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As a horseman he was unsurpassed. Since lie took the South Cheshire country 

 he rather ching to the horses he liked, but in his early days he was accustomed 

 to sell annually, and the Cheshire sales, as they were called, were well attended 

 by those wlio did not mind paying a good price for a horse of quality who 

 thoroughly knew his business. The average prices realized were high, and suras of 

 two hundred gnineas and upwards were by no means uncommon. No keener man 

 than Mr. Corbet ever cheered a hound. He was an excellent companion, full of 

 anecdote and quaint sayings. Mr. Corbet (who died on May 4th, 1902) was 

 buried at Adderley, all the prominent followers of the hounds and landowners 

 attending as a mark of respect to so good a sportsman." 



There was a general impression in the North Stafford 

 Hunt that a certain rivalry existed as to horsemanship 

 and handling of hounds between the late Mr. Corbet and 

 Stephen Dickins, and sundry stories were told illustrating 

 this ; but it is beyond all question that the two men were 

 such thorough sportsmen, that each must have had a real 

 respect for the good qualities of the other, and it scarcely 

 seems worth while to perpetuate any jokes or chaff which 

 may have passed current at the time, but which were 

 never meant to have more than an ephemeral existence. 



Mr. F. R. Twemlow, of Peatswood, both as a hunting 

 man and landowner, is entitled to a niche in the temple of 

 fame in connection with the Hunt. Until his regiment — 

 the 4th North Stafford Regiment of Militia — volunteered 

 for active service in South Africa early in the year 1900, 

 he was a constant and prominent follower, and his coverts 

 on the Market Drayton side have often given us a good 

 gallop. Now that he has recently returned to this country, 

 it is to be hoped that he will often be seen with the old 

 pack in his usual place, well in front. 



Major Stamer (16th Lancers), who now acts as joint 

 Master with the Duke, and as deputy Master in his 

 Grace's absence, has for years been a well-known and 

 valuable member of the Hunt, and has earned the regard 

 of the field by his tactful and courteous conduct on all 

 occasions when doing duty as field Master. He is a 

 thorough sportsman, devoted to the Hunt, and does an 

 immense amount of work for it of a quiet and unobtrusive 

 kind, for which he scarcely gets as much credit as he 

 deserves. He is at the present time joint hon. secretary 



