^Tii PEEFACE. 



for aDowing me to incoi'porate with my own manuscript 

 a considerable portion of his excellent articles on tlie 

 early liistory of the Hunt which were printed in the 

 StaTro?'d.shi)'e Adveiiiser in 1891, and for the loan of 

 diaries and note-books : to Mr. Eeginald X. AYood, for 

 much interesting matter connected with the Hunt and 

 its management, which he has kindly supplied for use 

 in this volume ; to Lady Manningham-Buller and Miss 

 DareupDrr, and to [Mrs. Eeginald Manningham-Buller.. for 

 the loan of photographs and for information connected 

 with the Davenporr mastership and the Buller family ; 

 to Lord Ronald Gower. for permitting me to quote freely 

 from his interesting " Reminiscences ; " to Mr. C. W. 

 Wicksted, for valuable information touchinor the earlv 

 history of the Hunt from 1825 to 1836 ; to the Earl 

 of Lichfield, for kindly supplying me with extracts from 

 the diaries of his ancestor, the first Earl of Lichfield, 

 giving interesting particulars of the hunting near Shug- 

 borough in the early part of the nineteenth century ; 

 to Mrs. Mc^ itie of Edinburgh (better known in the 

 eighties as !Miss Thompson), for some helpful newspaper 

 extracts and other kind help ; to ^Ir. G. T. Bagguley, 

 the librarian at Trentham, and the owner of the copy- 

 right of the Herkomer portrait of the present Duke of 

 Sutherland, for permission to reproduce that picture, and 

 for other valuable assistance ; to the proprietors and 

 editors of the Staffordshire Adveiiiser and the Field, for 

 most kin<ily allowing me to quote freely a number of 

 accounts of runs and other interesting articles which 

 have appeared in their columns from time to time, and 

 especially to the Staffordshire Adveiiiser for ready and 

 cordial help in other ways ; — to each and aU of the 

 above named I tender my grateful thanks, and also to 



