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Appendix A. 



APPENDIX A. 



BOB CANNING AND MR. MORANT GALE. 



The following letter by the Rev. G. Miller, of Radway, 

 appeared in the Banbury Guardian of January 1st, 

 1891. 



To the Editor of the Banbury Guardian. 



Sir,— To Robert Canning, of Hound's Hill, ** Castor" 

 is, I am sure, right in ascribing the position of ** Crack 

 Man " of his time in the Warwickshire hunt. Many 

 anecdotes I have heard my father relate of the prowess 

 in the hunting field of "Bob Canning," as he was 

 usually called, and whom he always considered to be 

 the very best man he had ever seen out with the 

 hounds. 



The poem on the Epwell Hunt I have often heard 

 quoted, and I should very much like to know where a 

 copy of it could be seen. 



The couplet on Mr. Edward Morant Gale, I have 

 always heard quoted in a slightly different way : — 



A Meltonian of old, and well versed in their creed. 

 Who would leap at a haystack for the sake of a lead ; 



And well do I remember the description given by 

 my father of Mr. Morant Gale's appearance after the 

 run, described by "Castor" as he sat by his horse with 

 his clothes torn to ribbons under the blackthorn hedge. 

 Mr. Morant assumed the name of Gale at the death of 

 a relative who left him a considerable fortune. He 



