CHAPTER XVII. 



HUNTING LADIES — THE BICESTER — 

 MR. T. T. DRAKE, M.F.H. — TOM 

 WINFIELD, HUNTSMAN— MR. T T 

 DRAKE, JUN., M.F.H. — VISCOUNT 

 VALENTIA, M.F.H. — BARON CHES- 

 HAM, M.F.H.— STOVIN, AND OTHER 

 HUNTSMEN— THE EARL OF JERSEY 

 —DICK PAINTER, HORSEDEALER. 



The Grafton has rivalled other hunts in its 

 attractions for the Ladies, and parti(^ularly so 

 since it has been honoured by the presence of 

 Royalty. 



Having previously mentioned the first lady 

 whom I remember to have seen perform in the 

 hunting-field I may, perhaps, record my first 

 essay in piloting a lady. It would be in the late 

 ' fifties ' that a friend came to me at Creslow, and, 

 to my great astonishment, asked me if I would 



