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as Croxton Park, the remains of what was once a 

 residence or sporting lodge of the Rutland family, 

 the habitable portion of which now shelters the 

 widow of poor old Will Goodall. Very punctually 

 to time the party from the Castle rode up with 

 the Prince of Wales, amongst them being Lord 

 George Manners, the Earl of Wilton, Lord 

 Calthorpe, Mr. Parker Gilmour, Mr. Henry 

 Chaplin, M.P. To the regret of every one, the 

 noble master, the Duke of Rutland, was prevented 

 from appearing in the saddle owing to an attack 

 of gout. The elder school of sportsmen were 

 represented by Lord Wilton, Mr. Parker Gilmour, 

 Lord Scarborough, Colonel Forester, Mr. Mickle- 

 thwaite, Mr. Sherbrook, Mr. Hardy, the Rev. T. 

 Heathcote, and Mr. Westley Richards. Amongst 

 the younger men fifty might have been picked out 

 in a run to show the way to an ambitious stranger, 

 Lord Grey de Wilton, Sir Frederick Johnstone, 

 Captain T. Boyce, Major Tempest, the Hon. H. 

 H. Molyneux, Lord Carrington, Mr. H. Chaplin, 

 and a host of top sawyers, including a strong 

 detachment from Mr. Tailby's hunt with the noted 

 rough-rider of that day, Dick Webster. Nor 

 must we forget the large body of those who don 

 the yeoman's mixture, who, though seldom allowed 

 to retain second season hunters, are generally there 

 or thereabouts when hounds run. At the head of 

 these we must place Mr. Burbidge of Thorpe, 

 Mr. Wood of Market Overton, and Mr. William 

 Pinder of Barrowby. Such is a sample of the 

 large body of sportsmen who welcomed the Prince, 



