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Chapter IV ------- ^' 



The Hon. Secretary— Sir William Eden's hounds— A good 

 Season, 1879-80— Some real good days— Presentation to Sir 

 William Eden, Bart.— A Hunt Bazaar— preposterous !— Mr. Ord 

 succeeds in mastership— Season 1881-2, a wonderfully good one 

 —A festive Hunt Dinner— Some fine sport— Mr. W. Briggs' first 

 day — A kill in Darlington— Presentation to Mr. Ord — Good 

 sport from Bishopton. 



Chapter V 70 



First South Durham Hunt ball— Lay of the South Durham 

 Hunt— A moderate Season, 1883-4— A record blank draw and 

 late find — Mr. Ord retires. 



Chapter VI 84 



Sir William Eden, Bart.— His second mastership— A kill in 

 coal cellar — Magnet's appetite — A gruelling run in the east 

 country — Some lean Seasons, owing to frost and snow — Claxon 

 retires— His life — A Marvellous Combination — Viscount Val- 

 entia, M.F.H.— Sir Algernon Peyton, Bart., M.F.H.— Geo. 

 Gillson hunts the hounds for one Season — A meet on "Good 

 Friday "—William Sheppard— 188S, a good Season— Lost ! a 

 cuddy and a sack o' flour— Sir William Eden and Mrs. Ord 

 "pound" the field — Some Bishopton meets— Bevans retires— 

 His faith in magpies — His qualities as a whipper-in — His toasts 



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Chapter VII 101 



John Bevans' birth, parentage and education — Mr. J. Maun- 

 sell Richardson— Service with Mr. Pygott — Messrs. George and 

 Robert Walker— In the Brocklesby kennels — Nimrod Long — 

 AVith the Vale of White-horse— The Greatwood run reversed — 

 Sir William Throckmorton, Bart —Robert Worrall and Sleepless 

 Joe Maiden— Will Wells— Mr. Longman, M.F.H.— The "young 

 horse"— Mr. T. T. Drake, M.F.H.— Mr. S. Lucy, M.F.H.— Sir 

 Richard Sutton, M.F.H. — " Cremorne " — Mr. R Cradock— 

 Juchem, the butcher of Cirencester. 



