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LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



He used to call himself a " Hard Funker," but all the same 

 he made his chestnuts go the shortest way across country, and 

 could handle a whip and wind a tandem horn as well as most 

 men. 



Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner 



Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner is another instance of 

 the frequency with which when a man takes to politics he 

 o-ives up hunting. The House having an awkward habit of 

 sitting during the best and greater part of the hunting season 

 may in some measure account for this, combined with wider 

 interests and wider pursuits and his place in a circle where 

 something besides hunting forms the staple of conversation, 

 Mr. Warner, however, retains his love of shooting" and takes 

 a deep interest in anything- that concerns the welfare of Essex, 

 of which he was High Sheriff in 1891. He was returned as 

 member for North Somerset in 1892 in the Liberal interest. 



