WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 353 



CRACK RIDERS OF WARWICKSHIRE ; 



ABSTRACTED FROM NIMROD. 



Lord Denbigh has always been well mounted, and is 

 a true friend to fox hunting ; but now contents himself with 

 what he can get from his seat in Warwickshire ; having 

 given up his seat in Leicestershire. 



Lord Clonmell has always been well horsed ; although 

 never appearing to wish to be a first flight man in a run, 

 where is there a dearer lover of sport, or any man who has 

 tried to be with the hounds harder than he has ? 



The Lawleys all ride — ' Sir Lawley,' as he was so 

 called at Melton — then Sir Robert Lawley, late Lord 

 Wenlock, at the head of them. But the crack man of 

 the three is Frank Lawley, ( now Sir Francis Lawley,) 

 as he was called. He was a prime man over a country, and 

 what we call a beautiful horseman. — The third and younger 

 brother, Mr. Beilby Lawley, now Mr. Beilby Thompson, 

 was also a pretty performer, but I beleive he has long since 

 done with hunting. 



Sir G. Skipwith w-ent well for at least 25 years over 

 Warwickshire. The w^orthy Baronet comes under the 

 denomination of a very pretty rider — Always well mounted, 

 generally in a good place, and an attentive observer of 

 hounds. 1 



1 In 1823, Nimrod speaks thus of this gentleman — Sir Gray, an old 

 Member of the Stratford Hunt, is one of the most respectable persons 

 belonging to it ; who, though the fatlier of 15 children still rides good 

 bred horses with all the ardour of youth, and a true friend to foxhunt- 

 ing. 



