On Leave--At the Derby Once More--Lord Lansdowne Takes Office--Conjurer’s Discomfort--A Gentle Reproach--Irishmen in India--Another Racing Partnership--A Turf Club Inquiry--Paperchasers--A Telegram from Lucknow--Lord William’s Health--Jockey in Trouble Again 233 CHAPTER XIII THE FAMOUS FAREWELL DINNER Why the Maharajah of Durbangah Gave up Racing--The Maharajah of Patiala Joins the Stable--The Indian Lotteries--Some Successful Racing--Lord Bill Pays Up--Simla Feeling Sad--Death of Myall King--Some of His Chief Races--Farewell Dinner--List of Guests--Speeches 250 CHAPTER XIV HIS MARRIAGE First Visit to the Deepdene--Finds a Relation in His Bedroom--Engagement to be Married Announced--School Treats--One New Year’s Morning--King Edward VII Visits the Deepdene When Prince of Wales--A Narrow Escape--“Tommy, Where Are You?”--Why Lord William wore a Turban--Fast Trotters and Their Doings--Mishap on the Way to the Derby--Racing in England--Racing Geography--Another Racing Partnership--Accident While Hunting--Mr. Palmer to the Rescue--Lord William Tells a Story Against Himself--A Son Born 283 CHAPTER XV BRINGS TOD SLOAN TO ENGLAND Engagement of Tod Sloan as Jockey--Beresford Family Affection--Caiman Wins Classic Race--Democrat and His Races--A Tip for the “Blues”--Accident to Sloan--His Downfall--Five Years’ Racing and Winnings in Stakes Alone--Volodyovski Bought--At Liverpool When Ambush II Won the Grand National 299 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 315 ILLUSTRATIONS LORD WILLIAM BERESFORD (from _Vanity Fair_) _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE LORD WILLIAM AT ETON. AGED 11 4 CURRAGHMORE 16 9TH LANCERS IN DUBLIN, 1867 18 9TH LANCERS’ POLO GROUP AT WOOLWICH 38 THE FAMOUS BERESFORD BROTHERS’ RACE 42 LORD WILLIAM BERESFORD AND CAPTAIN CLAYTON 48 “LUMTIDDY HALL” 50 9TH LANCERS’ MESS, SIALKÔTE, 1876 52 THE DELHI DURBAR, 1877 60 XMAS CARD TO THE AUTHOR 72