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Birkett, Mr Dewhurst, Mr A. R. Midwood, Mr J. 

 Ashton, Mr J. Reynolds, Mr Leigh Townsend, 

 Mr H. Hermon, Mr W. Paul, Mr R. P. Sidebottom, 

 Mr C. Morley, Mr Chesworth, Mr Walter Tinsley. 

 Amongst those on foot were two ex-whippers-in 

 of Cheshire Beagles, the Rev. H. W. Bradley, and a 

 " hunting scribe," the Rev. Walter Greswell. The 

 view from the hill-side by Saighton Towers is an 

 expanse of grass, well wooded, backed by a range of 

 hills in the blue distance looking across to Eaton Hall, 

 the residence of the Duke of Westminster — where the 

 mighty champions of the turf were bred, Ormonde 

 and Sceptre. The industry of cheese - making 

 and the sport of fox-hunting always flourish side 

 by side, whether talking of Cheshire or Leicester- 

 shire, — -the famous grazing pastures over which 

 hounds revel making a paradise for the Sport of 

 Kings. In a day's hunting we were never off the 

 grass, and at some of the farmsteads it was said that 

 150 cows were milked daily, for it is the heart of 

 the cheese-making district. Within distance of 

 Chester, the towers of the fine cathedral occasion- 

 ally came into the hunting view, as we glided from 

 field to field like swallows on the wing, following 

 the tuneful chorus, the chant of which is warranted 

 to unnerve the stoutest fox. The scene was a very 

 animated one with an unusually large number of 

 people on the ride, flying the inviting fences, with 

 the Ducal master riding a snaffle bridled bay horse, 

 of Grand National appearance, leading a section 

 of the field. Ted Tyrrell — -who has since gone 

 hunstman to the Tynedale — was riding Grasshopper, 

 the roan horse, and hunting a mixed pack which 

 included old Dryden, easily distinguishable by his 

 colouring. From the meet we moved downhill to 

 Saighton Gorse, a small four square plantation, up 



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