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CHAPTER XVI. 



MEMBERS OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HUNT MR. R. N. 



WOOD — SIR G. CHETWODE— CAPTAIN EDWARDS- HEATH- 

 COTE — SIR D. L. BROUGHTON — MR. BASIL FITZHERBERT 



— MR. FITZHERBERT BROCKHOLES — MR. H. CHAPLIN 



SIR C. M. WOLSELEY. 



Mr. Reginald Newcome Wood, of Bignall End, is a 

 sterling sportsman who lias been hunting with these 

 hounds for more years than he would perhaps care to 

 count, and has always gone in the front rank — a capital 

 sportsman, with his heart in the right place ; a first-class 

 rider to hounds, with a thorough knowledge of the noble 

 science, usually well mounted, and whose motto is, " Be 

 with them I will." He has had some very good horses, 

 and has generally taught them nearly all they know, and 

 at the present time, after more than thirty years' experi- 

 ence, he is going as well as ever. Moreover, he has done 

 excellent service to the Hunt, as honorary secretary of 

 the Covert Fund for upwards of thirty years, and for 

 several years he was joint honorary secretary with Mr. 

 A. Simpson to the Hunt Committee — altogether an in- 

 valuable coadjutor to the Master and to the Hunt. The 

 present writer is deeply indebted to Mr. Wood for much 

 kind help and information for the purposes of this work. 

 Mr. Wood married Miss Emily Anne Davenport, of Maer 

 Hall. 



Sir George Chetwode, of Oakley, is one of the veteran 

 members of the Hunt, and one of its best supporters, both 

 as a fox-preserver and generous subscriber to the Hunt 

 funds, and, until quite recently, as a keen follower of the 



