THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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Mr. 



SPENCEE 



Lucy. 

 1856-1858. 



with the reputation which Warwickshire has borne 

 from its earliest days is not exempt from the vicissi- 

 tudes which all countries experience, and there comes 

 a period, either shorter or longer, to all, when a cloud 

 seems to hang over its sport-providing qualities. 

 Warwickshire's experience in this way, however, was 

 happily to be of brief duration, and there soon came a 

 revival of good times and sport in plenty. The sum 

 guaranteed to Mr. Lucy at the commencement of his 

 mastership was £1,290, He managed his establish- 

 ment well, and the announcement of his intention to 

 retire, which he made at a meeting at Wellesbourne in 

 March, 1858, was received with great regret, and a 

 vote of thanks was passed to him. An adjourned 

 meeting was held on the last day of the same month, 

 Viscount Villiers being in the chair, as he had been on 

 the former occasion. There were two or three names 

 mentioned as Mr. Lucy's successor, but after some dis- 

 cussion the offer of Mr. Henley Greaves, of Alveston, 

 was accepted, and a sura of £2,000 was guaranteed. 



Mr. Greaves held ofl&ce until 1861. His huntsmen 

 were William Mawe, Dan Berkshire, George Wells, 

 and Will Derry ; his whips being Morris and Jones, 

 and James Maiden, William Ward, and William 

 Wheatley. 



* The death of Wells in 1860 was very sad, as he was a George Wells, 

 capital man and possessed admirable qualities for the 

 post he was called upon to fill. He was thirty-six 

 years of age before he got possession of the horn, but 

 he fulfilled all that was expected of him and showed 

 some good sport in a country quite strange to him, 

 and under great disadvantage as regards scent, which 

 just at this time was poor. Before coming to War- 

 wickshire he had been at Wynnstay for eleven seasons 

 and for one season with Lord Southampton. He had 

 also at one time ridden second horse in the Oakley 

 country for two seasons. He was fond of his pro- 

 fession, but possessed a slender frame, which was a 



Mr. Henley 



Greaves. 



