MR. ROLAND VORKE BEVAN. I99 



Sportsman in more senses than one, while it saved Mr. 

 Bevan from a cold, added greatly to the amusement of 

 the field on his reappearance as they were watching the 

 operation of bolting the fox out of a drain a short distance 

 further on. 



Mr. Bevan's hunting experience has not been confined 

 to Essex. He first hunted with the Ted worth and Hert- 

 fordshire Hounds, and the best run which he remembers 

 was in 1867, with the Ted worth, from Bedwyn Braids up 

 Shalbourn Hill, and then along the Downs. The fox was 

 eventually killed at Woodhay, about thirteen miles from 

 where he was found. In 1881 Mr. Bevan accompanied 

 Mr. Frederick Green and another Essex sportsman, the 

 late Mr. I. V. Walmsley, on a visit to Melton. The party 

 took with them a stud worthy of the shires, but amongst 

 their servants there was one place unfilled — that of second 

 horseman to Mr. Bevan. This post was accordingly 

 entrusted to a helper engaged from a livery stable. He 

 fully understood his duty, and was one of the few second 

 horsemen who turned up after a particularly good run. 

 Then, mindful of a lack of " smartness" in his appearance, 

 he modestly concealed himself behind a hay stack, whence 

 he privately signalled his whereabouts to his employer. 

 The next time Mr. Bevan met his ^Nleltonian second horse- 



