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worth low country has been marked by the 

 erection of a cross. Mr. Wright gave up the 

 }3adsworth country in 1892 ; when the Hunt 

 presented both Mr. and Mrs. Wright with 

 their portraits. The ladies of the Hunt also 

 presented him with a picture of his favourite 

 horse "Viscount." This was a brown horse by 

 Lonsborough — Countess. This horse, which 

 he rode for years, never gave him a fall, and 

 never had a bandage upon him but once, 

 when he tore it off with his teeth. 



After remaining for one season without 

 hounds, Mr. Wright went to the Southwold 

 country, taking up his residence at West 

 Ashby. The Master of the Southwold 

 Hounds, Mr. Rawnsley, allowed Mr. Wright 

 to hunt his own hounds three days a fortnight, 

 a most generous and unselfish arrangement, as 

 Mr. Rawnsley had plenty of strength to hunt 

 the whole country unassisted. Mr. Wright left 

 the Southwold in 1895, and went to the 

 Milton. He lived at Castor, near Milton, and 

 hunted the country for Mr. George Fitz- 

 william, who is still the Master. 



Mr. Wright has done much to improve the 

 composition of the pack by the careful intro- 

 duction of new blood. The Milton is a favourite 

 kennel with him, and he is particularly satisfied 

 with the strain of Milton Solomon ; a hound 



