lyH TJie Pytchley Hunt, Past and Present. 



entertainment guve unfeigned satisfaction-, and forged 

 anotlier link of union between guest and parting host. 

 So deeply indeed had the " Captain ^' made his way into 

 the hearts of all connected with the " P.H.,"' that it was 

 resolved as a parting gift to present him with his portrait, 

 painted by Sir Francis Grant, the greatest artist of the 

 day. On the completion of the picture, a work of art 

 worthy of the painter^ in which Captain Thomson is 

 depicted on the back of "Iris/^ surrounded by five 

 favourite hounds — all admirable likenesses — it was de- 

 termined to follow the precedent of Mr. George Payne's 

 ceremonial, and present it at a dinner to be held at 

 the George Hotel. Colonel Loyd Lindsay (now Lord 

 Wantage) presided, having on his right and left the late 

 and present Master, whilst the vice-chair was occupied 

 by Mr. Matthew Oldacre of Clipston. 



Amongst a company too numerous to individualize, 

 were the Earl of Rosslyn, the Hon. H. Liddell, the 

 Eight Hon. G. Ward Hunt, M.P., Mr. Sackville Stopford, 

 M.P., Major Fairfax Cartwright, M.P., Albert Pell Esq., 

 M.P., Major G. Whyte Melville, the Hon. Fitzpatrick 

 Vernon, Sir F. Horn, Sir C. Isham, Bart., Sir Algernon 

 Peyton, Bart., Messrs. E,. Lee Bevan, H. 0. Nethercote, 

 A. A. Young, H. H. Hungerford, Col. Arthur, Col. 

 Maddocks, W. G. Duncan, L. Thursby, John Oliver, 

 J. Bennett, the Eev. C. F. Watkins, &c., &c. The latter, 

 in virtue of his office as Vicar of Brixworth, returned 

 thanks for the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese, and 

 remarked that, *^ though no sportsman himself, he came 

 there that ©•cuing, not only innocently but imperatively, 

 as the clergyman ol the parish in which the kennels were 

 situated, to pay respect to the gentleman whom they had 



