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Graham, Kenneth Hamilton, Elliot Hills, Archie 

 Pugh, David Somerville, Billy Tayler, Tom West- 

 macott, T. H. Wheeler, Colonel T. Grainger, I.M.S., 

 my brother, Colonel Jim Crawford, I.M.S., Captains 

 Hylo Holden, Vernon Keighley, and myself. Later 

 on, as the older members of the hunt dropped out, 

 through having to give up the game or through 

 leaving the district, Roland Pugh, W. E. Crum, 

 W. K. Dods, C. Westmacott, Lord Francis Scott, 

 A. Somerville, W. Page, and D. Paterson joined us. 

 A distinguished visitor, a fine spear himself, referring 

 to the members of the hunt, remarked to me at a 

 meet in 1905, " though there are varying degrees 

 of excellence, these are all workmen. Not a man 

 amongst them who cannot kill his boar fair and 

 square single-handed, and this is as it should be 

 with the practice available." We had occasional 

 visitors, too, such as Captain Pritchard, thrice in the 

 final heat for the Kadir Cup, Medlicott, 3rd Horse, 

 twice winner of the Guzerat Cup. A. Garratt, 

 C. A. Radice, I.C.S., Jack Ferguson, Major Maxwell, 

 V.C., and Jack Scott, all good spears who knew 

 what they were about. Captains Long, Hodson, 

 Norwood, V.C., Rivers Bulkeley, Harker, Nicholas, 

 Welde Forrester, Lord Ashby St. Ledgers, the Duke 

 of Peneranda, and Colonel Victor Brooke were 

 novices who showed promise, particularly the first 

 two. Writing of novices, Major J. McKie, D.S.O., 

 of Ernespie (so well known as a first-class man 

 to hounds and between the flags), was the most 

 surprising I ever saw ; he seemed to know intuitively 

 how to handle his spear, and could hold his own 

 anywhere, his natural eye for a country, nerve, and 

 horsemanship standing him in good stead. 



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