1892] 



MR. F. A. BRACE. 



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many members of the Hunt from a hunting point of view. 

 Charles, like his uncle, loved to find a fox quickly when he 

 saw people going off to any house for refreshments, and to 

 slip away with him. On this occasion, when everybody 

 had gone to New Lodge, he found his fox in the Greaves, 

 and ran him hard to Blithfield by himself till about 

 half way, where Mr. Power caught him. The present 

 Master was out on wheels with a broken collar-bone. 



From New Lodge Mr. and Mrs. Brace moved to Dove- 

 ridge Hall, which, with the land immediately surrounding 

 it, they subsequently purchased from Lord Waterpark. 

 Mr. Brace was educated at Rugby and St. John's College, 

 Oxford. He is a good friend to the Hunt, and the farmers 

 in his neighbourhood have good cause to like him, while 

 his hospitality is unbounded. That he rides good horses 

 is evident from the prices they made when he sold them 

 at Leicester in 1900, on account of having to go abroad 

 for his health — six of them averaging three hundred 

 pounds. Appended are their names and prices. 



Their owner rode them well in the van, too. 



Mrs. Brace does not ride, but her cart is as well known 

 as Doveridge Hall itself, and many a thirsty follower of 

 the Meynell hounds has refreshed himself thereat, while 

 she has more than once proved a good Samaritan to a 

 fallen sportsman. 



Master Harry and Miss Dorothy never miss a day's 

 hunting if they can help it. 



Foxes found during the season, two hundred and 

 thirty-two ; killed, fifty-six ; run to ground, forty-two. 



