CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



Early Annals of Fox-hunting in North Staffordshire — Mr. Wicksted's 

 Mastership — Hodgson and Wicksted Verses — Will Wells— Mr. 

 Davenport's Mastership — Joe Maiden . . . . . . . . . . 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Royal Visit to Trentham — Death of Mr. Davenport — Mr. Davenport's 



Mastersliip — Staffordshire Sportsmen in his Time . . . . . . 22 



CHAPTER III. 



Runs during Mr. Davenport's Mastership, from 1847 to 1868— Joe 



Maiden — His Retirement and Death . . . . . . . . . . 30 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Joint Mastership of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Captain Nugent . . 42 



CHAPTER V. 



Lord Stafford's Mastership — Good Sport in the Seventies .. .. 57 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Description of Country^ Wire Question — Anecdotes of Dickins .. 71 



CHAPTER VII. 



Trentham^ — Family History of the Leveson-Gowers — The Duchess- 

 Countess — The French Revolution — Duchess Harriet . . - . 85 



CHAPTER VIII. 



"G. S. L." on the North Stafford Hounds— Puppy Judging Show and 

 Luncheon— " The Old Wooden Plough," North Staffordshire 

 Song 98 



