THE WARWICKSHIRE. II9 



White H;irt to refresh, and it chanced to be the day on 

 which the Heythrop Hunt meeting was held. The as- 

 sembled company sent for Jem Hills, to whom the brush 

 was presented. " I thank you, gentleman," said the e.\- 

 cellent huntsman, " I'll have this brush mounted in silver, 

 with the inscription, ' This is the brush of the fox which 

 took the South Warwickshire five and twenty years to 

 kill.' " Subsequently, Jem used to assert that the fo.x was 

 only a three-legged one they changed on to, as he had 

 missed one from the Norells since that memorable day. 



Resigning the Warwickshire in 1861, Mr. Greaves in 

 the same year became master of the Vale of White Horse 

 Hounds (since divided into two), having his kennels at 

 Lord Bathurst's Park, close to Cirencester. There he 

 remained two seasons, and in 1863 he began a three 

 seasons' spell with the old Berkshire. Lord Stamford had 

 given up the Ouorn about the same time, and John Tread- 

 well being out of a berth, he returned to Mr. Greaves's ser- 

 vice as huntsman. Mr. Greaves had altosfether eiq;hteen 

 seasons' experience as Master of Hounds, his career reading 

 thus : — 



The Cottesmore 1847 — 1852 ... 5 seasons 



Southwold ... ... ... 1852 — 1853 ... I season 



The Essex ... ... ... 1853 — 1S57 ... 4 seasons 



