Mr. J. M. Richardson's Writings Collated 



were quite capable of holding their own with any of the men, 

 whilst at the present time it would be hard to name the superior 

 of the Duchess of Newcastle, the Duchess of Hamilton, the 

 Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Lonsdale, Lady Gerard, Lady 

 Cowley, Lady Greenall, Mrs. Willy Lawson, Mrs. Burn, Mrs. 

 Guy Fenwick, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Sheriffe, Mrs. Laycock, and 

 Mrs. Angus, Miss Chichester, Miss Hanbury, Mrs. Ellison, 

 Miss Naylor, Miss Duncan, and many more besides. 



The enormous crowds that come out with the Ouorn and 

 neighbouring packs are very often the means of keeping the fox 

 from turning back, and the late Colonel Anstruther Thomson 

 often told me how, when Master of the Pytchley, he would 

 with confidence cast " forrard " and hit off the line of his fox. 

 The latter is a toddling animal, and to give him credit for being 

 a good one, and to get " forrard " accordingly, is good advice 

 to a huntsman. Amongst the farmers hunting with the packs 

 here mentioned none go better than William Gale, from the 

 Belvoir country, a really fine horseman, who formerly rode with 

 conspicuous success between the flags, and Messrs. Barnett, 

 Atter, and Northern, with the Cottesmore. 



The Farmers. 



The large number of horsemen who turn out in Leicester- 

 shire are, without doubt, responsible in no small measure for 

 the destruction of fences, and it is only fair that their owners 

 should be generously treated in return. If riders, when they 

 come to a new-sown field, would only exercise a little thought 

 and make a " detour," as they often do when confronted with a 

 big fence, there would be less grumbling from the tillers of the 

 soil, you may depend. Farmers, in spite of bad times, in- 

 variably come up smiling, and it is certain that none take a 



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