THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 39 



CHAPTER VI. 



Another bunch of worthies— some more samples 



OF SPORT— retirement AND DEATH OF Mr. CoRBET. 



Mr. Boycott, of Rudgehall, Shropshire, afterwards air. Boycott. 

 Master of the hounds now known as the Albrighton, 

 was a leading man in Warwickshire in the early portion 

 of Mr. Corbet's time. As soon as a fox had started he 

 was on the move, and a stiff gate or two was accounted 

 nothing in his eyes. He was one of the earliest of hard 

 riders, and could do more with a poor horse than many 

 of his contemporaries could accomplish with a good one. 

 He was also a great coachman. 



Mr. Charles Gould was one of the many good horse- m*. Gould, 

 men who hunted over Warwickshire. He was son of 

 the Colonel of the Notts Militia, and nephew of Lord 

 Dormer. He excelled both as regards nerve and hand, 

 and was as successful in his selection of young horses as 

 he was in their education as hunters. Mr. Walter Mr. Giffard. 

 Giffard was a beautiful horseman. He was a relation 

 of Mr. Robert Canning, and was no discredit to his 

 kinsman. His pace was of the first quality, and as a 

 creeper he excelled, pushing himself and horse through 

 almost impossible places. 



Mr. Richard Bradley stands conspicuous in the Mr. Bradley. 

 young days of *' the Warwickshire." He was a horse 

 dealer and had seventy or eighty first-rate hunters in hia 

 stable at Newbold, near Shipston-on-Stour. He was one 

 of the finest riders in England, and his skill in the art 

 sold him scores of hunters at very long prices. Many a 



