64 FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 



Mr. Henry Compton, an excellent fox-preserver 

 and the most kind and hospitable of men. I 

 constantly stayed there as his guest, and no 

 words can say how good he was to me ; the first 

 year or two of my time he used to come out 

 with the hounds, especially on the north side, 

 which was the part both he and I liked best; 

 and as long as he kept on hunting he remained 

 fairly well. The Chairman of the Hunt was 

 Sir Henry Paulet, who lived at Testwood, an 

 excellent Chairman, with tact and sound judgment. 

 Old General Parker, who had formerly com- 

 manded the 1st Life Guards and lived at Castle 

 Malwood, was constantly out, though as a rule 

 the pace he went was hardly equal to the occasion, 

 and he was often heard to say, '' Sir Reginald's 

 ' Fast Ladies ' are a bit too fast for me.'' Other 

 members of the Hunt in my time were Captain 

 Buckworth Powell, who owned Foxlease, just 

 outside Lyndhurst ; he had formerly been in 

 the Grenadier Guards and always owned a race- 

 horse or two. Lord Normanton often came 

 out from Somerley, his place near Ringwood. 

 Mr. Bradburne of Lyburn, a good sportsman 

 and a great friend of mine, who many years later 

 took over the hounds. Captain Timson of 

 Tatchbury, who had been in the Carabiniers. 

 Captain Morant also sometimes appeared for 



