no ROYAL ROCK BEAGLE HUNT. 



driving hack for tlie train for home. We were a merry part}', and woke the 

 echoes with three ringing cheers for Mr. Evans and family as we took our 

 departure. 



E. Evans, Junior, joined the R.R.B. in 1S7S, and in 1893 was appointed 

 a member of the committee, his record of attendance at which is nih 

 AUliough lie now rarely presents himself at any of our meets, we are glad to 

 see that his daughters take an interest in the sport, and frequently honour us 

 with their presence. His son might by tliis time have been a beagler, but 

 u[) to the present evidently prefers the game of hockey, and is strongly 

 suspected of a tendency to join the Wirral Harriers. 



©tbei /nboDeni GcleE>i*itiet5. 



" We f ingle ynii 

 As our bes'.-moviiig fair solicitor." 



Lore's Lalu'icr s Lest, net ii, scene i. 



T. H. Thoi^nely is a son of one of the ancient members of the R.R.B. 

 His father, F. Thornely, did not long remain a member, as he was one of 

 the piime movers in the inauguration of the Wirral Harriers, with which he 

 hunted regularly for the remainder of his life. T. H. Thornely is one of our 

 noted runners, his long, strong stride gaining for him the soubricptet of " our 

 ostrich." In a good straight run he is always \vell to the front, but with a 

 twisting hare he does not seem to caie to run " cunning,"' and appears to be 

 waiting for a chance to let himself out. At our annual dinners he sometimes 

 favours us with a song, which is always highly appreciated. 



A. C. Beazley joined the R.R.B. in 1871. If he had remained with us, 

 he would now have been one of our oldest members, fourth on the list. We 

 have had several Beazleys (J. H. and Edwin A.) through our ranks, and we 

 all regret there is no representative of the family now on the register. They 

 were all extremely popular and good sportsmen. 



W. PiCKFORD, Q.C., joined us in 1876, and left Liverpool in 1892, 

 having been a steady sportsman with the R.R.B. for sixteen seasons. Though 

 absent, he will not be forgotten by those who knew him. He entered 

 thoroughly into the enjoyment of the sport, and although residing at Mossley 

 Hill, on the far side of the Mersey, he did not dissociate himself from the 

 sociability of the club, but always attended the annual dinners, and also fre- 

 quently accorded his hos[)itaUty to the committee and others by i-ccherchc 

 dimiers at his club. His clever speeches were a notable feature at the annual 

 dinners. His portrait api)ears in the group at Raby, and also in that of the 

 Cheshire Beaglers. 



Of good runners we have a fair average in the R.R.B. : Brocklebank, 

 Cochran, G. Cowie, Legge, Stuart Sisiyth, and Schintz, who have not 

 been previously mentioned. These are all sportsmen, and not simply cross- 



