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CHAPTER XIX. 



Mr. H. Spencer Lucy's second term of office— his 

 cross-country feats— robert worrall— some 

 days worth riding. 



I did not think, when preparing my matter for Mr. Mr. H. Spencer 

 Lucy's period of mastership, that my notice would be ^°^' 

 an obituary one. It is singular that acarcely more 

 than an hour before I heard the sad intelligence of his 

 death, I had been entering in my book some notes for 

 use when I came to his time. Warwickshire men do 

 not need me to tell them what an ardent sportsman 

 passed away in his sudden death. My readers are 

 already acquainted with him as a Warwickshire master, 

 in the short period for which he reigned over the 

 affairs of the pack after the resignation of Lord 

 Willoughby de Broke. Upon the removal of the 

 Hon. Mr. North to the Bicester country, Mr. Lucy 

 again took the mastership with a guarantee of £1,900. 

 The family of the Lucys have formed a part of county 

 history since very early times, and a taste for sport is 

 generally to be seen in those who have handed down 

 the name through this long period. Mr. H. Spencer 

 Lucy was no exception. He was an excellent judge of An ardent sportsj 

 horse and hound, and a capital and ardent shot. As ™*°' 

 a steeplechase rider he was also well known, and was, 

 naturally, a good cross-country man. He was the second 

 son of Mr. George Lucy, to whom, my readers will 

 remember, " the Warwickshire " are indebted for the 

 land on which their kennels stand. Like many other 



