A GIFT OF NATURE. 23 1 



From Marden Ash, near Ongar — the residence of Mr. 

 Henley Grea\-es when he was Master of the Essex — 

 comes Mr. H. E. Jones, an expert in the combination of 

 huntiny' in the mornino- with enliofhteninor Counsel in the 

 Temple in the afternoon. Instilling into his horses the 

 motto, jVod/i'Sse oblige, he yields the palm of straight 

 riding to none but his daughter, Miss Ethel Jones. 



The fondness for horses and ouns shown bv Mr. 

 Howel J. Price, of Greensted Hall, is shared by his 

 neighbour, Mr. Leonard Pelly, of Bowes, Ongar, who 

 stables the hunters of his friend, Mr. Ford Barclay, the 

 " globe-trotter " of the hunt. 



Blackmore is represented by Mr. Hull of " Jericho," 

 and Insratestone by the Messrs. Carr of " Truelo\es." 



From W'rittle come Mr. Thomas Usborne, M.P. 

 for the Chelmsford Division of the county. Miss Wood- 

 house and Mr. W. T. Roffey. The county town is well 

 represented in the hunting field by the Messrs. Ridley, 

 who have an aptitude — especially Mr. C. E. Ridley — for 

 viewing a fox, either away from a covert or during the 

 progress of a run, which i.s, like poetry, a gift of nature — 

 not to be acquired, but inbred. 



