33^ TJie Pytchley Htint^ Past and Present. 



kindly expressions made use of on that occasion, Mr. 

 'i opham had the gratification of feeling that his efforts 

 to promote sport, and his wish to show hospitality to all 

 during his sojourn in Northamptonshire had not been 

 unappreciated. That he may long live to think of his 

 pleasant days with the Pytchley, and of the friends he 

 left behind him, is the sincere wish of many who still 

 miss the stalwart form and hearty greeting of James 

 Topham, one time owner of Hemplow Hills, and as good 

 an example of the genuine English Fox-Hunter as 

 ever followed hounds. 



MR. ELWORTHY. 



Amongst the more familiar faces of those upon whom 

 Time has served a notice to quit the farm and lands over 

 which for many a year, without payment of rent or 

 acknowledgment, without even a '^ by your leave or with 

 your leave '' to landlord or tenant, they've galloped as if 

 they were their own, is William El worthy, eke landlord 

 of the "Ram Hotel '^ at Northampton, and for some 

 years occupant of the farm at Brixworth, upon which 

 stands the once well-known " Weston's Spinney. •'' 



There are those who appear at the Meets for many 

 another reason than the love of hunting 'pur et simple, 

 but from his earliest youth, to the fine old Sportsman of 

 whom we are speaking, " the hound, the whole hound, 

 and nothing but the hound," has been the motive 

 principle of his constant attendance at the cover- 

 side. 



Without pretence of doing more than what within him 



