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m. J. Landers of Kettleby Thorpe, Mr. W. Wood of 

 Habrougli,* Mr. J. Tonge of Grimsby, Mr. J. Newton of 

 Habrough, Mr. F. Brooks of Laceby, Mr. W. B. Swallow 

 of Wootton Lawn, Mr. Eoland Burke of Burton-on-Stather, 

 ]\Ir. W. M. Wright of Wold Newton, i\Ir. Percy Wormald 

 of Appleby, Mr. W. A. Ewbank of Marsh Chapel, Mr. J. 

 Byron and Mr. G. L. Francis of Normanby, Mr. G. J. 

 Young of Claxby, and Mr. A. C. Burkinshaw and ]\Ir. 

 H. W. Scorer of Barnoldby, Mr. H. Wigful of Killingholme 

 Manor, Mr. K. Bygott of East Halton, Mr. W. Parker of 

 Wrawby, Mr. Walter Ellis of Ferriby, Mr. H. L. Barker 

 of Grimsby, Mr. J. H. J. Webb of Melton, and Mr. T. 

 Sands of Grainsby. 



Mr. and Miss Darley, Mr. and IVIrs. Davy, Mr. Lang- 

 ley, Mr. H. AVhitworth, Mr. F. D. Foster and his 

 nephews, and Messrs. Houlton, Hurtle}^ and Stephenson 

 hunt with us from Yorkshire once or more a week, bring- 

 ing others with them occasionally, and there are always 

 recruits from the South Wold and the Burton when 

 hounds meet near their borders. 



Sir Berkeley Sheffield is a modern recruit to a 

 Brocklesby field, having only recently taken a hunting-box 

 at Keelby. Sir Berkeley is a large landowner in what 

 would be Brocklesby territory if it were hunted ; but, as 

 has been mentioned elsewhere, the extreme north-west 

 corner of the country is not given over to the chase. 



Fox-hunting and War. 



Of course the South African war drew Brocklesby men 

 to the front as well as from other Hunts. Captain the 

 Hon. Dudley Pelham, 10th Hussars, the Master's brother, 

 was among those captured at the disastrous affair at 

 Sauna's Post, and was for several months a prisoner in 

 the hands of the Boers. At the time of his capture he 



* His brother, the late ]\Ir. J. B. Wood, went exceptionally well for a welter- 

 weight. 



