X The Shropshire. 



provided he have speed, a hunter that can go well over 

 Cheshire, can go well over almost every other country.'* 

 I could go through a long list of Cheshire worthies, 

 who have made the country famous for its hunting 

 prowess. Since my last notes appeared Lord Eocksavage 

 has entered upon his family estates as Marquis of 

 Gholmondeley, and it is needless to say that both he 

 and the Marchioness are seldom missing where hounds 

 are to be found — and foxes are as thick as blackberries 

 round the Castle, and in the vale surrounding it. 

 ■ Cheshire lies so handy to the great towns, and has such 

 nice hunting quarters at Broxton, Wrenbury, Crewe, 

 Nantwich, Tarporley, and Whitchurch, that there is 

 little wonder at the big fields, which congregate nearly 

 . always at their meets. The Masters must often wish 

 that the majority cared more for hunting and less for 

 riding. Inde2d, some of them may be said to resemble 

 •the late Mr. William Coke, whose fault was that he was 

 . too fast for hounds ! 



Of Shropshire I touched very fully in my last season's 

 notes, and here again there are few changes to note, unless 

 indeed the future may be said to have brightened by Mr. 

 Lonsdale's consent to hunt, free of subscription, the South 

 ' Country, in addition to the North Country, which, a few 

 years ago, was a separate two-day's-a-week country, 

 presided over successfully by Mr. Hulton Harroj). This is 

 a boon all will appreciate, and it will, I trust, lead to 

 complete harmony in the future. Thatcher still carries the 

 horn, but we have much missed Harry Beavan as first 

 whip. It is satisfactory, however, to hear that he has 

 made such a promising debut as a huntsman in the South 

 -Staffordshire country. Foxes have been exceedingly 



