226 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



another set-to between himself and Mr. Mac Vicar was in 

 a red-coat steeplechase at Lincoln in 1880. Mr. Davy 

 was up on Master Joyce, while Mr. MacVicar rode Cottes- 

 more, and they were both going their hardest, stride for 

 stride, for the last mile, Master Joyce eventually getting 

 the verdict by a head. 



There was another tough fight at Doncaster in 1876. 

 Mr. Davy was riding Gadfly, and the Hon. E. Willoughby, 

 Panoplite, and in a rattling finish they jumped the last 

 hurdle side by side. Then Mr. Davy took up his whip, 

 but by so doing lost half a length that he never regained. 



Covert Owners. 



Among the most prominent followers of the Brocklesby 

 at the present time is Mr. E. G. Pretyman, M.P., at one 

 time Captain in the R.H.A., and at the present. Civil 

 Lord of the Admiralty. As lord of the manor of Eiby 

 he owns an important part of the Brocklesby Hunt, and 

 in which lie some of the best coverts. Mr. Pretyman is 

 a hard rider to hounds, and does his best to foster fox- 

 hunting on his estate by the strict preservation of foxes 

 and the removal of wire. Mr. P. N. Sutton-Nelthorpe, a 

 big landowner, is another staunch supporter of fox-hunt- 

 ing. The famous Bradley Wood is one of his coverts. 

 Although not now a follower of hounds. Sir Francis 

 Astley- Corbet t, another soldier — for he served in Egypt 

 in the Scots Guards — and the son of the late Sir John 

 Astley, is still an ardent supporter of the chase ; a con- 

 siderable portion of the Elsham estate, belonging to Sir 

 Francis, is hunted by the Brocklesby, and he invariably 

 does his best to further the interests of fox-hunting, and 

 it is no fault of his that that corner of the country is not 

 remarkable for straight-running foxes. No doubt they 

 are so well done in the rabbit line of food that there is 

 no need for them to go far afield in search of provender. 



Sir Francis married Lady Gertrude Pelham, sister to 

 the present Earl of Yarborough. 



