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would say, "of the danger and inconvenience of a Mr. Shirley. 



! 1821-1825 

 martingale. With it I can make my horses put their _L. ' * 



feet where I like ; without it they generally put them 



where they like, and then I get a tumble, and I fall 



heavy." 



Mr. Ben Holloway was another Warwickshire man ^y Hollowav. 

 of about the same time. He was a good leader and a 

 capital judge of hunters. He was also known in 

 Oxfordshire. Mr. Handford, a nephew to Mr. Lockley, Mr. Handford. 

 with whom I have already dealt, was another man wh« 

 shone at this period. He was another of the heavy 

 weights, as he stood six feet and weighed nearly six- 

 teen stone. Few, however, could equal him over a 

 rough country. Mr. Francis Charlton must also be Mr. Chailton. 

 named as a good man in the country. The Rev. Mr. 

 Hancox was one of the sporting members of '* the Rev.Mr. Hancox 

 cloth " to be seen in Warwickshire at the time of which 

 I am writing. He appeared at the meets for many 

 years and was undoubtedly a fine horseman. But he 

 had, unfortunately for him, a bad eye to hounds and 

 persisted in taking a line of his own, with the result 

 that he only saw about ten per cent, of the runs. 



Mr. Lyster, of Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury, was a Mr. Lyster. 

 conspicuous leader on a small but wonderfully clever 

 mare called " the Doe." In a run from Wolford Wood 

 during Mr. Shirley's time he was in a leading place 

 and charged the obstacles presented in fine style. 

 One in particular was the Evenload river, the mare 

 landing with only her hind legs in the water and 

 springing out without wetting her rider. Mr. Lyster on 

 this occasion was in at the death, his only companions 

 being Mr. Biddulph, of Chirk Castle, Lords Forester 

 and Chesterfield, Mr. Simpson Bridgeman, the Rev. 

 Richard Goddard, and Mr. John Hesketh Lethbridge. 



Mr. Shirley resigned at the beginning of 1825, and 

 was presented with a handsome piece of plate. A 

 request was made to Mr. Fellowes to hunt the 



