66 The Sedgefleld Country 



at Bradbury wood ; the diary says it was a " short but 

 bloody morning !" 



Mr. Ord, who was now master of the South Durham 

 Hunt, had been married in the autumn of the year, and it 

 was determined by the members of the Hunt to malie the 

 opening meet at Sands Hall, on November 3rd, the occasion 

 of a small wedding presentation to him. One of the local 

 newspapers is responsible for the following account, which 

 is reproduced, as it gives the names of many who were 

 present. Many of them are, unfortunately, " amongst the 

 missing"; still it is some consolation to find that a goodly 

 number are as keen for the sport as they were on that day 

 over twenty-one years ago. 



The Account runs. — "The opening day of the season of 

 the South Durham Hunt, which took place yesterday, Nov. 

 3rd., 1882, was marked by an event pleasing to every mem- 

 ber of the Hunt. The meeting was at Sands Hall, Sedge- 

 field, the residence of the master, Mr. Richard Ord, but the 

 throw off was considerably delayed, owing to some extent 

 to the large number of ladies and gentlemen who were pre- 

 sent to take part in the opening day's sport. Amongst 

 those present on and near the lawn were Lord Henry Vane 

 Tempest, Sir William Eden, Bart., Colonel Sadler, Mr. 

 Thomas Appleby, Dr. Fenwick, Chilton Hall ; Mr. Fisher, 

 West Hartlepool; Mr. J. Flavel, Mr. C. H. Backhouse, Mr. 

 Marshall Fowler, Mr. Baxter, Hartlepool ; Mr. C. Hayes 

 Jackson, Major Ropner, Preston ; Mr. M. B. Dodds, Mr. J. 

 W. Page-Page, Rev. C. H. Ford, Bishopton ; Mr. R. C. 

 Denton, Mr. John Stevenson, Norton ; Mr. J. Hornsby, 

 Honington Hall; Mr. J. Beach, West Hartlepool; Mr. Hardy, 

 Trimdon East House ; Mr. Milburn, Sedgefield ; Mr. Madder- 

 son, Fishburn ; Mr. Giles, Sedgefield ; Mr. Christopher 



