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that onerous position lonoer than most men who venture to 

 undertake it. For five seasons from 1885 he hunted the East 

 Essex, and for three the Essex and Suffolk, of which pack he 

 became Master in 1891, carrying- the horn himself That Mr. 

 Colvin was very successful as a Master, those who knew him 

 best can easily understand, for few men combine such a charm 

 of manner with such genuine sincerity. His early training in 

 woodcraft (he kept Beagles from 1879 till 1883) proved useful 

 when it came to killino" foxes, and he always showed undeniable 



Lady Gwendolen Colvin 



sport. P)ut Mr. Colvin comes of a hunting stock, for his 

 father was one of the keenest sportsmen Essex ever pro- 

 duced, and hunted his own harrier pack for many years from 

 Monkhams. In 1895 Mr. Colvin married Lady Gwendolen 

 Rouse, youngest daughter of the second Earl of Stradbroke, 

 and though she is not here depicted on horseback, we may 

 say that she can sit a horse as well as anyone, and ride him 

 better than most, for she comes of a family devoted to the 

 chase ; her brother, the present Earl of Stradbroke, has kept 

 harriers for many years at Henham Hall, in Suffolk. 



