PREFACE. 



claim upon my gratitude, in good-naturedly allowing me 

 to reproduce his original pen-and-ink sketches, as well as 

 several graphically described runs, from his Hunting Journal. 



To Sir Willoughby Maycock, for his delightful Remin- 

 iscences and the accompanying photographs, which he 

 placed at my disposal, I am very greatly indebted ; likewise 

 to the Rev. Cave Humfrey, for his welcome contribution 

 respecting his uncle, the famous " Parson Dove " ; and to 

 the Proprietors of " Baily's Magazine." My thanks are 

 also due to Mrs. Maudslay, of Blaston Manor, for a par- 

 ticularly good photo, taken by herself, of ' Charles ' Isaac 

 and Hounds. To Viscount Churchill, and to John Sladen 

 Wing, Esq. (eldest son of the late William Wing, the 

 well known and highly esteemed Hon. Secretary and 

 Treasurer of the Cottesmore Hunt for over a quarter-of-a- 

 century), and to all other ladies and gentlemen who have 

 kindly favoured me with information, photographs, &c. 



The courtesy of the Proprietors of the " Leicester 

 Journal " is hereby duly acknowledged ; and any others 

 who have done me a kindness will, I trust, consider them- 

 selves as included in this general expression of my thanks. 



Lastly, my grateful thanks are as cheerfully given, as 

 being thoroughly well deserved, to Messrs. Clarke and 

 Satchell, for their assiduous and courteous attention to the 

 manifold details requiring supervision in the production of 

 the work ; to which I should like to add my testimony to 

 the painstaking care of their foreman printer, Mr. Cape, 

 and his staff. 



F. Palliser de Costobadie. 

 13//; December 1913. 



