142 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



George Leaf had seventeen and a half couples of 

 bitches in the field, the majority of them Bel voir 

 bred, or once removed from that kennel. Some 

 masters of fashionable packs keep their hounds 

 at home on Ash Wednesday and do a day's " hedg- 

 ing " for their sins, others provide sport for the 

 " unemployed," and so keep them out of mischief. 

 Certainly on the occasion under consideration, 

 March i, 1911, the field was a large and repre- 

 sentative gathering. 



The following were reported as being present, 

 in addition to the master. Countess Cowley, the 

 Countess of Warwick, Elizabeth Countess of Wilton 

 and Mr A. V. Pryor, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, 

 Count H. de Baillet la Tour, Lady Rosemary Leveson- 

 Gower, Count Larisch, Count Kinsky, Lady Kathleen 

 Hill, Mr J. and Lady Theresa Cross, Colonel the 

 Hon. W. A. W. and Mrs Lawson, Miss 0. Lawson, 

 Colonel W. A. Peake, the Hon. E. S. and Mrs Wynd- 

 ham, Mrs Macfarlane, Major and Mrs R. B. Muir 

 (the latter driving). Miss C. T. Muir, Miss C. Gardener 

 Muir, Mr Myddleton, Mr R. Myddleton, Major T. 

 B. Atkinson, Major Mann Thomson, Major Fortescue, 

 Mrs Waldorf Astor, Mrs Brooks, Major R. A. Mark- 

 ham, Mr D. E. Johnstone, Major Hey cock. Major 

 Campbell Johnston, Capt. Campbell Johnston, Mr 

 Raymond Greene, Capt. and Mrs J. F. Laycock, 

 Mr F. B. Mildmay, Major Andrew Coats, Mr T. 

 Coats, Mr H. P. Whitney, Miss Whitney, Mr A. E. 

 Burnaby, Capt. Burns-Hartopp, Miss Burns-Hartopp, 

 Mrs Hepworth, Capt. N. Allfrey, Mr H. C. AUfrey, 

 Capt. the Hon. G. H. Douglas Pennant, Mr Henderson 

 Mr A. S. Burden, Mr J. A. Burden, Mr J. J. Astor, 

 Major Hughes Onslow, Capt. W. de Winton, Capt. 

 Spender Clay, Mr and Mrs F. H. K. Durlacher, 

 Mr B. Wilson, Capt. Herbert Wilson, Mrs S. Whit- 



