INDEX. 



357 



Sillito, Mr. William, 238 



Simpson, Mr. A., 142 ; as joint hon. 

 secretary, 155 ; his enerj^^y, 241 ; 

 author's indebtedness to, 241, 263 



Simpson, Mr., of Ankerton, 152 



Simpson, Mr. Edward, 238 



Slasher (horse), 27 



Smith, Captain Hyde, 42 



Smith, Sydney, visit to Maer, 19 



Sneyd-K3'nnersle.v, Mr. T., poem by, 

 109 



Sneyd, Mr. R., joint Master, 183 ; his 

 care of Keele coverts, 244 



Stableford Bridge, meet at, 65 



Stafford, second Marquis of, marriage 

 to the Countess of Sutherland, 90. 

 See also Sutherland, Duke of 



Stafford, Marchioness of. See Suther- 

 land, Duchess of 



Stallington Hall, meet at, 219 



Stamer, Major, as joint Master, 240, 

 263 



Standon, meets at, 144, 272 



Staples, Will, 4 



Stoke-by-Stone, meets at, 52, 54, 158, 

 159, 187, 219, 2GG 



Stoke Hotel, Hunt General Meetings, 

 42, 185 



Strathnaver (the Duke's stud horse), 

 253 



Sugnall, meets at, 126, 160, 260 



Sugnall House, meet at, 152 



Sutherlard, Duchess Countess Eliza- 

 betn, as Baroness Strathnaver, 

 most ancient title in Britain, 89, 

 99. See also Duchess Countess 



Sutherland, Duchess Harriet of, refer- 

 ence by,Mr. Gladstone, 88, 89, 94, 

 95 



Sutherland, Duchess of, account of 

 tour, 142 ; at Woore meet, 160 ; 

 interest in the Hunt, 287 ; favourite 

 horses, 252 ; accident to, 274 



Sutherland, Dukes of, family history, 

 94 



Sutherland, first Duke of, friendship of 

 the King and Queen of France, 

 90; love of art, 91; death at 

 Dunrobin, 91 



Sutherland, second Duke of, 94 



Sutherland, third Duke of, entertains 

 Prince and Princess of Wales (now 



King and Queen) at Trenthara, 

 22 ; serves on Committee of 

 Management, 43 ; fondness for 

 hunting, 96 

 Sutherland, fourth Duke of, 44, 57, 58 ; 

 succeeds Colonel Nugent as Master, 

 85 ; marriage, 130 ; presentation of 

 the Silver Fox, 131 ; pounded by 

 wire, 138, 142; tour round the 

 world, 142 ; unanimous thanks from 

 members, 155; at Woore meet, 

 160 ; entertain members of Covert 

 Fund, 161 ; again accepts the 

 Mastership, 176 ; succeeds to the 

 Dukedom, 191 ; institutes the 

 Puppy Judging Show, 103 ; pre- 

 sentation of portrait, 225; generous 

 gift of kennels, 249 ; popularity as 

 Master, 253 ; anxieties as Master, 

 254 ; erects fences at twenty -eight 

 farms, 269 ; success of the Hunt 

 due to, 295 

 Sutherland Highlanders, 93 

 Swift, Mr. George, 27, 169 

 Swynnerton, meets at, 12, 16 

 Swynnerton Old Park, meets at, 52, 

 54, 132, 147, 148, 199, 221 



Talbot, Lady Adelaide, 37, 236 

 Talbot, Lady Gertrude, 37, 236 

 Talbot, Lady Gwendoline, 58 

 Talbot, Lady Muriel, 58 

 Talbot, Lord, of Ingestre (afterwards 



Eari of Shrewsbury), 1, 18, 236 

 Tarbat, Lord, 40 

 Tatton, Billy, 27 

 Tayleur, Mr. C, 142 

 Taylor, Mr. James, 246 

 Taylor, Mr. Peter, 149 

 Thompson, Miss (afterwards Mrs. 



McVitie), 237 

 Thompson, Mr,, 245 

 Thornhill, Mr., 18 

 Thynne, Lord H., 18 

 Tinsley, Mr. C. F., 134, 247 

 Tipperary (horse), 166 

 Tittensor, meet at, 11 

 Tollemache, Mr. H., 141 

 Toilet, Mr. George, 8 

 Toon, Mr. H., 238 

 Traps, hounds caught in, 16 



