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Introduction. 



to the public, and we have to thank Lord Middleton ; Mr. 

 Shh'ley, of Ettington ; the late Mrs. Granville, of Welles- 

 bourne Hall, and Major Granville ; Lady de Clifford ; Mr. 

 Eobei-t Fellowes, of Shotesham Hall ; Mr. Hay, of Duns 

 Castle ; Lord Willoughby de Broke; Lord North; Mr. J. 

 T. Arkvvright, of Hatton; Mr. George Greaves, of 

 Winslow ; and Mrs. Field, of Talton House, for permission 

 to reproduce portraits and pictures from paintings in their 

 possession. We have also to thank that talented amateur, 

 Mr. E. 0. Milne, of Oakfield, Leamington, for his photo- 

 graphs of the four famous gorse coverts in the Red Horse 

 Yale— Ladbroke, Watergall, Oxhill, and the Golden Cross. 

 Captain Arthur Smith, so well known in the hunting field, 

 has supplied an etching for a tail-piece to the final chapter, 

 and some interesting sketches for head and tail-pieces have 

 been supplied by Mrs. Walter Verney and Lady Mordaunt. 

 For the letterpress, we have to offer our sincere thanks 

 to " Castor," of the Banhiirij Gitnrdian, who placed his 

 interesting work, "A Century of Foxhunting," at our 

 disposal. Mrs. Middleton, of Oxhill, supplied us with 

 Edwin Stevens' most interesting diary. The Rev. William 

 Miller, whose recollections go far back, has also given us 

 his records of sport, which were of great value, as we had 

 nothing of that date to draw from. Mr. Robert Worrall has 

 given us a graphic account of his life, supplemented by short, 

 but continuous diaries; while Lord Willoughby de Broke, 

 Lord North, and Colonel Norris, of Swalcliffe Park, have 

 show^i the greatest interest in our work, and have helped us 

 with diaries, records, and many valuable suggestions. The 

 Hon. E. C. Leigh has contributed two excellent accounts 

 of runs. Mr. Frank Glover, of the Leamington Sjja Courier, 

 has allowed us access to the files of his long established 

 paper; and Mr. Walter Gore Marshall, of Hambleton; Lord 

 Mountgarret, Captain Jennings, and Mr. George Smith 



