368 HUNTING TOURS. 



John Cookes having kept the hounds two 

 seasons, handed them over, with the responsi- 

 bilities thereunto appertaining, to Colonel 

 Clowes, who, with great success and popu- 

 larity, retained the sole management six 

 years, when Mr. Cookes had them a second 

 time, during which period the very ostensible 

 duties of secretary were undertaken by that 

 excellent sportsman, Mr. Henry Clutton, 

 brother to a former master, Mr. Clutton 

 Brock, and he continued his highly-valued 

 services till two years since, when, in conse- 

 quence of a sad fall, he was, greatly to his 

 own regret, in which all his friends sincerely 

 sympathise with him, compelled to withdraw 

 from those pleasures he so ably promoted and 

 so fondly loved. John Ward, who had gradu- 

 ated at the classic coverts in Cambridgeshire, 

 and eaten his commons during twenty-three 

 terms at Stratton Hall, was engaged as hunts- 

 man. In 1857, Colonel Clowes joined Mr. 

 Cookes in the mastership, an arrangement 

 that still continues much to the satisfaction 

 of the country, for it is impossible that 

 greater efforts could be made to show sport. 

 William Mawe came here as huntsman in 

 1859, having been initiated by Will Butler 



