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sport. Sir George, as is well known, in his younger days 

 has seen much service, having been in the Crimean War, 

 and also in the Indian Mutiny, with his regiment, the 8 th 

 Hussars, of which he was Lieut. -Colonel before his retire- 

 ment. His first acquaintance with the North Stafibrd- 

 shire Hounds began in 1861, on his return from India, 

 and he hunted with them regularly until he married Miss 

 Alice Bass in 1868, when he went to live in the Meynell 

 country, and hunted there till 1874, when, after succeed- 

 ing to the baronetcy and the family estate at Oakley, 

 he came into residence there, and hunted regularly with 

 the North Staftbrdshire Hounds, going as well as anybody, 

 until about three or four years ago, when the joint effect 

 of "Anno Domini" and a hunting accident stopped him. 

 Sir George has always found foxes for us at Oakley, and 

 there are few who deserve more regard and gratitude from 

 the Hunt. The writer is glad to know that Sir George 

 Chetwode's two sons — both servino; their countrv, one in 

 the army, and the other in the navy — are keen sportsmen, 

 and hunt whenever they get a chance, and bid fair to 

 follow in their father's footsteps, who has been well known 

 for years' as a fine all-round sportsman. 



Captain J. H. Edwards-Heathcote was a familiar figure 

 in the North Staffordshire hunting-field for many years, 

 until Parliamentary duties and change of residence severed 

 the connection. He was the zealous honorary secretary 

 of the Hunt from 1876 to 1885, and no one was more 

 regular in his attendance at the meets, or fonder of the 

 sport than he was, for something like twenty years. At 

 that time he was living at Apedale Hall, his place near 

 Newcastle, and did his three days a week regularly with 

 the North Stafford, always having two good weight- 

 carriers out each day, and seeing as much sport and 

 enjoying it as much as any one. He was always a cheery 

 and amusing companion out hunting, and the regret was 

 general when the Fates, in the shape of smoky ironworks 

 and coal-pits, drove him from North Staffordshire to 

 seek a more congenial residence further south. Captain 



