Mr. Elworthy — Mr. Widdowson. ^yl^"] 



lay, a thorough knowledge of country and a ^good eye to 

 hounds, enabled the owner of the small but well-shaped 

 hunter to see the choice bits of most of the good gallops 

 of his time ; and his name is to be seen amongst the few 

 who were up at the end of the famous run from 

 Kilworth to Boug'hton during the Mastership of Lord 

 Hopetoun. 



With a memory teeming with the recollection of events 

 of former days, the stndent of the history of the Pytchley 

 Hunt, of the great duels of the Prize-Ring, and of sundry 

 incidents connected with the Turf, will find no better 

 source to which he may apply for information. Speak 

 to him of " Goody Levi," '^ Pickle Higgins,'^ and the 

 '^ top-booted old Yeoman of Sywell,^' and the whole 

 drama of the ^^ Running Rein Robbery " will be placed 

 before you ; whilst a still- smouldering admiration for the 

 heroes of the *^ Lemon and the Sponge ^' will lead him 

 on very slight provocation to dilate on the occurrences 

 of certain — so-called — " Glorious Battles/' of which he 

 himself was an eye-witness. 



Though no longer to be seen jogging alongside of the 

 Huntsman to the Meet at Sywell Wood or Lamport Hall, 

 his interest in the proceedings of the " P.H." in no way 

 waxes faint ; and it is to be hoped that many a year will 

 elapse ere the respected subject of this brief memoir 

 will cease to " babble o' green fields,^' grand runs, and 

 Mr. George Payne. 



MR. WILLIAM WIDDOWSON. 



Though the name of William Widdowson of Great 



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