138 Mr. Marshall Fowler. 



He and his elder brothers came of a good sporting stock, their 

 father being well known with the Hurworth and Mr. Ralph 

 Lambton's Hounds, 



" Amongst other gentlemen (says Jack Bevans in his Sontli Durliam 

 Hunt Reminiscences) hunting with us at this time was Mr. Marshall Fowler, 

 who seldom missed a day, and had a very nice stud of horses. His father, 

 who was a terror to all poachers and wrong-doers, preserved foxes well at 

 Preston Hall, where we ran occasionally, but it is in the Hurworth country. 

 Mr. Marshall Fowler had a wonderfully good grey horse ; also a chestnut 

 and a bay which carried him well. Later on he had some very smart hunt- 

 ing cobs of a grand stamp, and up to weight on short legs, which must 

 have taken a good deal of finding." To the foregoing Mr. R. Ord adds a 

 footnote, as follows : " Mr, Marshall Fowler had some good horses in his 

 time; notably a black horse by ' Sir Hercules,' that carried him from 1867 

 to 1875 without a fall. Dick Christian rode this horse with the Hurworth 

 Hounds and used to say that he never rode a better horse across country. 

 Another good horse of his was ' Pug-dog,' an extraordinary water jumper, 

 that carried his owner wonderfully well in a noteworthy run with Lord 

 Fitzhardinge's hounds over the Severn Marshes, when, out of an enormous 

 field, only six horsemen saw the kill." 



Mr. Fowler recalls that in his day at Preston Hall there 

 was generally a litter of cubs and one, frequently two, on the 

 Yorkshire side of the Tees, just opposite the house, which he 

 and his brothers used to watch as they ran races with each 

 other and frolicked in the delightful kittenish way young foxes 

 do. Sir Robert Ropner bought the Preston estate from Mr. 

 Fowler in 1882. He continued to hunt in the district until 

 1894, when loss of health and of an arm compelled him to 

 relinguish the saddle. He is often to be seen on wheels with 

 the Hurworth and Bedale Hounds, and his knowledge of the 

 country enables him to see a great deal of sport. 



