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was a fine old English gentleman,* and dearly loved tlie 

 chase. His son, Captain Edward Kaleigh King, was also 

 a very fine rider, and he always liked the pace. 



Mr. H. Allfrey, of Hemingford, succeeded Mr. Bolton 

 King as secretary to the Hunt, and retained that ofhce for 

 fifteen years. He was very fond of hunting, but was not 

 a hard rider ; he enjoyed painting horses quite as much as 

 riding them, and employed a great deal of his time as an 

 amateur artist. 



Mr. Mark Philips lived at Snitterfield, where Mr. 

 Sanders lives now. He always had a jovial party of 

 sportsmen to dine with him on his birthday. It w^as his 

 brother, Mr. Eobert Philips, who built the large mansion 

 at Welcomb, and the obelisk w^as raised by him in memory 

 of Mr. Mark Philips. 



Colonel North was Colonel J. Sidney Doyle. He 

 married Baroness North, and took the name of North. 

 He was a fine old fellow, and much beloved. He 

 represented Oxfordshire in Parliament for many years. 



Mr. H. J. Sheldon is, alas, the last representative of the 

 fine old English family, the Sheldons of Weston and Brailes. 

 Agricultural depression has, indeed, much to answer for. Mr. 

 Sheldon is well known as a successful breeder of shorthorns. 



Lord Villiers lived at Upton House, now the property 

 of Lord Chesham. He was a fine-looking man, and rode 

 nicely to hounds. 



Lord Leigh was a wTlter weight, but he was very fond 

 of hunting, and, like all the Leighs, nothing stopped him 

 when hounds were running, and sometimes when they were 

 not. I remember once he rode over on his cob to a farmer's 

 to see a horse. He asked the farmer to put it over some 

 fences, which was done ; but the temptation w^as too strong 

 for his lordship, who got his cob by the head, and set off 

 in pursuit. At the second fence he was laid out for dead. 



Mr. Gustavus Smith married the Dowager Lady 

 Mordaunt, and hunted for a good many years from 



* He was for mauy years Lieutenant-Colonel of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, of 

 which he took command in the field. — C. M. 



