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ing than is the case in grass countries, and the one- 

 horse division have a chance to compete. 



A field with the Fitzwilham may inchide, besides 

 the master and Mrs FitzwiUiam, " Master Toby " 

 Fitzwilham, Sir T. C. O'Brien of cricket fame, with 

 the Misses O'Brien, the Marquis and Marchioness of 

 Exeter, who, with their own pack from Burghley 

 House, hunts by invitation a slice of the Fitzwilham 

 country two days a week ; the Marquis of Huntly, 

 ex-master, and his brother-in-law. Colonel Henry 

 Wickham, also an ex-master, with Lady Ethel 

 Wickham and Miss Molly Wickham ; Mr H. C. 

 Leonard Brassey, M.P., Lady Violet Brassey, 

 and Master Bernard Brassey on " Snowball," 

 from Apethorpe Hall, a property purchased from 

 the Earl of Westmoreland ; Col. the Hon. W. E. 

 Cavendish, Miss Cavendish, Col. and the Hon. 

 Lady Margaret Proby ; Major J. Layton Mills, 

 the hunt secretary, and Mrs Mills, with Master 

 Charles and Miss Margot Mills from Tansor Court ; 

 the Duchess of Hamilton and the Marchioness of 

 Graham from Tixover Grange ; Lt. -Colonel J. L. 

 Benyon from Thrapston ; Mr Lionel Trower and 

 Mr F. J. Peregrine Birch from Haddon ; Colonel 

 Fenwick from Longthorpe ; Major Fergusson from 

 Polebrook Hall ; Mr and Mrs R. B. Dawes Cooke 

 from Kimbolton ; Mr Ismay, Lord and Lady 

 Romney from Wansford, Mr W. Goddard Jackson 

 from Duddington Hall, Mr Henry and Mr George 

 Hunt from Stamford, with a great many seasons' 

 sport to their record, General Hatchell from Fine- 

 shade Abbey, the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild of 

 Ashton Wold, does not hunt but gives one of the 

 smartest lawn meets of the season ; Captain H. 

 O'Brien, Mr C. L Strong of Thorpe Hall, Admiral 

 Sir Michael Culme Seymour of Wadenhoe, Mr 



