252 THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. [1893 



The Hon, Greville Verney, the eldest son of Lord 

 Willougliby de Broke, is a hard and good rider to hounds, 

 and is as devoted to hunting as his father, to whom he is 

 a great assistance in the field, as he has a quick eye for a 

 fox and a good memory for a hound. He also makes a 

 young horse well, being patient and bold. He has inherited 

 a love for the box-seat, and will make a good coachman, 

 and when at New College often put four horses together 

 with his friends, Messrs. Raymond Greene, Michael Baker, 

 and others. He married, in 1895, Miss Marie Hanbury, 

 youngest daughter of Mr. Charles Hanbury, of Belmont, 

 Herts. She is a very fine horsewoman, and fond of the 

 chase. 



Mr. Verney has several times ridden in point-to-point 

 races, but he never rode better than in the famous race 

 which he won during the General Election of 1895, when 

 he defeated the Radical candidate for the Rugby division 

 of Warwickshire, and thus regained the seat so long held 

 by Mr. Cobb. No greater victory was obtained, even at 

 that memorable election when the Radical party were 

 well-nigh anniliilated, and the representation of Warwick- 

 shire was thus made solid for the Unionist cause. 



On November VI th, rain fell at last. 



November 2(Jtli. — A heavy fall of snow, and all the ditches full of it. 



November 2Zrd. — Were sto^jped by frost. 



On November SOth, the death of Mr. H. Everard occnrred at Leamington. 

 He had been for many years a very staunch sixpporter of the hounds, and 

 nol)ody better understood hunting. On December 1st the hounds did not hunt, 

 on account of his death, which took place at the age of seventy-six. He was 

 very much liked and respected. 



" Rusticus Expectans " in the Field : 



It was a pretty sight on the Green at Harbury on Thursday, November 30th. 

 Everybody looked smart and cheery, busy with tlie little details necessary to 

 the enjoyment of the chase. It ajjpears that the deatli of Mr. Everard was 

 then not known in the Kineton district. Lord Willoughl)y decided, on the 

 suggestion of Mr. Chandos Leigli and Lord Nortli, tliat it would be a graceful 

 tribute to the memory of this late friend and fellow-sportsman not to hunt on 

 the day of tlie funeral — the following Friday. I find Mr. Everard hunted 

 from Grantliam till 1850. Then he took Langton Hall, near Market 

 Harlx»rough, whicli he occupied till 1864. These were the stirring old times 

 immortalised by tlie poet : 

 :: . ; .;.; .1. ', , ; , Wlien stealing o'er the grass, 



From out the atruggling crowd see Wilton pass. , 



