■2U THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOUNDS. 



were Galway Hunt horses, and soon mastered the art 

 of crossing the North Stafford country. Mr. Vaughan- 

 Williams has, in his time, ridden with more than forty 

 packs of hounds, and thinks the North Stafford country 

 one of the most sporting and best scenting countries 

 he has known. He considers that the North Stafford- 

 shire Hounds combine looks, work, and breeding in a 

 high degree. 



Of landowning fox-hunters of the younger generation 

 mention should be made of Sir Hill Child, the second 

 Baronet, of Stallington Hall, whose coverts at Stallington 

 constantly afford a good gallop, and who himself enjoys 

 the sport as much as any one, when not kept away by 

 military duties. Sir Hill Child returned from South 

 Africa some months ago from service with his regiment, 

 the Irish Guards. 



Mr. Ralph Donaldson-Hudson, too, of Cheswardine 

 Hall, on the Market Drayton side, is in much the same 

 category, and deserves honourable mention as a young 

 landowner of fox-preserving and fox-hunting proclivities, 

 whose coverts generally hold the right animal, and who 

 follows hounds himself with keenness and enjoyment. 



Mr. Ralph Sneyd, of Keele Hall, was at one time joint 

 Field Master with the Duke, and, if only he regularly 

 resided at his Staffordshire home, would be an invaluable 

 member of the Hunt. Unfortunately, however, for some 

 time past Mr. Sneyd has not lived at Keele, which has 

 been recently let to the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, 

 and it is quite a long time since Mr. Sneyd has been seen 

 out with the North Stafford ; but his Keele coverts are 

 seldom drawn blank, and the Keele keepers have solved 

 the problem of preserving foxes as well as pheasants, to 

 the satisfaction of every one concerned. Needless to add 

 that so true a sportsman as Mr. Sneyd will be welcomed 

 by every member of the Hunt whenever it may suit him 

 to rejoin the old pack. 



Lord Henry Grosvenor, who a few years since came 

 to live at Tittensor Chase, a charming place on the 



