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then leader of the Circuit, examined him. Mr. 

 Greaves oave evidence to the effect that he 



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had ridden the animal in question, who com- 

 menced roaring as soon as he started. Mr. 

 Huddleston, manipulating his kid gloves as 

 was his wont, giving a sly look at Mr. 

 Greaves, who filled the witness-box, winking 

 at the jury asked : " Did the horse roar, sir, 

 before you got on him?" "Certainly not," 

 was the reply. " Indeed," replied the Counsel, 

 " he could not have known that you meant to 

 ride him, or he would have roared pretty 

 loudly." Shouts of laughter greeted this sally, 

 in which the jolly welter weight joined, 



Mr. Greaves's Huntsman in the Vale was 

 Tom Tipton who went, when his Master gave 

 up the country, to Mr. Villebois, and afterwards 

 to the South Berks, where he finished his 

 career with Mr. Hargreaves, having been so 

 severely injured in the head by a fall that he 

 was obliged to give up hunting. His Whips 

 were : Fred Gosden and Tom Squires. 



Mr. Greaves's total record as a Master of 

 Foxhounds was as follows : — 



The Cottesmore ... ... 1847 to 1852. 



Essex 



Warwickshire 

 Vale of White Horse 

 Old Berks 



1853 M 1857. 



1858 „ I86I. 



I86I „ 1863. 



1863 „ 1866. 



