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man. These, with the names of T. Harri- 

 son, Esq., of Shelswell, T. Whitmore, Esq., 

 of Apley Castle, Shropshire, Captain Ha- 

 milton, of the Guards, and H. F. Okeover, 

 Esq., a name well known in the sporting 

 circles of those days, form the original 

 members of the club that was instituted 

 on the 8th of February, 1807. 



Among the first whose names were 

 added to the original list, and may be 

 almost identified with them, was old John 

 Warde, as he was called in my younger 

 days, when, in company with the late Mr. 

 William Rogers, of Southampton,* at a meet 

 with the new Forest Hounds, I have sat on 

 my horse and smiled at his dry jokes and 

 quaint sayings, for which he was as well 

 known as he was for his fox-hunting or his 

 driving qualifications. Upon the box be- 

 hind his four old hunters, both from his 

 figure and manner, he looked a true speci- 



* A Coach Proprietor, well known for the superior man- 

 ner in which all his appointments were made, and also for 

 his boldness and judgment in the field. 



