26 The Old Surrey Fox Hounds 



or thereabouts, the leading men were General Sir Edward 

 Warde ; then came Colonel Sarsfield Greene, familiarly- 

 known as i Snipey,' and Colonel Calvert, the Master of 

 the Crawley and Horsham, whom nobody could beat ; 

 and then Captain Majendie, c Plucky ' Penn, Schrieber, 

 Brigade-Major Pearce, and Colonel Luke. A little later 

 were Joe Forbes, poor Driver Browne, and Mr. Annesley." 

 Our chief object in giving the foregoing list is to show 

 what a variety of good sportsmen — drawn from almost 

 every class of the community, from peer to peasant, from 

 rich to poor — have hunted with the Old Surrey. Needless 

 to add, though we do so with regret, many of the names 

 enumerated are no longer borne by a living personality : 

 the dread reaper has removed them from the scene. Yet, 

 indubitably, it is pleasant to place on record some account 

 of their achievements : how they consistently supported 

 the Old Surrey with all the enthusiasm of their nature, 

 how heartily they enjoyed themselves in pursuit of fox, 

 and how many of them, hunting to the last, reached a very 

 advanced age. As one of those celebrities used to say, 

 when he was still hunting and over eighty, " I expect they 

 will have to shoot me on the Day of Judgment." But, 

 happily, that was not what happened. Nearing ninety, he 

 consented to pass away in the orthodox manner. 



