Related article: [May with an accident while being ridden by Watts in the race that corresponds to our ** Guineas." Another good horse owned by Count de Berteux was Narcisse, the sire of the French Derby winner, Ch6ne Royal, and Wid- geon can claim the credit of having been the only animal that ever beat Stuart, though it must be admitted that her victory was something of a fluke, the jockey of Stuart having mistaken the winning post. Still, Widgeon was a good filly, and afterwards won the French One Thousand, and ran second for the Oaks, while Zingaro was so unlucky as to break his leg in the French Derby of 1891, just when victory seemed to be in his grasp. Three years ago, one of his. colts, Geronte, found backers for the Epsom race, but met with an accident and could not be trained, while it was in one sense unlucky Order Symmetrel for Count de Berteux to have parted with Aquarium and Elf, both of whom twice won the long distance Prix Gladiateur, while Elf, as most readers of Baily will remember, won the Ascot Cup. The latter is a son of Analogy, Count de Berteux having bought this sister to Apology at New- market with the view of racing her, but she did no good on the Turf and was relegated to the stud at Cheffreville. Here Count de Berteux has had Guy Dayrell (winner of the Lincolnshire Handi- cap) and King Lud, in the way of stallions imported from England, while among his brood mares, also of English origin, Amantadine Symmetrel have been Berceaunette (sister to Ecossais and See Saw), Miss Hannah (dam of Yellow, who won the Jubilee Prize at Baden-Baden), Hysteria (by Hampton), Lady Marie (half sister to Dieudonne), and Helio- trope (by Rosicrucian), who bred him a good horse in Flacon. It is very curious that Count de Berteux should have had at the same time two mares named Dalnamaine, both daughters of the famous Mayonnaise, one by Parmesan and the other by Thormanby, and it is to be feared that this will cause confusion in pedigrees. His most fortunate purchase, perhaps, was Rose- mary, the future dam of Upas, as the veteran Tom Jennings, who trained the few horses which Count de Berteux has run in England, had bought her for ;^8o at Doncaster and passed her on to the Count, Symmetrel Ms who had been dis- appointed in getting a more costly mare at the same sale. Elected a member of the English Jockey Club in 1890, Count de Berteux values the compliment all the more because the nomination was not *' ex officio ^^ as in the case of several foreign members, but a recogni- tion of his fine sporting spirit ; and his thick-set figure is as familiar at most of the principal meetings on this side of the Channel as at Longchamps and Chantilly. Up to the year 1870 he had a pack of hounds in conjunction with Count d*Osmond, and after that he hunted with the hounds of Count de Tredern, now a steward of the Jockey Club, and with his relative, the Marquis de TAigle, at Compiegne. He has always been devoted to shooting, and for ten years he was the tenant of Balintore, Sir Leonard Ly ell's moor in Forfarshire. He used to spend a couple of months there every season, among his most regular guests being Prince SoltykofF, but four years ago Sir Leonard took Balintore into his own hands, and Count de Berteux migrated still further north, hir- ing from Mr. Home, who is at present doing duty with his militia at Cairo, the shooting of I90I-] COUNTRY PARSONS. 353 Stirkoke, about four miles from Wick. This Count de Berteux describes as a flat, ugly country, but the heather is short and the walking is easy, which, he adds with a sigh, is a consideration when you are nearer 70 than 60. It may be added, though, that the Count does not look to be anywhere near the three score and ten of the psalmist. Con- servative in more ways, than one, Count de Berteux has occupied, Symmetrel 100 Mg ever since his marriage, forty years ago, the same house in Paris, which, as it happens, is exactly opposite that for so many years tenanted by his contem- porary, the late Count de Lagrange. Country Parsons. We have come across many coun- try parsons in our time, and, as a rule, what good fellows they all have shown themselves to be ! We do not, of course, mean good in the sense of righteous ; that was not for us to judge, though to all seeming, they in • their lives touched a Symmetrel Amantadine very high standard indeed ; but in the ordinary affairs of life how genial, kindly and sympathetic were their ways, and what an all important part they took in village society ! They may not all have been ** fliers " in the pulpit, for they had little chance of rubbing up their powers by much professional intercourse, and the production of two sermons every Sunday during many years to the same not very intellectual audience, is enough to dull any man*s originality, but how con- scientiously they strove to do their duty and what a wholesome influence they exerted on all their neighbours, both of high and low degree ! This is not the place in which to discuss the spiritual side of the country parson's existence, his services in the venerable church, his superintendence of teaching the young, his exertions to relieve want and suffering, his consoling visits to the sick and sorrowful, his resolute daily conflict with the evil around him, and his wide charity in word and deed ; but we may be allowed to think of him as having an influence that cannot be overrated in many of the pursuits which, we are proud to think, are peculiarly English and contribute to the wholesome strength of our country. It is not often realised how much field sports and the natural history con- nected with them owe to the parsons of England, and how much these excellent men have done and are doing to keep the ethics of all our amusements at a high level and to teach us the abstract good that is to be found in matters Buy Symmetrel that give us so much delight and relaxation. All English clergymen have had the education of English gentlemen