170 THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS. 



and son — in the early days of the North Staffordshire 

 Hunt under Mr. Davenport, were fairly constant followers. 

 Colonel Charles Coyney (the father) for many years com- 

 manded what was then called the 1st Staffordshire Reo'i- 



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ment of Militia — now the 4th North Staffordshire — and 

 his son, Walter Main waring Coyney, was afterwards Cap- 

 tain, then Major, in the same regiment for years. 



Both were fond of hunting, and were good performers 

 across country for some years with these hounds, though 

 latterly, owing to failure of health and residence abroad, 

 they were not often seen with hounds. Walter Coyney 

 was one of the few who got to the end of a remarkable 

 run of five hours in 1857 from Barlaston, which ended 

 with a kill near Leigh Station, as related in the early 

 part of this history. Colonel Coyney died in 1883, and 

 his son, Walter M. Coyney, early in 1884. 



