The Maynard family. 65 



Amongst those hunting regularly with Thomas Raper Wilkin- 

 son were Tom Allison, of White House, who lost all his money 

 on the Turf; John Gregson, of Burdon Hall, in Mr. Lambton's 

 country, a light-weight and a good rider ; Archibald Cochrane, 

 now of Langton — ' Archy ' Cochrane, who ' hung by the mane,' 

 in the words of a good song of the day ; and his brothers, 

 Robert and Basil ; all showed in the field that the blood of 

 their celebrated uncle, the famous Lord Cochrane, afterwards 

 the Earl of Dundonald, flowed in their veins. The late John 

 Maynard, of Harlsey, a large farmer id noted breeder of 

 Shorthorns, whose brother, Anthon^ ,> used to keep the 

 Boroughbridge Harriers, hunted a good deal with the Hurworth 

 and Raby, and was sure to be up in a forward position ; and with 

 him several nephews, of whom AnthonyV then of Skinningrove, 

 now of Newton Hall, so well known as a judge at the agricul- 

 tural shows, is a wonderful man, and can still beat most of his 

 juniors with hounds or on the moors. I have heard that, once, 

 when riding a valuable horse, he got into the Wiske, when his 

 father, who was cross, remonstrated with him, but he quietly 

 said, ' Never mind, there is £'^0 of him above water yet.' Bob 

 Hubback, of Durham, was then a very hard man; R. S. D. 

 Roper, of Richmond, and Sam Smithson, of Heighington, 

 rarely missed a day, who also hunted with the Duke. 



" In 1843, the Duke of Cleveland, from Raby Castle, and 

 with his brother. Lord William Poulett, Mr. James Farrer, of 



^.*Mr. Anthony Lax Maynard died at Harewood Grove, Darlington. He had sixty seasons 

 with hounds and for fourteen of them carried the horn. In 1870, when the Durham country 

 was divided, he took the Northern part. On his retirement, in 1884, he was presented with 

 his portrait. He regularly followed the Hurworth and Raby hunts. He was well known in 

 the show ring as a hunter judge, and himself rode as useful cattle as most men. He ran a 

 few 'chasers in the early days of the sport. The son of Mr. J. C. Maynard, of Harlsey (one 

 of the hardest welter weights of his day), Mr. Anthony whipped in to his father, who kept 

 harriers on this side of the Hurworth country, and occasionally ran a fox from the Deighton 

 coverts. Mr. A. L. Maynard was the nephew and namesake of the famous shorthorn breeder 

 but he himself was more in the " boss " line, as we say in Yorkshire. 



