1851] OTHER WARWICKSHIRE SPORTSMEN. 211 



Goldicote, wliieh was afterwards l)()Uo-lit l)y ^Ir. C. H. 

 Joliffe, who hunts from there now. 



The Kev. H. C. Kniglitley, Vicar of Combroke and 

 Compton Yerney, was a y-reat sportsman, as all the 

 Knio'litleys are. He was in the great Hillmorton I'uii, 

 and went to the end. He was a capital man on a }oun<j;- 

 horse, as he was so determined, with good seat and hands. 

 He was a first-rate shot, 1)ut rather too keen. 



^NFr. W. Cowan, of Alveston, was a good sportsman, and 

 used to take a cold bath in the Avon every day of the year. 



The two brothers, Edward and Richard Greaves, were 

 great riders. Edward (xreaves was a welter weight, but 

 nothing stopped him. He always rode in a swallow-tailed 

 coat, with a cutting whip, and what he could not go over 

 he went through. They founded the bank at AYarwick, 

 which afterwards came to such an unfortunate end ; but it 

 was safe enough when the (Ireaves had it. 



Colonel Shirley's sporting career is too M'ell known to 

 need any comment. He was a fine rider to hounds. 



Captain Dallas hunted for many years from the Manor 

 House, Kineton. He was a most popular sportsman. He 

 married Charles Earle's daughter, the charming Miss Earle. 



Amongst the farmers the following were some of the 

 best riders to hounds at this time : 



Mr. Cowper, of Fariiborough, who was a hea^y weight, 

 and bred some capital hunters, which he made himself, 

 and often sold for long prices. 



Mr. Harry Over, of Pittern Hill, was a famous rider, 

 and Avould always be with hounds on any sort of horse. 

 AVe remem])er seeing liiin go wonderfully on a small 

 animal of not more than fourteen hands, and when riding 

 him his legs seemed nearly to touch the ground. 



AFr. Gulliver,* of Swalcliffe, was a noted all-round 

 s])ortsman, and took great pains in ])reserving foxes 

 in the coverts on his farm, one of wliicli has always 

 been called (Julliver's Osiers. He rode well to hounds 

 with only one arm, on perfect horses, and with a snaffle 



* For further account of Mr. (Julliver i-ee p. 22(i. 



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