With the Pytchley, loi 



thereby the names of several ladies to the already 

 long^ but not long enough, list of subscribers to this 

 admirable institution, to which, by the bye., the 

 Dowager Marchioness of Westminster has given the 

 noble donation of £300; Mr. Muntz ; Mr. J. A. 

 Craven, ex-Master of the Pytchley; I\Ir. Ridgway, 

 who, in his anxiety to be present at Crick, started 

 from Paris the evening before at eight o^ clock after 

 dining at the station, and was found quietly break- 

 fasting at the Greorge at Rugby the following morning 

 at ten o^ clock, appearing as fresh as paint as he 

 passed me on his way to cover; Colonel Fitzroy, 

 who resides in Rugby; Mr. Fitz Oldacre, who rides 

 as well as ever he did in his life, which is saying 

 a great deal, for a better horseman never put foot 

 in a stirrup, and 1 say that after forty years^ acquaint- 

 ance with this well-known sportsman; Mr. Whitfield, 

 another good man who never goes wrong, as tough 

 as a telegraph wire, without an ounce of superfluous 

 flesh, as neat a horseman and as hard a rider as 

 you will find in a very long day^s march, who may 

 also lay claim to the title of "Yeteran,^^ a handful 

 more or less of years not seeming to impede his going 

 in the slightest degree. 



So far I have chronicled the attendance of hard- 

 riding men, but it now becomes my pleasure to record 

 the presence of a number of ladies, who, in addition 

 to being graceful horsewomen, are exceedingly good 

 goers across country. 



First on the list is Mrs. Arthur, so long and well 

 known to all who have hunted with the Pytchley, a3 

 a first-rate and distinguished sportswoman ; Mrs. Ed- 

 ward Kennard, Mrs. Prit chard Rayner, Mrs. Corbet 



