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H WEATHERST fo DEPORBACOASADARABO - PROORO m de bu M Nor 7th 1889 LORD AND LADY BROOKE WITH THE EAST ESSEX . meets Knowing that the rendezvous of the East Essex Foxhounds on Thursday was at Felix Hall , Kelvedon , the abiding place of the popular Master , the " man in the middle of a field " ( turnips or otherwise ) , as placed in juxtaposition with his con frere in the crowd , " or " in the street , " was not at all surprised to find that this was one of the best of the season . Says he , " Measter , beant thaat Ladee Brooke ? " The reply was , " Ees , mon , ' cause don't yer see by her kullers , she's wun of the Royals . " How the colloquy ended - one of the bucolics , by the bye , was smoking a cigar ( ? ) - this deponent knoweth not : at any rate Lady Brooke was deserving the cynosure of many people as could " lens " their optics thitherwards . Mounted on her favourite hunter , " Lazarus , " her ladyship , in her handsome riding costume of pink , and habit of darker hue , was the personification of the mythical goddess whom our anciently remote fore fares delighted in honouring . That bunch of blue violets " -replicaed in many instances - was observed as a delicate intimation in the direction of a hopeful view of the days to come , as regards the agricul tural interest , in which Lady Brooke has a really very personal concern , and that she exercises her position of " real English gentle as a one of the olden time , in ac ( Park ) , with modern ideas , goes without the The house party included Lord and Lady Mr. Cecil Colvin , Major Maclaren , and M Brown ( 1st Royal Dragoons ) , Mr. A. J. E J.P. , and Mr. R. L. Curzon ( Loyal Suffolk E The 1st Royal Dragoons were represented i several officers driving over independer using the iron highway , while others t the distance between Colchester and Felix the well - appointed four - in - hand brake of th ment . The other representatives of that cavalry corps were - Colonel Maclean , Troyte Bullock , Mr. Robertson Aikman , t G. L. Sclater - Booth ( who was accompanied wife ) , Mr. MacMahon , Mr. Wood , an Webb . Mrs. Watson and Miss Colv Master's sisters , led the van i field , with as much vitality and so as they invariably display in the dispensatic hospitality which , as a household word , has s itself to Felix Hall , under their benign The " field , " in addition to those already me included the esteemed hon . sec , Capt . To and Mrs. Townsend , Col. Unthank ( lat Lancers ) , Capt . and Miss Ord , Mr. Dickinson Mr. A. W. Ruggles - Brise was escorted by Master E. and Miss Pleasance , ilk , mounted on steeds capable of de 4eerring do " o'er hedges and ditches ) Bullock ( Faulkbourn ) and Miss Bouverie Wood ( Wakes Colne ) , Mr. and Mrs. Perc Mr. W. E. Grimston , Mr. A. T. Osborne ( C ter ) , Mr. J. S. Surridge , Mr. P. H. Carw Mr. and Mrs. F. Seabrook , Mr. F. Gardner , G. Poulton , Mr. F. Gooday , Mr. Hobbs , Mi Polley , Mr. Charles Wood ( of jockey fame Charles Wood and Mr. Thomas Wood , & c . Mr. Colvin directed his forces to make the attack in the direction of the Upney fas quite at home , aud a veritable Gibralta impregnability , though a sure find you might as well attempt to pass the cel straits without a warning , as samp local forest , and not disturb a fox . The occasion was not the exception which pro rule , and away we went at a rattling p Bradwell Springs ; thence to Linkey , w return ticket " was taken to Upney , and who forgot to pay was found " non the scent , somehow , ended in the of the ethereal . Another find in Storey's resulted in a really grand cross - country spin , very fast and trying to " man and beast . " Bradwell was revisited , and the fox led us in a circle , the end of which he had no intention of elucidating , 80 he , too , vanished from view . There is quite a recent inci dent in connection with the Essex Hunt worth recording . A fox had been pretty considerably chevied , and was ultimately lost in a mysterious The hounds were " cast " here and there , without result , but the middle of a turnip field was left intact : the pursuers passed on , and presently the fox arose from the turnip tops , shook himself , and pursued the even tenor of his way to the lair from which he had been disturbed . O si sic omnia ! manner . ESSEX AND SUFFOLK FOXHOUNDS . were The meet on Tuesday at the Cavalry Barracks , Col chester , was one of the largest of the season . Nearly every hunting man in the Tendring Hundred was there , whilst a strong contingent from the Suffolk side attended . All right royally entertained by Col. Maclean and the officers of the 1st Dragoons , who provided a magnificent breakfast , and whose hand some regimental plate was the admiration of all beholders . Morning was wearing towards noon when the big cavalcade got in motion , making direct for Donyland Wood , which was drawn blank . The furzes and the covers around Berechurch Hall were tried with a like result , and the same fate befell the field at Chess Wood and Kingsford . At Biroh Hall , however , a fox was found , and running in a ring , afforded a good half - hour's spin , during which several spills occurred . The fox , however , was headed back , but eventually escaped , and rain falling heavily the field made for home . THE Το EDITOR . SI , In the first place I am going to pitch into you . Why wer'nt you there ? A sporting editor who dons pink , and moreover , " put's ' em along , too , " has no business to be absent on such an occasion . Had you been present I feel sure that a certain omission would not have occurred ; I mean the proposal of , and the British army . I am sure I may say for my brother farmers and myself that the oftener we can see Colonel Maclean and his gallant Royals over our lands the better we shall like it . Long may they remain with ne , to lead the van when Phil Barthropp touches his horn ( a better amateur hunteman I never had the luck to ride with ) ; and occasionally may we see the seats of their white breeches and boots and spurs in the air ( as occurred on a recent occasion in Suffolk ) , when they charge our hedges and ditches not wisely but too well . - I am , & c . , THOMAS ROGER HICKS . LOYAL SUFFOLK HUSSARS AT FELIX HALL . were The A ( Colchester ) Troop of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars assembled for the first mounted drill of the season at Felix Hall , the residence of Capt . R. Beale Colvin , J.P. , M.F.H. , and High Sheriff of Essex , on Monday . This is the first time Capt . 3 Colvin has met his gallant men and true on the tparade ground , and the same is to be said of Capt . Alexander , who succeeds Major Moller ( now in India with bis regiment ) as adjutant of the regi 9 ment . The members came from such wide - apart districts as Sudbury , Colchester , and Chelmsford , and only one used the railway , the rest traversing the intervening distances by road , the mileage to and fro , in some instances , approach ing thirty miles . The officers present were Captain Colvin , Captain and Adjutant Alexander ( 10th Hussars ) , Lieutenant A. W. Ruggles - Brise , Lieut . R. L Curzon , and Quarter Master Harris Hills . The non - coms . Sergt . - Major Heal , Sergt . Gifford , Hammant Pettitt , and Corpl . Wm . Brown . The 1st Royal Dragoons stationed at Colchester supplied a very useful contingent in the persons of Regi mental - Sergt . - Major Finn , Troop - Sergt . -Majors Barnard , Bird , Field , and Sutton , and Sergt . Burch . The spacious park served as a beautiful drill ground , and the movements , taking into considera tion the fact that there has been no like assembly since last year's annual training , were executed creditably . Sergt . - Major Heal , very at the onset , put the troop through certain evolu . and diminishing the " front , " followed by fierce squadronial attacks , at a trot and gallop . The command was afterwards taken , consecutively , by Captain Colvin , Lieutenant Curzon , Lieutenant A. W. Ruggles - Brise , and Captain Alexander , the manoeuvres concluding with the sword exercise and pursuing practice , as in action , and marching past . Corpl . tions , which had the effect of increasing Drill ora troops . was ve an excelent enect upon the Suffolk What was perhaps wanted in the matter good times . " The expenses attaching to joining the Yeomanry were , he had reason to believe , greatly exaggerated . They might look upon the annual training as a holiday , and do it very econo mically . He proposed the health of the Royals , and adverted to the fact that Col. Maclean had offered to mount their sergeants at the annual training . [ Cheers . ] Regimental Sergt . - Major FINN responded . The healths of Sergt . -Major Heal and Qr . - Matr . Harris Hills were also proposed and received up standing with military honoura . The company then adjourned to the park , where tent - pegging became the order of the afternoon . The hope was freely expressed that before May the Essex troop will be doubled , and such an acces sion of recruits is surely not an impossibility in a county where the chase is so munificently supported . EAST ESSEX FOXHOUNDS . - The East Essex Hounds had a hard day on Saturday from Notley Plough , where a fairly large field , including Lady Brook and about a dozen other fair riders , met the master . Hazleton Wood was the first draw , and , as usual , foxes were soon afoot , one of which went away in view towards Terling , but although the master was quickly on his line there appeared to be a total absence of scent , and as view holloas abounded , Mr Colvin returned , and hounds at once slipped off on the London - road side of Hazleton , and so to the Dragon and Bushey Common . Nothing could be made of this line , and after holding over the Chelmsford read to the little covert on the north , the master became depressed , and decided forthwith to trot on to Man Wood . No sooner were the beauties at work , than a brace of foxes flew away ( loud cheers for the Crowner " ! ) one making for Leighs , and the other , to which the pack settled down , running by Gobious towards Bushey Common , at first pointing for the open , but ultimately skirting the common and by Mr Tabor's covert to Hazleton , already foiled . The fox would not dwell in this dense woodland , but crossed at once to Fairsted Groves , where the scent improved , and the master , swiftly racing through the grove , was lucky enough to view the red rascal making off for the Lodge farm . The ladies , however , were too busy on the line to care for lifting , and when they did move on they found much trouble in store , for the fox had been headed , and after holding over from the sandy point the master was forced to try back , but could not mend matters , so revolved upon aiming for Troys , first running the pack through Stockley , and so to Ivy Wood , and as there was no good news up to this point Mr Colvin was just about to enter Troys , when Percy Wood was clever enough to provide the necessary animal by whipping him out of a small patch of cabbage . The hounds did not at first get on terms , and the master held them for the Rectory , and then bending to the right the pack hunted their quarry into Troys , from which he was soon viewed making the best of his way in the direc tion of White Notley . On reaching the Witham road he dashed down to the Faulkbourn Brook , and , crossing it , slipped over the Braintee rail way , and bending short to the right , passed Hungary Hall , and pointed for Rivenhall Thicks , which he entered , and made his exit on the Witham side , running down to Rivenhall Place , the hounds actually hunting him directly over the bridge which spáns the lake and close the door of the deserted mansion . up Over the grass the scent was better , and the pack , now reduced to uine couples , bent to their work in earnest . Over the Kelvedon - road with a slant towards Stories , which , however , was left wide on the right , poor Charles James now made his final effort , and succumbed to his fate at Maxey Springs , the property of the squire of Bradwell , a rare sportsman of a type now too rare , one who does not shoot , but has plenty of feather and fur for his friends - never buys an egg , and never sells & head of game - all the while holding the fox as sacred as is the stork in Egypt . Loug may he live ! From Troys to the finish fifty - five minutes of good work had been put in , and the master does deserve infinite credit for his untiring exertions . A huntsman has to run the gauntlet of continual criticism , but 21 braces of foxes take some catching , and often has Mr Colvin cleverly worked up to and killed his fox when other and older sportsmen have doubted his cast , and have prematurely condemned it . He doubtless takes his inspiration from those trusted four - footed friends who know not how to speak falsely . The nine couple richly earned their reward , and , although nearly knocked up , they trotted home , perhaps triumphant over their missing sisters who were left with the whips far away in Faulkbourn . Happily Mr Colvin has no desire to quit East Essex , and he certainly should feel more than satisfied with the good sport he has shown during his first and most trying season as huntsman. H.O. , in Essex Chronicle . 1 The East Essex Foxhounds mot on Saturday at the Cock Inn , Boreham . Found in Duke's Wood , when the fox swung for Little Waltham , but turned towards New Hall , crossing the railway and the high road to the left of Boreham Village , eventually entering Boreham Park , and passing through a little spinney down by the Navigation . The fox was next observed some fields ahead , and being pressed by the hounds he turned sharp back into the park , and was finally pulled down , evidently dead beat , in the open . It was a capital sporting run of about three in hour , the first part very fast ; scent good . all wood produced another , which made for Duke's , where the sport was spoiled by too many view - holloas . At length he was got away , and was lost - some thought in a drain at the back of Spring field . PARE SHERIFF OF ESSEX . The Queen has appointed Richard Beale Colvin , of Felix Hall , Kelvedon ( master of the East Essex Foxhounds ) , to be High Sheriff of Essex for the ensuing year . HUSSARS AT FELIX HALL - On Monday morning , at the invitation of Capt . R. B. Colvin ( the Commandant ) , the Colchester troop of Loyal Suffolk Hussars , including the Chelmsford detachment , m Felix Hall , Kelvedon . The officers present , in addition to Capt . Colvin , were Capt . Alexander ( Adjutaut ) , Lieut . R. Brise , and Lieut . Curzon . There was a large muster of members . After a troop drill Capt . Colvin entertained all present to luncheon , which was followed by tent pegging . The day , which was fine in the morning , turned out very unfavourable , and the members had a wet ride home . NINTH ( Queen's Royal ) LANCERS POINT - TO - POINT STEEPLECHASE , APRIL 1st , 1890 . Catch Weights over 12st . 7lb . About 4 miles . 4.1 . - Captain Bishop's ch . m . " Countess " .. 2.-Mr. Ellison's ch . m . " Lady Castlereagh ' 3. Mr. de Laski's b . m . " Santa Maria 4.- Mr. de Laski's br . g . " Redway " . LORD DOUGLAS COMPTON CAPT . JENNER OWNER " } .... 5. Mr. de Laski's b . " Matchbox " . 6. Mr. Campbell's b . m . " Chimora 7 Mr. Fiennes b . m . " Belgravia 2- 8.-Mr. Fiennes ' b . g . " Donovan " . 9.-Mr. Fiennes ' g . g . " None Better ' 10. Mr. W. Schröder's b . g . " Boycott " 11. - Capt . Duff's b . m . " Miss Monk " 3.12 . - Lord C. Bentinck's g . m . " Shamrock " 13 Lord C. Bentinck's b . g . " Torpedo " . 14. Major B. Gough's ch . m . " Moodkee 15. - The Hon . V. Pelham's b . m . " Lady Marguerite " Paul " 16. - The Hon . L. King Noel's b . 17. - Capt . Little's ch . m . " Rice 18. - Col . the Hon . Heneage Legge's b . g . .OWNER .OWNER OWNER OWNER .Mr . STANLEY .OWNER ... OWNER OWNER Mr. HENRY ......... OWNER OWNER ....... OWNER .OWNER " Conqueror " OWNER 20. - Capt . Cameron's ch . m . " Relic " . 21. - Capt . Lamont's b . m . " Una " . 22. - Capt . Colvin's g . g . " The Elephant " . 19. Col. the Hon . Heneage Legge's b . g . " Mystery " . CAPT . THE HON . C. WILLOUGHBY .OWNER .OWNER ........ OWNER Puppy - walking , we see , has been attacked as a survival of " feudal " tyranny , and stigmatised as a " hardship upon tenantry . " Now , nothing could be farther from the truth . The days when the service was compulsory have passed , and it is absurd even to say that the farmer of the present day bas to take puppies in hand , whether he wishes to or not , for fear of losing his holding or getting into the bad books of " the Castle , the Lodge , or the Hall . " But , perhaps , the best answer to the silly denouncers of the good old - fashioned system of puppy - walking , is such a meeting as was held the other day at the Kennels of the East Essex Hunt . The master , Mr. Beale Colvin , was in the chair , and round him were not only the gentlemen and yeomen of the country , but the poor down - trodden tenants who brought their puppies to the seat of judgment . Nothing could have been healthier in tone , more admirable in sentiment , than this meet ing of the country side in the common cause of encouragement of the national sport . The hero of the day was Mr. Chickall , who had walked puppies for a score of masters for nearly fifty years , and right proud he was of his prizes and the handsome clock which , amidst great applause , was presented to him in recognition of his services to county fox hunting . There was no nonsense talked about " feudal tyranny . " 1 |
