4 REMINISCENCES OF 



Sanders and John Drage came from Northampton- 

 shire to stay at Charleton. Hounds met at New 

 Inn. Charlie Gardyne was Master. 



A fine old Scotch farmer, George Wilkie, lived 

 at Nottingham farm. I said to Sanders, " If you 

 want to see a fine old Scotchman, go to that house ". 

 He rode up and rattled at the door with his whip. 

 A lass came with no shoes or stockings, and bare 

 arms. He said, " I say, got a bit of bread and cheese 

 in the 'ouse?" The girl looked at him and said, 

 " Nae bread and cheese for the likes of you," and 

 went into the house again. So he never saw my old 

 friend. 



We went over to Hopetoun one day and hunted 

 with the Linlithgow and Stirling Hounds. Lord 

 Hopetoun was always glad to see followers of the 

 Pytchley Hounds, of which he had been master. 



" 1 869- 1 8 70. — -Remained at Charleton that winter 

 till the 2 1 St January, 1870, when I returned to the 

 cottage at Brixworth. Got a few days' hunting ; 

 and the dinner took place at Northampton on the 

 loth of February. It was pretty hard frost at the 

 time, and a snowstorm three days afterwards. 



" Presentation to J. Anstruther Thomson, Esq., 

 Late Master of the Pytchley Hunt. 



" On Thursday evening last upwards of 200 

 gentlemen sat down to dinner at the George Hotel, 

 the occasion of this large gathering being the presen- 

 tation of a testimonial to J. Anstruther Thomson, 

 Esq., late Master of the Pytchley Hounds. A 



