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"The Earl of Shaftesbury during the day was 

 thrown heavily from his horse near Broxton-road, 

 fracturing a collar-bone. A wagonette, containing 

 Lady Shaftesbury, Lady Desborough, the Countess 

 of Mar and Kellie, and Lady Grosvenor, picked 

 him up, taking him to Eaton Hall, where Dr Dobie, 

 of Chester, rendered surgical aid." 



Just before the present Duke of Westminster 

 undertook the duties of mastership, he went on 

 active service to South Africa, and after the war 

 purchased a large property in the Orange River 

 Colony, which has since developed into an estate 

 of considerable agricultural value. A fine horse- 

 man, and steeplechase rider, he sets a splendid 

 example to the tenants of his estates, whom he 

 delights to see following the hounds, and has, more- 

 over, provided a pack composed of drafts from the 

 Cheshire, for his Colonists farming in South Africa. 



Leaving past history of the Cheshire hunt, we 

 will endeavour to give a brief impression gathered 

 during a visit to the kennels in February igii, and 

 a day's hunting enjoyed through the kindness of 

 the master, the Duke of Westminster, who placed 

 a horse at our disposal. Visitors to Peterborough 

 have many pleasant recollections of successes on 

 the flags, which have been won by the Cheshire 

 hounds, always reputed for their smartness and 

 work. We can call to mind some special occasions 

 when honours went to the North Cheshire repre- 

 sentatives, the champion cup for the best bitch in 

 the show of 1891, during the mastership of Captain 

 Park Yates with old John Jones, who brought the 

 pack to great perfection, beating all comers with 

 Gildimire, an unentered hound, by Belvoir Grappler. 

 Coming to a later date in the history of the North 

 Cheshire, when the Earl of Enniskillen ruled over 



