Since one fox on foot more diversion will bring 



Than twice twenty thousand cock pheasants on wing, 



The man we all honour, whate'er be his rank, 



Whose heart heaves a sigh when iiis gorse is drawn blank, 



Qu.'i situm ! Qu.i'situm ! fill up to the brim, 



We'll drink, if we die for't, a bumper to him. 



Egerton Warburton. 



Preface. 



It often occurred to me during the many years I acted as 

 Honorary Secretary to the Beaufort Hunt that there ia no record 

 of any sort of the past or present members of the Hunt. I am fully 

 aware that the list that follows is by no means complete ; still, I 

 have done the best I could with the materials I had to work from. 

 They consisted of two or three account books that had been kept 

 by the late Colonel C. W. Miles from 1861 to 1888, and since then 

 from books that I have kept myself. 



I have added a few items culled from my scrap book and other 

 sources which I hope may prove of interest to my hunting friends. 



In the compilation of the list of names I have to thank Her Grace 

 the Duchess of Beaufort for her help and for the great interest she 

 has taken in it. 



For carefully arranging and making copies of extracts, etc., 

 my thanks are due to Mr. E. P. Harmer. 



Frank Henry. 



Elmestree, Tetbury, 

 May, 1911. 



