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Names to conjure with. 



Messrs. W. Casswell, W. Richardson, brother to Mr. 

 J. Maunsell Richardson, G. Nelson, and G. Marris, the son 

 of Mr. W. Marris, the owner of Peter Simple, were all good 

 men to hounds in their day, and you may still see the former 

 " bansfins: on " with his old chestnut horse when hounds 

 are running in the north-eastern corner of the country. 

 A better sportsman than Mr. W. Casswell there cannot be. 

 Mr. W. Richardson, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Marris ("the 

 little man ") all lived at Limber. 



A Famous Trio. 



An inseparable trio were Messrs. E. Dowson, W. 

 Wright, and F. E. Epworth, the wits of the Hunt, always 

 in high spirits, and ever ready for a practical joke or 

 harmless bit of fun at each other's or some one else's 

 expense. Mr. Dowson was a great cricketer, and captained 

 the Surrey XL in the days of Julius Csesar, Caffyn, and 

 Tom Lockyer ; and his son, of Harrow and Cambridge 

 University and Surrey County fame, bids fair to follow 

 in his footsteps. " Squire " Wright, of Wold Newton, was 

 a well-known figure in the Hunt for many years. He at 

 one time kept a pack of harriers, and he holds the unique 

 distinction of having ridden his horse over the lock-gates 

 at Grimsby Docks, when hounds once killed a fox there, 

 on New Year's Day, 1868. Though no longer taking 

 active part in the chase, Mr. Epworth still follows the 

 doings of the old pack with the keenest interest, and no 

 one can tell a better tale of man or horse or hound than 

 he. For a heavy man he went exceptionally well to 



