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And who could forget the next fif,'urc that comes, 

 He's in a good phicc, but how queerly he runs ! 

 Is it King ? with his jacket so scrimpy behind, 

 A. King ? no an eniii"ror. tlie best of the kind. 



There's Stockley, to who's introduction we owe 

 The kind welcome we get when to l^eeston we go. 

 I must, too, our piiiuli -maker. Parkinson, mention. 

 And those two arti'ul dodgers, Cromwell and St. Jolm. 



BlfucC) Malt■ol*^. 



" I go, I go ; look, how I go ; 



Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow." 



Michiiiiniier S ight's Dream, act Hi, scene 2. 



'I'his noted sportsman was one of the leading spirits in the early days of 

 the Royal Rock Leagles, and although he was not prominent in the organiza- 

 tion of liie club, lie made himself exceedingly useful in the management of 

 the hounds, in the kennel.-, and in the field. Reing a famous runner and a 

 fust-class spoitsman, he was an invaluable whipper-in to the hounds, and 

 wiien fortune favoured the R.R.B. with a good straight run, he was alwa)s 

 well to the front, and in at the death. The Sport Book many and many 

 a time records "only A. \\'alfoid and Jones up at the finisli." 



A. Walford was one of the first members, in fact, the thirty-eighth, and 

 was elected to the Committee in 1846, retaining this position till his resigna- 

 tion in 1867. For a cou[)le of seasons, during the period when C. Rawson 

 had given notice of his intention to resign the mastership, and V. A. King 

 was still absent from England, A\\alford acted as Deputy-master, and carried the 

 horn. Some litt'e interest attaches itself to this horn. It was the property of 

 C. Rawson, and was of peculiar shape, as shown on Rawson's portrait, with 

 a silver-mounted belt. When King became Master he used the modern 

 straight horn, and C. Rawson's curved horn remained in the possession of 

 .-\. \\'alford, whose son, Desborough A\'alford, presented it to L. R. Stevenson, 

 when he was elected Master after the death of V. A. King. 'I'he horn is 

 now in the possession of J. (iould Smyth as Master, Mr. Rawson desiring it 

 to remain the property of the Hunt. 



A. \Valford's portrait may be seen in the picture of the hounds and a 

 grou[) of beaglers at Deeston. He always wore long white cord trousers, not 

 breeches. One day, he accidentally jumped on a hare in a fence, and put it 

 in the capacious pocket of his coat. It was the occasion of the annual 

 dinner to tlie farmeis, and coming home the 'bus upset; on regaining their 

 feet and inspecting damages, the beaglers weie horrified to see Walfords 



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