R. C. LVALL 



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W. Patchett, O.C., belongs to the old school — looks, in fact, 

 as if he had stepped out of some old picture ; but no keener or 

 better sportsman, in the truest sense of the word, ever followed 

 hounds in Essex. In his early days Mr. Patchett was a reoular 

 attendant at the meets of the Queen's Staghounds. In his 

 later years we find him organising the 1897 Bar Point-to-Point 

 races, with great success, in the Epping district of the Essex 

 country. 



R. C. Lyall 



Mr. Lyall succeeded to the estate of his uncle, Mr. Bawtree 

 who was well known as a keen, hard rider with the Essex 

 Hounds up to the end of his life. Mr. Lyall now lives in that 

 charming hunting-box which his uncle formerly occupied. 



He farms a bit of his own land, and shoots most of his own 

 rabbits ; he loves hunting, but I honestly believe that he likes 

 golf better. He can play a very pawky game at both, for 

 eiven a run lonQ- enough and stiff enouo-h, and he is as 



