Mr. Kelly, 92

Maitland _v._ Beresford case, 93

Man who thought he was King, The, 197

Marlborough, 8th Duke of, 284

Marlborough, Lily, Duchess of, meets Lord W. B., 283; is married to Lord Bill, 284

Marsh, Mr., 320

May-Boy’s serious accident, 17

Mayo, Lord, 240

Meerut Race Meeting, 214

Mehta, Mr. R. D., 268

Methuen, Lord, 4

Meux, Admiral Sir Hedworth, 325

Meux, Lady, 311, 324

Meyrick, Mr., 58

Middleton, Capt. Bay, 13

Miley, Col. J. A., 268

Military Secretary’s duties, 124; pay, 129

Military Secretaries and their excuses for resignation, 135

Miller, Mr., 95

Mills, Mr. G., 268

Milton, Lord, A.D.C., 268

Minto, The present Lord, 7

Mistaken identity, 161

Moore, Mr. C. H., 7, 244, 268

Moore, Mr. Garret, 12

Muir, Capt. Charles, 80, 244

Muir, Mr. A. K., 268

Muir, Sir John, Bart., 268

Myall King, Death of, 262; Record of, 264

Myers, Mr. Dudley B., 268

Nabha, Rajah of, 238

National Hunt Committee, 293

New Year’s Day Festivals, 222

Newcastle, Duke of, 286

Nicknames, 11

Ninth Lancers on active service, 71

Northbrook, Lord, 51, 272

Norman, Mr. A. F., 268

Norris, the Hon. Justice, Q.C., 268

Observation Hill, 97

_Oriental Sporting Magazine_, 57

O’Toole, Sergeant, rescues in time, 86; is awarded V.C., 91

Overend, Mr. T. B. G., 268

Owen, Capt. “Roddy,” 12, 121, 231

Paget, Lord Alfred, and the Bonnets, 28

Paget, Mr. H. E. C., 268

Palmer, Mr., 288, 295, 297

Paperchases, 137

Papillon, Capt. David, 138

Paris, Mr. G. B., 268

Parliament dissolved, 95

Parlour fireworks, 191

Patiala, Maharajah of, 280; forms racing partnership with Lord William, 251

Pattison, Mr. F. E., 268

Patrie, Mr. J. M., 268

Paul, Col. St., 268

Paying calls in India, 50

Peacock, Mr. F. B., 268

Perinan, Mr. F. W., 268

Perry, Dr., gives supper night before holidays, 9; his letters to Lord W. B.’s mother, Lady Waterford, 9

Peterhoff, the Viceregal house at Simla, 54

Peterson, Mr. C. D., 268

Pincus, Mr. Jakes (trainer), 300

Playfair, the Hon. Mr. P., 268

Poer, Charles William de la, 1

Poer, Delaval James de la, 1

Poer, John Henry de la, 1

Poer, Marcus Talbot de la, 1

Poer, William Leslie de la, 1

Poer, William Warren de la, son of Lord W. B., 298

Pollen, Capt. S. H., A.D.C., 268

Polo, The Christmas Day Match and its tragic sequel, 60; at Hurlingham, 44

Ponies, The sale of the, 38

Portal, Mr. Gerry, 192, 199

Portland, Duke of, 321

Potato Incident, The, 14

Prickett, Mr. L. G., 269

Primrose, Mr. (now Right Hon. Sir Henry Primrose), 156

Prinsep, the Hon. Mr. Justice H. T., C.S., 269

Pritchard, the Hon. Sir C., K.C.I.E., C.S.I., 269

Probyn, Colonel Oliver, 138

Race after the Amateur Dramatic Club Play, The, 120

Rajah’s bow to Lord Ripon, The, 102

Raleigh Club, 27; the new Raleigh, 1916, 30

Ralli, Mr. John A., 161, 269

Ralli, Mr. T. D., 269

Rawal Pindi, 179; the Durbar at, 179

Rawlinson, Mr. A. T., 269

Raye, Brigade-Surgeon D., 269

Religions of India, 56

Ripon, The Marquess of (then Lord de Grey), 96, 134, 154, 272; arrives at Peterhoff, 99; converses with Lord Lytton, 100; has a trying time, 123; leaves India, 172; receives friends, 153; a Roman Catholic, 110

“Ripon’s Good Night,” Lord, 172

Roberts, Major Ben, 57, 162

Roberts, Earl, 71, 205, 240

Rochfort, Capt. (now Sir Alex. Rochfort), 156

Rodocanachi, Mr. J., 269

Rosebery, Earl of, 35

Rossmore, Lord, 7

Ross, Mr., and why he called last, 51

Ross, Mr. R. M., 269

Rothschild, Mr. Leopold de, 163

Rustornjee, Mr. H. M., 269

Ryder, trainer and jockey, 133, 186; his accident, 187

Sanders, Surgeon-Major R. C., 269

Saunders, Mr. J. O’B., 269

Schiller, Mr. F. C., 269

Shakespeare, Mr. F., 269

St. Quinten, Major, 34, 156

Shaw, Colonel, of the London Fire Brigade, 29

Shepstone, Sir Theophilus, 78

Silk stockings, The, 117

Simson, Mr. A., 269

Simson, Mr. A. F., 269

Singh, Sirdar Preetum, 250

Sipi, The Fair, 149

Sloan, Tod (James Forman), is engaged by Lord W. B., 299; in trouble, 301, 304, 308, 310

Smith-Dorrien, Mr., 34

_Sporting Times, The_, 318

Stampede at the Viceregal Procession, 103

Stedman, General E., C.B., 269

Steel, Mr. Robert, 269

Stewart, General Sir Donald, 118, 179

Stewart, Mr. F. G., 269

Stewart, Mr. C. D., 269

Stewart, Mr. J. L., 269

Stewart, Mr. J. R., 269

Stewart, Mr. Monty, forms racing partnership with Lord W. B., 132; death of, 162

Stuart-Menzies, Mrs., a riding adventure, 149; a souvenir, 319

Stuart, Mr. Harry, 269

Suffield, Lord. See Capt. Harbord

Superstition, 237

Table of W. B.’s horses sold, 322

Targett, Mr. W. H., 57, 269

Tattersall’s sale, 44, 320

Taylor, Capt. Clough, 137, 156

Taylor, Lady Elizabeth Clough, 156

Temple, Mr. G., 269

Thebaw, King, 203

Thomas, Mr. J. P., 269

Thomas, Mr. L. R., 269

Thomas, Mr. R. E. S., 269

Thomas, Mr. W. L., 269

Thompson, Colonel Meysey, 13

Thuillier, Colonel H. R., 269

Thunderstorm at Pindi, 181

Tingey, T., 68

Tollygunge meeting, 244

Toomay, Mr. J. A., 269

“Tower of Silence,” Bombay, 107

Trail, Mr. T., 269

Tremearne, Mr. Shirley, 269

Turf Club, Calcutta, The, 242

Turf Club of Ireland, 293

Turnbull, Mr. R., C.I.E., 269

Turner, Capt. J. G., 269

Ulundi, King’s kraal, 83; Battle of, 79

Umballa racing accident, 137

Umbrella race, 148

Umvaloosi, Valley of, 83

Upton, Mr. R. L., 269

Valentia, Lord, 34

Viceregal House, The new, 209

Viceregal tour programme, 184

Viceroy’s Cup, The, 59

Viceroy’s duties, A, 105

Victoria, Queen, confers V.C. on Lord William, 90

Victoria Club Banquet, 58

Victoria Cross Race, 147

Vinall (jockey), 249, 265

Vincent, Mr. Claude, 269

Voeux, Captain Des, 121

Wales, Prince of, The (afterwards King Edward VII), 33, 34, 51, 91, 163, 271, 289, 314, 321

Walker, Major-General A., 269

Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie, 178

Waller, Mr. R. R., 269

Ward, Mr. G., 269

Warre, Dr., 5

Warre-Cornish, Dr., Vice-Provost of Eton, 5

Waterford, Lady Blanche, 297

Waterford, John Henry, Fourth Marquis, 1

Waterford’s, Lady Louisa, accident, 16

Waterford, The third Marquis and the flogging block, 7; “The Mad Marquis,” 15

Waterfords, The, 303

Watts, Mr., 76

Webb, Captain, 162

Weekes (a jockey), 248

Weeks, Teddy, 133

Well at Cawnpore, 76

Wenlock, Lady, 154, 156

Wenlock, Lord, 154

West, Mr. J. D., 269

Western Indian Turf Club, The, 261

Westmorland, Lord, 35

Westmorland, Lady, 35

Wheal, Mr. John, 186

Wheler Club, The, 93

White, Major (afterwards Sir George White, V.C.), 124, 240

Whitney, Mr. W. C., becomes Lord William’s racing partner, 300

Wilkins, Mr. C. A., C.S., 269

Williams, Colonel and Mrs. Owen, 35

Williams, Capt. G. A., 269

Willson, Mr. (trainer), 248, 289

Wilson, Lady Sarah, 283

Wombwell, Sir George, 35, 314

Women of India, The, 150

Wood, Captain, 34, 225

Wood, Sir Evelyn, his fighting force, 82

Woods, Mr., 34

Woolmer, Captain, 258

Yorke, The Hon. Alec, 8

Yorke, Hon. Elliot, 8

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained; for example, collar-bone, collarbone; body-guard, bodyguard; race-horse, racehorse; affirmatory; undauntable; hebetude; horsy; tiffin.

Pg ix: ‘Sporting Contempories’ replaced by ‘Sporting Contemporaries’. Pg 10: ‘near Beresford’ replaced by ‘nearby, Beresford’. Pg 60: ‘up unconcious’ replaced by ‘up unconscious’. Pg 99: ‘aide-de-camps’ replaced by ‘aides-de-camp’. Pg 103: ‘been ricochetting’ replaced by ‘been ricocheting’. Pg 154: The handwritten column headings in this chart are names of game animals. Two names are unclear, and are shown as ‘S???’ and ‘K???’. Some numbers were also unclear; reasonable guesses have been made. Pg 200: ‘philanthrophy, while’ replaced by ‘philanthropy, while’. Pg 218: “aide-de-camps’” replaced by “aides-de-camp’s”. Pg 321: ‘to Indi as’ replaced by ‘to India as’.

Index: ‘Fripp’ replaced by ‘Fripps’. Index: ‘Goodijack’ replaced by ‘Godjack’. Index: ‘Umvalovsi’ replaced by ‘Umvaloosi’.