96 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



low-crowned silk hats — in the field, the noble master 

 mounting us on a good grey horse. The occasion 

 after meeting at Saighton Towers furnished a 

 typical sight of a real Cheshire crowd, with Tyrrell 

 hunting a mixed pack that gave an ardent field 

 a taste of their qualit}^ Glinting sunshine lit up 

 the landscape after a boisterous wet night, and 

 " green Cheshire " looked most inviting for a hunt. 

 A large gathering, numbering about 250 horsemen, 

 assembled in the field opposite Saighton Towers, the 

 old red sandstone residence where the master first 

 saw light of day in 1879, and now the residence 

 of his mother, Lady Grosvenor. To give a tithe 

 of the names of those riding with the Cheshire 

 during the season would occupy considerable space, 

 but besides the Duke and Duchess of Westminster 

 were Lady Millbank, Lady Grey Egerton, Lady 

 Helen Grosvenor, Lady Lettice Cholmondeley, Mrs 

 Charteris, the three ex-masters of the Cheshire, the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, Mr Hubert Wilson, Mr Reginald 

 Corbet, the two masters elect, Mr Roylance Court, 

 and Captain Higson, Mrs Higson, the Marquis of 

 Cholmondeley, Hereditary High Chamberlain of 

 England, and one of the principal landowners in 

 Cheshire, Lord Delamere, and Lady Delamere, the 

 Duke and Duchess of Teck, Colonel W. Hall Walker, 

 Mr and Mrs Littledale, Mrs and Miss Tyrer, Mr 

 Byng Hopwood, Mr H. Brassey, Mr and Miss Tilney, 

 Mrs Cyril Dewhurst, Mr de Knoop, Mr Hugh Wil- 

 braham, Colonel Hunt, Colonel Drury, Mr Arthur 

 Brocklehurst, Mr A. H. Hornby, Colonel Pilkington, 

 Mr H. Hewitt, Mr R. Weaver, Mr and Mrs Wignall, 

 Mr P. Wyndham, Miss Douglas Pennant, Mr Charles 

 L. Pennell, Mr H. C. Lloyd, Mr R. T. Richardson, 

 Mr Tatton, Mr W. E. Dixon, Captain and Miss 

 Holland, Mr C. T. Garfit, Major Hobson, Mr S. L. 



