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their annual Melton meet, generally the morning 

 after the Hunt Ball. It is easy to find the com- 

 manding presence of Mr. Henry ChapUn, ex-Minister 

 for Agriculture, who in the seventies was a brilliant 

 master, hunting his own pack at Blankney, and 

 one of the best of the heavy-weight division. Once 

 again on the scene, we recognise Mrs. Asquith, 

 wife of the Prime Minister, who when Miss Margot 

 Tennant witched Leicestershire with her finished 

 style riding to hounds. Two fine horsemen are Mr. 

 Arthur Coventry, Starter to the Jockey Club, and 

 Mr. J, Maunsell Richardson, of Grand National 

 fame, who still rides at the top of the hunt with the 

 gaiety of five-and-thirty, a model of seat and hands 

 for the rising generation. There also are Colonel 

 the Hon. W. Lawson, who goes extremely well in 

 point-to-point races, the Duke of Marlborough 

 on a grey, and the Duchess of Newcastle in green. 

 Those whom now we miss are Mr. Beaumont 

 Lubbock, the best-looking of men ; Captain Tom 

 Boyce, Melton's favourite, who used to hang the 

 best boot with the Quorn ; Mr. Cecil Chaplin, one 

 of the quickest of the heavy-weights. 



The Kirby Gate gathering of 1908 gives a 

 representative group of regular Leicestershire 

 hunting folk, the Master to begin with, Mrs. 

 Frank Forester, driving. Miss Mary Forester, the 

 Duchess of Newcastle, Elizabeth Countess of Wilton, 

 Mr. A. V. Pryor, Earl Compton, Lady Lillian Gren- 

 fell. Lady Violet Brassey, Lady Augusta Fane, 

 Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Lady Cowley, Major Sir 

 John and Lady Milbanke, Sir Keith Frazer, the Hon. 

 Mrs. John Gretton, the Hon. R. and Mrs. Wyndham, 

 the Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam, Colonel W. A. Peake, 

 Major Bradford Atkinson, Captain and Mrs. R. B. 

 Sheriffe, Captain Burns Hartopp, the Miss Burns 



