There was a little lack of courage in the title which he did choose.

But it was accepted at last, and, as Major Tifto, he was proposed, seconded, and elected at the Beargarden.
But he had other points in his favour besides the friendship of Lord Silverbridge,--points which had probably led to that friendship.

He was, without doubt, one of the best horsemen in England.

There were some who said that, across country, he was the very best, and that, as a judge of a hunter, few excelled him.

Of late years he had crept into credit as a betting-man.