Messrs. Ttirncll, Forster, Whitehead. 345 



To the last hour of his life, will the occupant of the 

 little red-brick house, standing apart in the big grass- 

 field outside the village, have cause to remember, amongst 

 other guests, the Empress of Austria, H.R.H the 

 Princess of Wales, and H.R.H. Princess Mary of Teck, 

 &c. &c. 



The effacing fingers of ^' Free Trade '' and *^ Science ^' 

 sweep away one after another of those who looked to the 

 land for a livelihood ; and it would almost seem as if 

 what used to be considered the backbone of hunting, 

 must sooner or later cease to exist. 



MESSRS. TOM TURNELL, LUCAS FORSTER, 

 AND W. WHITEHEAD. 



A SELECT and fortunate few may still be found to make 

 up the thinned proportions of a Pytchley Monday Meet ; 

 and amongst these three wearers of the once highly- 

 favoured cap are worthy representatives of a class, which 

 from the earliest times occupied a peculiarly-honoured 

 place in the social system. 



To Oakley as well as to Pytchley men on the " seamy " 

 side, the welter forms of Tom Turnell and of William 

 Whitehead are scarcely less familiar than that of Sywell 

 Wood itself: whilst the spare figure and sporting-look of 

 Lucas Forster complete a trio remarkable in any Field. 

 Upon each, Time has laid his finger with a more or less 

 gentle pressure ; and if the first somewhat markedly holds 

 out the sign of the " frosty pow,-*' the other two have 

 no great pull in the matter of years gone by. 



