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fox r ""* ]\Ir. Chamberlavne was for live months unable 

 to move from liis bed. Two years afterwards be began 

 to ride again, and when returning home close by Thorpe 

 liough. as he was opening a gate his horse backed too 

 far, and fell back upon him in a deep ditch, where he 

 remained in a fi'ightful position for an hoiu' before he was 

 found with the horse h^ing upon him, and Avith his thigh 

 again broken, as well as his arm and his shoulder ! He 

 was then laid up again for three months. 



]\[r. John ^Nlordaunt, of Staple Hill, was another noted 

 good rider to hounds. He was an excellent judge of a 

 horse, and had at various times some very fine hunters, and 

 no one knew better how to ride* them ; his skill and 

 judgment enabled him to see the end of the best runs. He 

 was for several years secretaiy to the Hunt until he left the 

 country, when a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to him 

 for his efficient ser\'ices. He had been in the Eton eleven, 

 and was for long afterwards a very good cricketer. He 

 was a cheery and amusing companion and a general 

 favourite. His best hunters were a bay mare, before 

 mentioned ; a chesnut horse called Tenbury. bought by 

 Sir.C. ]\Iordaunt ; and a bay horse called Grood Boy. 



Mr. AV. H. P. Jenkins (^Mi*. Mei-ton),who was at this 

 time li^'ing at Upton House, was a great sportsman 

 and a famr>us rider. His name was a household word in 

 the War^vickshire country, and s(^» great was his popularity 

 .that when he left the country his many friends gave him a 

 dinner, which took place in London on October 19th, 1S94. 

 on which occasion his portrait was presented to him. He 

 was for many years a most energetic secretary to the Hunt ; 

 he was the owner of some celebrated steeplechase horses. 

 He was also a most enthusiastic cricketer. 



The Eev. Francis Annesley was a well-known sporting 



* Mrs. Godman bad a terrible fall in the same run, and cut her foot very badly. 

 Clashmore hit a binder into the Fleokuoe and B^auu^ton road, and turned completely 

 over. I sent a man to fetch Lord WUloughhy back. ■" Where shall I find him !- "he 

 said, ■' With the hounds, of course," I answered. Curioiasly enough. Lord WUloughby 

 had fallen into the sauie road out of the nest field. Old Mr. Goodman lent us his 

 brougham, and we heard of Jlr. Chamberiayne's sal accident on our way back to 

 Southam.— W. R. V. . " 



