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A GUIDE 
 
 FOXHOUNDS AND STAGHOUNDS 
 
 ENGLAND; 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED, 
 
 THE OTTER-HOUNDS AND HARRIERS 
 
 SEVERAL COUNTIES 
 
 " Hounds £ud their various breed. 
 And no less various use." — Som. 
 
 By GELEllT. 
 
 LONDON: 
 VVHITTAKER & CO., AVE MARIA LANE. 
 
 18-i9. 
 

 LONDON: 
 
 VRTNTEC BY JOSEPH ROGERSON, 24, NORFOLK-STREET, STRAND. 
 
DEDICATION. 
 
 To my " Brethren of the Couples"— to all classes in- 
 discrimmately, whether gentle or simple— to all who love 
 hunting, are these pages dedicated, with best wishes for 
 their futm^e sport and an unbounded respect for their 
 manly attachment. '' Hunting," Beckford tells us, " is 
 the soul of a country life ; it gives health to the body 
 and content to the mind, and is one of the few pleasures 
 we can enjoy in society, without prejudice either to our- 
 selves or our friends." 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 . This little work owes its origin to the following cir- 
 cumstance : — On the day of the last " Derby," just as 
 Surplice had accomplished his victory, a gentleman was 
 pointed out to me as having lately succeeded to a pack 
 of Foxhounds, in the North of England ; but my in- 
 formant could neither tell me the name of the hounds, 
 nor the country which they hunted. My cm'iosity was 
 at fault ; and I at once conceived the plan of collecting 
 materials which might afford me information on such 
 subjects, and be of still farther use as a book of reference 
 to the hunting world. 
 
 The Army, Navy, and Church have their Lists ; the 
 Court has its Guide, and Tradesmen theu* Directories ; 
 but that the hunting community of England, which com- 
 prises, at least to an equal degree, the wealth, rank, and 
 station of the land ; which has been described in Parlia- 
 
VI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 ment as a '' national bulwark," and the revenue of which 
 exceeds that of any service — aye, raised and expended^ as 
 it is, on its own native soil, in our own country ; is it not 
 strange, passing strange, I say, that this great and in- 
 fluential body should have remained so long unrepresented 
 by some work of reference, some guide, to point and ex- 
 patiate upon the green pastures and merry woodlands, 
 which create and foster its very existence ? This defi- 
 ciency I have endeavoured to supply in the following 
 pages. I am, however, fully conscious of the errors and 
 omissions which, from various causes, not altogether at- 
 tributable to myself, will be found therein ; but if from 
 a first-season hound the qualities and perfections of a 
 more experienced one be expected, disappointment will 
 be the certain result. When he is off" the line, give him 
 a little room to turn ; let him swing round, stoop, and 
 feel for the scent ; and in another season or so your 
 young hound may come out in better form, and give 
 more satisfaction to the man who handles him with tem- 
 perance and judgment. 
 
 Mr. Tom Smith, in his ''Life of a Fox," savs : '' I 
 
INTRODUCTION. Vll 
 
 have heard the following lines recited by one who said 
 that they ought to be put up over the mantel-piece of 
 every farmer in the kingdom." Their sound sense and 
 good advice are so unquestionable, that I cannot refrain 
 from giving them further publicity. 
 
 *' Attend, ye farmers, to this tale ; 
 And when ye mend the broken rail. 
 Reflect with pleasure on a sport 
 That lures your landlord from the Court, 
 To dwell and spend his rents among 
 The country folk, from whom they sprung. 
 And should his steed, with trampling feet, 
 Be urged across your tender wheat, 
 Tliat steed, perchance, hy you was bred, 
 And youf'S the corn by which he's fed : 
 Ah ! then, restrain your rising ire, 
 Nor rashly curse the hunting squire." — Warburton. 
 
 G. 
 
PART I. 
 
 BEDFORDSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Oakley. 
 
 Major Hogg. 
 
 Major Hogg. 
 
 Mon., Thur., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Cranfield; Oakley; Wavendon ; Chicherley; 
 Moulsor Wood ; Sherrington Toll-bar ; Clifton Spinnies ; Brom- 
 ham; Kempston Wood. 
 
 The ensuing will be Major Hogg's first season as Master 
 of the Oakley. We can rather congratulate him on the 
 character of his hounds than on the quality of his country, 
 which is principally '' plough/' and little famed for holding 
 a good scent ; however, perseverance will, we trust, carry the 
 gallant Major as successfully through a fox-campaign as it 
 did when he rattled the jackals with a pack of Enghsh fox- 
 hounds through the wilds of Kaffir land, with Mr. Arkwright 
 for his first whip. The Oakley is particularly well horsed 
 for the ensuing season. 
 
A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 BERKSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Bramshill. 
 
 Sir John Cope. 
 
 Shirley. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Bramshill; Shirfiekl; TilneyHall; Everley; 
 Swallow Field ; Strathfieldsaye Park ; Blackwood ; Risely Mill ; 
 Hartley Row; Farnboro' ; Windsor Park; Osdean Common; 
 Slade Heath ; Nettlebed ; also, part of Hampshire. 
 
 Nimrod, speaking of Sir J. Copers hounds 25 years ago^ 
 says, " His hounds are much admired for shape and make, 
 very quick, and said to be particularly powerful in cover, 
 where no fox can stand them long.^^ The character of Sir 
 J. Cope's hounds is still very much the same ; they are very 
 full of bone, and handsome as pictures. The country is very 
 so-so. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Old Berk- 
 shire. 
 
 Mr. J. Morrell,Jun. 
 
 John Jones. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Buscot ; Wadley ; Uffington Wood ; King- 
 ston Lisle; Tar AVood; Nuneham Park; Pusey; Milton Hill; 
 Marcham Park; Wytham; Tubney Brake; Cokethorpe Park; 
 Farringdon Grove. 
 
 Mr. Morrell has just started in command of the Old Berk- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 shire ; and^ though a young Master of Foxhounds, he has 
 long been a fox-hunter : for many years he has also kept a 
 pack of famous harriers, and has entered more freshmen 
 at the Noble Science than the oldest Vice-Chancellor upon 
 record. This country was hunted by the celebrated Mr. 
 Harvev Combe, and the no less celebrated Oldakers. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOTDNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The South Berk- ^^ ^ Montague. 
 
 D. Edwards. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 No fixtures preferred. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Craven. 
 
 Mr. F, ViUebois. 
 
 Foote. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Sidmonton Common ; Brinslade ; White 
 Hill; Hunt's Green; Greenham; Heathanger; Great ShefFord ; 
 Henswood; Alborne Chase. 
 
 This country was hunted by the famous John Warde for 
 eleven seasons ; and though it has been designated as a cold, 
 heavy, and cheerless country, he fully maintained in it the 
 laurels he had earned in Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, 
 by showing a vast deal of sport during his mastership. John 
 Warde, in speaking to a friend on the character of this 
 country, said, '' he was sure he was sent there as a punish- 
 ment for his sins." 
 
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A iJUlUi;; TO THE 
 STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Royal Stag- 
 bounds. 
 
 Earl of Besborouffli. Mr. C. Davis. 
 
 Men., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Uxbridge; Hillingdon; Hayes ; Beaconsfield; 
 Brick Bridge; Riching's Park. 
 
 BUCKS. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Lord Southamp- 
 ton's. 
 
 Lord Southampton. 
 
 Wm. Butler. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Whistley Wood ; Braddon; Foxley; Wood- 
 end Green ; Foster's Booth ; Wicken Park ; Tile House j Kennels 
 at Whittlebury. 
 
 Also hunt part of Northamptonshire. These hounds and 
 Mr. Selby Lowndes^ divide the country hunted by the late 
 Duke of Grafton. Lord Southampton's may be considered 
 as a woodland country, having a chain of covers extending 
 from one end of it to the other : there is, however, on each 
 side a good deal of grass, the soil is deep and holding, but 
 the fences generally light. There are some slapping fine dog 
 hounds in Lord Southampton's kennels, which, in decent 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 5 
 
 weather, ought to kill the best fox that ever was littered ; 
 but the bitches, with the exception of a few couple, have not 
 that substance and bulk which you would expect to see in 
 the same kennel, and which, indeed, are essentials to the 
 endurance of a fox-hound. Butler came from the '' Bads- 
 worth,^^ and left that country with the best wishes of many 
 distinguished sportsmen who. highly appreciated his abilities 
 and judgment in the field, especially as a woodland hunts- 
 man. Lord Southampton purchased Mr. Harvey Combers 
 pack. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Whaddon 
 Chase Hounds. 
 
 Mr. W. Selby 
 Lowndes. 
 
 Mr. Lowndes. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Nash Common ; Furzen Field ; Creslow, 
 near Aylesbury ; Lynford Wood ; Beech-hampton Grove ; Shen- 
 ley; Drayton Cross-road; Salden Windmill; Whaddon Com- 
 mon. 
 
 Mr. Lowndes' is a bitch pack, consisting of about 25 couple 
 of hunting hounds, whicli, for bone, blood, and beauty, are 
 not to be surpassed. There is a report in circulation that 
 their fixtures will not be advertised for the future ; a circum- 
 stance, if true, which will cause infinite regret to all lovers of 
 the chase. Mr. Lowndes' hounds are remarkably good 
 drawers ; every ho and gets over head and ears into cover the 
 moment the signal is given. The Vale of Aylesbury is their 
 favoured country. 
 
A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTERS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OK 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Barons Roths- 
 child. 
 
 Barons Meyer and 
 Lionel Rothschild. 
 
 Tom Balls. 
 
 Mon., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Hardwick; Adstock ; Aston Abbotts; 
 Winslow ; Little Horwood ; Liscombe Park ; Oving ; Rowsham ; 
 Broughton Farm ; Aston Clinton. 
 
 The Vale of Aylesbury is doubly blessed. 
 
 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 '^' ^sMre."'^^" ^^'- ^^'''- B^"-"^"- 
 
 John Ward. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Putton Wood; Ickwell Green; Harlton 
 Wheat Sheaf; Sandy Warren; Long Stanton; Waresly; War- 
 den Village ; Tempsford Hall. 
 
 The Cambridgeshire country extends also into Hunting- 
 donshire, on which side it is most favourable for fox-hunting. 
 Mr. Barnett and John Ward have hunted the country for 
 many years, and two more determined fox-hunters, as master 
 and man, were ne\er coupled together. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 CARDIGANSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF j 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Goggerddan. 
 
 Mr. Pryse Pryse, 
 M.P. 
 
 Mr. P. Pryse, 
 Jun. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the Aberystwith Cuimtry. 
 
 Mr. Pryse Pryse has kept houuds for a number of years, 
 and is well known throughout the principality, as a promoter 
 of " the noble science" and of every manly and rational 
 amusement. We sincerely trust his breed will be perpetuated 
 usque ad ceternum. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Teivy Side. 
 
 Mr. W. Lewis. 
 
 Mr. W. Lewis. 
 
 Men., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Kerry Bridge; Lecpryd Bridge; Henllan 
 Bridge. 
 
 Also hunt part of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. 
 The country is well stocked with foxes, and on the Cardigan- 
 shire side is very good, but the covers there are scarce. Mr. 
 Lewis succeeded Captain Lloyd in the management of the 
 Teivv Side. 
 
A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 CARMARTHENSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDn. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Carmarthen- 
 shire. 
 
 Capt. Edwardes 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the Country round Carmarthen. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Powell's. 
 
 Mr. Powell. 
 
 Mr. Powell. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— From the Kennels at Maesgwynne. 
 
 CHESHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OE 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Cheshire. 
 
 Captain White. 
 
 Markwell. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Crewe Hall; Daresbury; Withington ; 
 Twemlow Hall; Tilstone ; Cholmondeley ; Ravensmoor Wind- 
 mill j Wilkesley Village; Wrenbury. 
 
 A great portion of the Cheshire country is very good, the 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 9 
 
 fences are for the most part practicable^ and those who have 
 hunted with the present pack speak well of its performances. 
 Joe Maiden, now huntsman to the North Staffordshire, 
 hunted " The Cheshire" for some seasons. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Fhe Four Burrow, i Mr. Wm. Daubuz. Wm. Collins. 
 
 Mon., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The Victoria Inn ; Ludoc Wood ; Bishop 
 Wood ; Reskymer Bridge. 
 
 This country extends from Bodmin to Helstone, and is 
 well stocked with foxes, " wild as the winds." It includes a 
 fine range of grassy moors. The pack is kept up by annual 
 puppy drafts from Lord Fitzhardinge^s and the Oakely 
 kennels. 
 
 DENBIGHSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Wynnstay. 
 
 Sir W. W. Wynn. 
 
 J. Walker. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Carding; Parndon; Wynnstay; Chorlton 
 Hall; Halston Gates; Penley Hall; Twemlows; Green Dragon, 
 Chirk; Queen's Head, Hawkestone; Cloverley; Abermorddu 
 Gate; Hardwick; Gresford. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Also hunt part of Cheshire^ Flintshire^ and Shropshire. 
 Walker came to Sir Watkin from the Fife^ where he was 
 much valued as a clever kennel huntsman and a good man in 
 the field. Sir Watkin enters into a liberal contract with him 
 for the draft hounds, in order that he may have the pleasure 
 oi giving them away to his friends. The Yfynnstay Hunt is 
 justly considered as one of the most agreeable in the king- 
 dom. The kennels are in Denbighshire about a mile from 
 Wynnstay. Sir Watkin has no subscription, and the whole 
 establishment is kept up in first-rate style. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 XAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 
 
 DAYS OF 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Lyneham, 
 S. D. 
 
 Mr. Trelawny. 
 
 Limpetty. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Delamore; Glaze Bridge; Slade; Ivy 
 Bridge ; Goodamoor ; Tolchmoor Gate. 
 
 The Lyneham, under Mr. Trelawny, are indebted to many 
 of the best kennels in England for their blood ; to the Duke 
 of Grafton, Lord Fitzw illiam, the Duke of Rutland, and Mr. 
 Assheton Smith. About six years ago the pack was re- 
 modelled, Mr. Trelawny having purchased the North Warwick 
 entire pack, and from these a selection was made very much 
 to the advantage of the Old Lyneham. Tliough at present, a 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 11 
 
 very superior pack, it owes its origin to rather a wild stock, 
 having been grafted many years ago by the late Mr. John C. 
 Bulteel, on a pack of very killing hounds, kept by Mr. Pode, 
 of Slade Hall, a good sportsman of the old school, and hunted 
 by John Roberts : but we doubt very much if one drop of the 
 old leaven could be traced in the present kennels. They 
 have a few, and a very few, good meets ; but among these an 
 occasional fox is found that compensates for the trouble and 
 disappointment of ten seasons. Mr. Trelawny's " field^^ is a 
 small one^ but it consists of as staunch and thorough-going 
 fox-hunters as live. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The North Devon. 
 
 Mr. Russell. 
 
 Mr. Russell. 
 
 Mon., Thur.. 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Bratton Village; North Molton; Yard 
 Down ; Mervin Arms ; Bray Ford ; Rockley. 
 
 Mr. Russell has hunted the North of Devon with great 
 success and perseverance for more than 30 years. Foxes are 
 very plentiful, and his popularity as a Master of Hounds is 
 unbounded. Lord Poltimore, Mr. Knig^lt, of Exmoor, and 
 Sir Arthur Chichester give him their cordial support, and a 
 man had better turn highwayman than murder a fox in Mr. 
 RusselFs country. There is a Club at South Molton_, where 
 the members of several diifferent hunts meet for a fortnight, 
 in the autumn and spring of each season, and hunt every 
 day. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Eggesford, 
 N. D. 
 
 Hon. Newton Fel- 
 lowes. 
 
 Mr. N. Fellowes. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Romansleigli Beacon; Bradford Brake; 
 The Gidley Arms ; Farleigh's Grave. 
 
 Mr. Newton Fellowes is a son of the Hon. Newton Fellowes, 
 whose hounds Nimrod speaks of, but did not see, though he 
 went into Devonshire almost on purpose to have a look at 
 them. He bids fair to tread in the steps of his sire, who has 
 long been known to the hunting and racing world as a man 
 of honour and a sportsman to his hearths core. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Tiverton, 
 
 N. D. 
 
 Mr. Thos. Carew. 
 
 JohnBeale. ^""^J^''"'- 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Gibbet Moor; The Commons, near Dul- 
 verton; Winsford ; and Witheridge Moor. 
 
 The Tiverton hounds have a fine wild grassy country, which 
 generally holds a scent ; and, as foxes are plentiful, a fair share 
 of sport falls to their lot ; they too have gone abroad for their 
 blood, and owe their stoutness to the Warwickshire, the 
 Quorn, and the Bel voir kennels. We have ail heard of the 
 ancient practice of stirring up the punch-bowl with a fox^s 
 brush, but the Tiverton gentlemen have a punch-bowl that 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 has been known to hold a whole fox^ aye, many a one too, 
 alive, and wild as the moors on which they were bred.* 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Devon, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Lane. 
 
 Mr. Lane. 
 
 Mon., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The Round 0; Oxton ; Ogwell; Sandy 
 Gate; Haccombe; Furzeley. 
 
 Mr. Lane is unfortunate in his countrj^, it being, without 
 doubt, one of the worst in England. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Sir H. Scale's, 
 S. D. 
 
 Sir H. Seale. 
 
 Sir H. Seale. 
 
 Tues., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Stanboro' Gate; Morley; Gara Bridge; 
 Fallapit ; Berry ; Halwell Village. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 ]VIr. Morgan's 
 Hounds, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Morgan. 
 
 Mr. Lemon. 
 
 Mon., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Horse Bridge; Callington New Bridge; 
 Greystone Bridge ; on the South Western side of Dartmoor. 
 
 To those who have not hunted with the Tiverton hounds it will be 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Furse's, N.D. 
 
 Mr. Furse. 
 
 Mr. Furse. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the country round Bideford and Torring- 
 ton, formerly part of Mr. Russell's. 
 
 STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY' 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Devon and 
 Somerset, N. D. 
 
 Sir A. Chichester. Roots. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Luxboro' ; Brendon ; Barton; Dulverton; 
 Hawkridge ; Haddon ; Yard Down ; Crowcombe Court. 
 
 These are the only hounds in Great Britain that clraAV for^ 
 and hunt the wild deer. The stag or hind (according to the 
 season)^ which is to be pursued, is slotted in, and harboured 
 by a man who receives, after the ancient usage, a guinea fee, 
 and the noble animal is formally roused from his lair ; but 
 when he is not so " harboured,^' " tufters^^ or steady hounds 
 draw the covers, and, when the right game is a-foot, the body 
 of the pack are thrown into the head, and a chace of twenty, 
 twenty-five, or thirty miles is often the result ; a " terrible 
 bm'st" it will be owned when a check from first to last biit 
 
 necessary to explain that on Winsford Common is an extraordinary gulph 
 or basin resembling a punch-bowl, and so called, which often holds a fox, 
 and is a very beautiful and romantic draw. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 15 
 
 seldom occurs. Sir A. Cbicliester succeeded the Hon. New- 
 ton Fellowes in the mastership, and he followed either Mr. 
 Stawell, who built the Anstey kennels for these hounds, or 
 the late Sii' Arthur Chichester. Linton and Dulverton, in 
 the North of Devon, are the favoui'ite resorts for the visitors 
 who come to hunt with these hounds. Sir Arthur also loves 
 a fox, and cultivates his growth -with great assiduity. 
 
 " Devonshire," Nimrod says in his " Hunting Tours" (a 
 book, by the bye, which should be found on every hunting 
 man^s shelves), " is certainly the worst hunting country I ever 
 was in ; yet, strange to say, there are more hounds kept in it 
 than in any other three counties m. England." What Nimrod 
 remarked 25 years ago holds good now. Nearly every parish 
 in the South of Devon has its " parish pack ;" besides, there 
 are no less than eight established packs of foxhounds, and, at 
 least, three of otter hounds in the county. The number of 
 hounds is to be accounted for by the nature of the country, 
 its "never-ending, still-beginning" succession of hill and 
 dale rendering communication between the different parishes 
 less frequent than is the case in most other counties ; added 
 to which, the love of hunting, the passion for the chase, though 
 natural to man, is still very distinctively marked in the good 
 people of Devon. A friend of mine, ])eing about to settle in 
 a remote corner of the South Hams, called at the village 
 blacksmith^s to get his horse shod ; but he was told by a boy 
 it could not be done till the following day, for that " Maester 
 was a-go a-hunting." He then went to the butcher's, then 
 to the carpenter's, but at each of their houses he received the 
 same answer that " Maester was a-go a-hunting." ^' Well,^^ 
 said my friend, " as the}^ all seem to have tmTied out, I may 
 as well do so too ;" so, going in pursuit, he soon came up 
 with a large party, " The butcher, the baker, the candlestick 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 maker/^ enjoying their lives on the top of a hill, and listening 
 with intense interest to the " crack of music," with which the 
 valley was ringing — ex uno disce omnes. 
 
 DORSETSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Farquhar- 
 son's. 
 
 Mr. Farquharson. 
 
 J. Tread well. 
 
 Men., Tues., 
 
 Wed., Thur. 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— From the Catstock Kennels ; Syuling Barn ; 
 Dogberry Gate ; Lewiston House ; Frampton House ; from the 
 Eastbury Kennels ; Ashley Wood ; The GluiF Inn, at Dunhead ; 
 Dunbury Hill; Milcombe Park; Houghton Wood; Milburne 
 Wood. 
 
 Mr. Farquharson is the most kind hearted and indulgent 
 master of foxhounds in the world_, and is especially beloved 
 by the yeomen of Dorset. Treadwell is a first rate man, and 
 it is difficult to find seventy couple of hounds in a higher 
 state of discipline in kennel, or in better form for the field. 
 There is a sound old-fashioned wear-and-tear look about Mr. 
 Earquharson^s establishment throughout. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Charboro'. 
 
 Mr. Drax, M.P. 
 
 John Last. 
 
 Wed., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Bere Down 
 Farm ; Holnest Kennel. 
 
 s ; Sketisbury Downs ; Roke 
 
 Also hunt part of Somerset. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 17 
 
 DURHAM 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Raby. 
 
 The Duke of Cleve- 
 land. 
 
 Thos. Flint. 
 
 Mon., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Gatherley Moor Inn ; Middleton Tyas ; 
 Barton; Manfield; Cauldwell, in the North Riding of Yorkshire ; 
 Winstone Bridge; Raby Kennels ; Staindrop Plains; Houghton 
 Bank ; Walworth Castle ; Windlestone ; Witton Bridge ; Killerby, 
 in Durham. 
 
 Also hunt part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Fox- 
 hounds have been established at Raby Castle for nearly a 
 century and a half. The late Duke hunted them himself for 
 forty seasons, and entered into all the detail and labour of 
 the kennel management as well. " When the late Duke of 
 Cleveland (then Earl of Darlington) hunted his own hounds 
 sia^ days a week/' Nimrod tells us that " his lordship had a 
 change of clothes kept well aired at all the principal inns 
 within his hunt, to the nearest of which he always repaired 
 when the sport was over ; and putting himself into a chaise 
 and four, ready dressed for the evening, a small field^piece 
 at the lodge of his park announced his approach to the castle; 
 and by the time he arrived, dinner, if ready, was upon the 
 table.^^ 
 
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 A (JUIl)K TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Durham 
 County. 
 
 A Committee. 
 
 . - - . 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Stainton; Woodham; Elwick; Stotfold; 
 Fishburn ; Whitton ; Seaham Lodge ; Two-mile Houses. 
 
 These hounds hunt the country which Mr. Ralph Lambton 
 once hunted, and are managed by a committee, of which 
 Colonel Tower, of Elemor Hall, near Durham, is the field- 
 principal. They hunt the country in the same w^ay that Mr. 
 Kalph Lambton did ; that is, part of the season from their 
 kennels near Durham, and part from Sedgefield. Mr. R. 
 Lambton sold his hounds either to Lord Suffield or Gardner, 
 but they were not liked in Leicestershire. Mr. Robertson 
 then bought and took them into Northumberland, kept them 
 for a few years, and then sold them by auction, in lots ; so 
 that now there is no pack going which could be said to have 
 belonged to Mr. Ralph Lambton. However, soon after his 
 death, Mr. Williamson, known as Billy Williamson, esta- 
 blished a pack, " The Durham County,^' and hunted them 
 for two seasons, when Lord Londonderry took them, and 
 from him they came to the present committee. Of late years, 
 commerce has laid its iron claws on Durham, and the face 
 of the country has been sadly disfigured by railways ; still, 
 fox-hunting prevails. 
 
 There is another pack in Durham, called ^^the Cleveland,^' 
 of which we regret we cannot furnish particulars, being un- 
 informed on the subject. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 19 
 
 ESSEX. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 'Hou^„r Mr. H. Conyers. 
 
 Will. OfFys. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 
 Sat., Thur., 
 
 bye. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — High Roothing Street; Matching Green; 
 Hatfield Heath; Dunmore High Wood; Old Samford ; Takely 
 Gate ; Easton Park ; Bigods ; Forest Hall ; High Ongar ; 
 Fyfield. 
 
 Too mucli cannot be said in praise of Mr. Conyers as a 
 sound practical sportsman. The whole extent of his country- 
 consists of ^'plough," and the Roothings, which compre- 
 hends eight parishes_, may be said to be by far the best part 
 of it. His hounds are of a superior stamp^ about sixty couple 
 (not perhaps as even as they might be), and are derived from 
 the old Lonsdale blood. Of late years Mr. Conyers has 
 resorted to Sir Tatton Sykes for his draughts. Mr. Conyers 
 has had them about thirty years, and, during that period, has 
 managed to shew a vast deal of sport. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Essex Union. 
 
 Mr. Scratten. 
 
 Jim Morgan. 
 
 Wed., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Munden Wash; Rettonden Bell; Haze- 
 leighHall; Stock; South Hanningfield Kennels; Lord's Wood. 
 
 c 2 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Jim Morgan has, we understand, joined tlie Essex Union. 
 He started in life some forty years ago, as whip to Mr. 
 Lloyd, of Hintlesham, and was for some time under Mr. 
 Giles Morgan, Master of the Tickham Hounds ; he then 
 went to Mr. Conyers, with whom he lived just 16 years, but 
 left him last season. Jim Morgan is a good man with hounds, 
 and we are delighted to see him once more at his favourite 
 diversion. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The South Essex. 
 
 Mr. A. Cavvston. 
 
 Mr. A. Cawston. 
 
 Tues., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — North Uckendon ; Warley Common; In- 
 grave Hall ; Dog and Partridge, Stifford ; Tilbury Mill ; White's 
 Bridge ; Stanford-le-Hope. 
 
 NAME OP COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Essex and 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Mr. Nunn. 
 
 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Donyland Heath : Stratford Hills ; Rivers 
 Hall ; Hintlesham Park Gate ; Sproughton Wild Man. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 NAME 09 COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The East Essex. 
 
 Mr. Marriott. 
 
 J as. Fernham. 
 
 Tues., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Marks Hall; Belchamp Bells; St. Anne's 
 Castle; Great Northey; Wethersfield Town; Topinghoe Hall; 
 Felix Hall; Gosfield; Aldham Hall; Finching Field; Bump- 
 stead. 
 
 ! • 
 
 Mr. Marriott has rather an indifferent country, the greater 
 part of it .having sm^H fields -azid high hBJDks : the whole of 
 it is " plough/' He succeeded Mr. Charles Newman in the 
 management of the East Essex, and has had them about five 
 years. 
 
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Badminton. 
 
 The Duke of Beau- 
 fort. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 Will. Long. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Thur., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Tillup's Inn; Chavenage Green; Boxwell 
 Ash; Badminton Lawn; Doddington Park; Syston Court; 
 Dyrham Park; Swallott's Turnpike; Bowood ; Bell at Old 
 Sodbury; Yate Turnpike ; Trouble House ; Stanton Park. 
 
 No blood has ranked higher in the fox-hunting world than 
 the Duke of Beaufort's. The late Duke established the plan 
 of awarding silver cups to the tenants who reared the best 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 puppies each year_, a plan which was productive of the most 
 beneficial results. So eagerly was the honour sought of rear- 
 ing the prize hounds^ that farmers have been frequently 
 known to give up the milk of one cow exclusively for the 
 puppy's use; of course more substantial fare was added 
 thereto ; and no pains were spared to send the puppy home 
 as strong and blooming as the best food and care could make 
 him : the plan has since been followed in other kennels. 
 Perhaps in the early days of Will. Long, as huntsman, these 
 hounds may be said to have been in the highest perfection ; 
 they were, however, always remarkable for their great strength 
 and true fox-hv^azid- proportions. Will. Long is an oid^ servant 
 of the Beaufort family, and, as the whole world knows, a 
 most faithful and efficient one. 
 
 >rAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 [UNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Berkeley 
 Hunt. 
 
 Earl Fitzhardinge. 
 
 Harry Ayris. 
 
 Men., Tues., 
 Wed., Thur., 
 in the Chel- 
 ten. country. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The Nanton Inn ; Pivesdon; Rendcombe; 
 DumbletOn ; Down Heatherley. 
 
 And hunt part of Warwickshire. These hounds have three 
 kennels, at Berkeley, Cheltenham, and Broadway. The noble 
 owner is a scientific, practical sportsman, and a remarkably 
 judicious breeder of hounds. His himtsman, Harry Ayris, 
 is also a most skilful artist, and a determined enemy to a fox ; 
 he adopts that sensible and truly hunting idea of Beck- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 23 
 
 ford^s, of " not intruding his own opinion_, till the sagacity of 
 the hound is at fault/^ If a fox continue above ground^ he 
 must be a wonderful good one to beat Harry Ayris and the 
 Berkeley Hounds. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 
 ; The Vale of White 
 I Horse. 
 
 A Committee; Mr. 
 
 Barker, Field- 
 
 manatrer. 
 
 Dinnicombe. 
 
 Tues., Thiir. 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Bibury; William's Trip; Ready Token; 
 B-cn-Tov? Evm •, Poiilton ; Three Magpies ; Kelmscott ; Crudwell ; 
 Seven Bridges ; Charlton Park ; Red Lodge. 
 
 These hounds have a fine vale country for their sport. It 
 has been said, but with what truth I am not prepared to state, 
 that the Great Western Railway, which intersects it, has 
 altered the running of the foxes ; that, formerly, they often 
 crossed the vale, but now generally run the line of it. It is a 
 rare scenting country, with wild foxes. Lord GifFord for- 
 merly hunted this charming vale, and succeeded Lord Ducie. 
 
 STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 VAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Cheltenham 
 Staghounds. 
 
 Mr. F. Theobald. 
 
 Sam. Ritler. 
 
 Mon., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Northleach, Pewsdovvn ; Cleeve Village 
 Beeches' Pike; The Pheasant; Birdhp ; Brockhampton ; Ship 
 ton : Teddin^ton Hands. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 INTAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 Mr. T. Assheton 
 Smith's. 
 
 Mr. A. Smith. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 Geo. Carter. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Every day in 
 the week. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Tidworth Copse; Chute Lodge; Whey 
 Hill ; Connault Park ; Doyle's Wood ; Columborne Wood ; 
 South Grove ; Everleigh Ashes ; Enford Gorse ; Oare Hill ; 
 Clatford Oak Cuts. 
 
 Also hunt part of Wiltshire, ipcluding Salisbury Plain. Mr. 
 Assheton Smithes establishment of hounds and horses is cer- 
 tainly one of the finest in the world. Mr. Smith hunts his 
 hounds himself on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and 
 Fridays ; Carter on Wednesdays and Saturdays — the latter 
 generally in woodlands. Mr. A. Smith hunts a dog pack and 
 a bitch pack ; Carter, the old hounds and puppies — a mixed 
 pack. Six days a week are advertised (they could not well 
 have more), but Mr. Smith and Carter contrive frequently to 
 have dz/e-days, in which case, of course, two packs are out 
 each day. Mr. Smith has ever been distinguished as a true 
 houndsman, and a first-rate performer across country (upon 
 Jack-o^ -lantern he was never beaten) : when a fox is afoot^ 
 '^ Up lads, and at him,^' is the sentiment of his soul ; and 
 Nimrod says, " When a fox is sinking, the Styx itself would 
 not stop him.'' Mr. Smith had the Quorn Hounds from 
 1810 to 1817, when Mr. Osbaldeston took them. His 
 
tlOXTNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 25 
 
 passion for the chace is too well known to need description ; 
 suffice it to say that he is doing all I have stated, in his 73rd 
 year, at his sole expense, and dining every day of his life in 
 his scarlet coat, like a fine old English gentleman, as he is 
 all over. George Carter hnnted the Duke of Grafton's 
 hounds for many years, with eminent success; and came 
 after Ned Rose, whose father, " old Tom," hunted the 
 Grafton Pack for half a century. Carter accompanied the 
 hounds when Mr. Assheton Smith purchased them. There 
 are Fadladeens in the hunting-field as well as in literature ; 
 and though Nimrod himself (I mean the original Nimrod— 
 '' the mighty hunter'') were to cast a pack of hounds, his 
 " heaven-born skilF' would be doubted by many a critic of 
 his ''field.'' There are those who call George Carter slow; 
 but if the word " steady'' were used instead, it would better 
 describe him ; for he is a very steady and a very dangerous 
 man to a fox. It must be borne in mind, too, that he has 
 not (like Mr. Smith) the pick of hounds and country. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Hambledon. Mr. T. Smith. 
 
 .. rx, o -.v, Mon., Wed., 
 Mr. T. Smith. ^^:^ 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Winter's Hill Common; Upham ; Fisher's 
 Pond; Ouselbury Down; Stephen's Castle Down; Preshawe 
 House ; Corhamj^ton Down ; Waltham Pond ; Westbury House. 
 
 The Hambledon is considered to be the best country south 
 of London. Round Waltham Chace and Durley there is 
 plenty of grass ; the foxes fly, and the sport is undeniable. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Mr. Smith, late of the Pytchley and Craven, is the experienced 
 master. He has removed the hounds to a kennel which he has 
 lately built at Fir-hill, near Droxford, and which is pronounced 
 to be a most complete and commodious building. The Ham- 
 bledon Hounds were, for several seasons, hunted by Mr. John 
 King, under whose management not only did foxes thrive, 
 but when he gave up the country, on account of illness, he 
 placed in his successor's hands (Mr. Long) 55 couple of as 
 fine bitches as ever entered a cover. He also established a 
 hunting club, which became very popular and useful to the 
 country. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 • DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The H. H. 
 
 Lord GifFord. 
 
 Lord GifFord. 
 
 Mon., Tues., 
 Thur., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Monday— North Hants ; Herriard House ; 
 Sutton Common; South Warnboro' ; Golden Port; Bentley 
 Green ; CLawton House. Tuesday— Alresford Countrj' ; Brandeen 
 Common; Four Lanes; Beauworth; Tichborne Park; Hinton 
 Houses; Brookwood Park. Thursday— West Hants; Lund- 
 way's Inn; Abbotson Down; Chilton Old House; Atkinson's 
 Lone Barn. Saturday— The Basingstoke Country ; Nutley ; 
 Farley Park ; Ilsfield Church ; Preston ; Oak Hills. 
 
 Lord GifFord has sixty couple of hunting hounds. There 
 is a good account of foxes for the ensuing season ; and it is 
 to be hoped the country is becoming more '^friendly^^ than 
 report states it to have been for some years past. When Mr. 
 Villebois was Master of the H. H., George the Fourth be- 
 longed to the hunt, as Prince of Wales. 
 
HOUNDS OP ENGLAND. 
 
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 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Hursley, 
 
 Mr. Cockburn. 
 
 Mr. Cockburn. 
 
 Mon., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Monday — Crab Wood; Ball Down; Rook- 
 ley Pond ; Parnell. Friday — Badsley Common ; Cranbiiry Park ; 
 Stoneham Park. 
 
 At Rookley Pond, the property of Mr. Alley, yeoman, eleven 
 foxes were found in one season (1847-48), and nine out of the 
 eleven killed. Mr. Cockburn^s system is to trust to the 
 sagacity of the hound : Avhen that is at fault, he is very quick 
 in giving his own judgment. Like the famous Mr. Villebois, 
 he commenced with harriers ; and when he had the luck to 
 find a fox amongst his Honiton Hills, in faith the wild ani- 
 mal had to look sharp for his life. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The New Forest. 
 
 L. Sheddon. 
 
 J. Chaplow. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Cadlands ; Stony Cross; Brimmar House; 
 The Kennels near Lyndhurst; Livett's Gate; Brockenhurst 
 House ; Pyle Well, near Lymington. 
 
 Mr. Sheddon succeeded Mr. Wyndham, successor to Mr. 
 Nicoll, who, if I mistake not, came after the celebrated John 
 Ward, the father of fox hunting. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OB HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING, 
 
 The Vine. 
 
 Sir Richard "Rycroft 
 and Committee. 
 
 WiU. Cox. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Monday— Free-folk Wood ; Pole's Heath; 
 Ash Park. Wednesday— Wolverton; King's Clere ; Whitechurch 
 Lodge. Saturday— Pamber Forest; Kennels at Overton, near 
 Basingstoke. 
 
 The Vine are a remarkably fine pack of hounds ; tliey la- 
 bour, however, under the disadvantage of hunting but a very 
 indifferent country. 
 
 HEREFORDSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 [UNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Hereford- 
 shire. 
 
 Mr. Symons. 
 
 Will. Boxall. I Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— England's Gate; Berrington; Newport; 
 Wormilow Tump. 
 
 Mr. Symons succeeded Lord Gifford in this country, and 
 built new kennels in Mynde Park, seven miles from Hereford, 
 on the Ross road. Foxes are sufficiently plentiful, and the 
 country carries a fair average scent. 
 
HOUNDS 0¥ ENGLAND. 
 
 29 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Ledbury. 
 
 Mr. R. Giles. 
 
 Mr. R. Giles. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Duke of York, Berrow ; Broomesberrow 
 Heath ; Colin Park ; Feather's Inn, Staunton ; Bosbury Village. 
 
 Also hunt part of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. 
 
 HERTFORDSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OP COUNTRY 
 
 
 
 DAYS OF 
 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Puckeridge. 
 
 Mr. A. Parry. 
 
 Simpson. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Chipping; Peverillsj Bennington-street ; 
 St. John's; Walk em ; Ware Park; Stansted; Little Hadham; 
 Throcking. 
 
 Also hunt part of Essex. The Puckeridge country is 
 full of banks and lanes, highly unfavourable to fox hunt- 
 ing. Mr. Parry, however, shows as good sport as it is 
 possible to show in so indifferent a country. He has had 
 great experience in hounds, not only at home, bat abroad, 
 having hunted with most packs of repute throughout the 
 kingdom. We wish his lot were cast in a better heritage. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Brand's. 
 
 Mr. Brand. 
 
 Jas. Simkins. 
 
 Men., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Friar's Wash; Bower Heath; Whipsnade 
 Harpenden ; Eaton ; Norman's Land. 
 
 Mr. Sebright brought these hounds originally from Hat- 
 field ; then they passed into Mr. Delme RadclifFe^s hands, 
 to whom Mr. Brand succeeded. 
 
 KENT. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The East Kent. 
 
 Mr. Brockman. 
 
 Men., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Swingfield Park; Sibton Gate; Sweech 1 
 Gate; Reinden; Charabercrown ; New Barn; AcriseMill; Post- 
 ling Lees ; Horton Park ; Street End. 
 
 These hounds have^ for nearly thirty years, been in the 
 hands of Sir H. Oxenden and Mr. F. Brockman ; and, by 
 perse Iterance and good management, they have shown a vast 
 deal of sport during that period. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 31 
 
 ! 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 I 
 
 DAYS OF 1 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Tickham. 
 
 Mr. Lushington. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 Men., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Hollingbourne House; Rodmersham Lodge ; 
 Key Street; Rainham Street ; Syndal Gate ; Stede Hill. 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Quorndon. 
 
 Sir Richard Sutton. 
 
 Sir R. Sutton. 
 
 Every day in 
 the week. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Rolleston Six Hills; Oadby Toll-Bar; 
 Keythorpe Hall; Kirby Gate. 
 
 Sir Richard Sutton entered upon ^^ the vale of Cashmere'^ 
 last season, with 85 couple of working hounds_, and succeeded 
 Mr. Green^ of Rolleston, in command of the Quorn. Sir 
 Richard has no subscription ; and as he spares neither labour 
 nor expense, and has great knowledge of the Noble Science, 
 there is no doubt that the country will maintain its supremacy 
 under his management. Nimrod says : " Of all the countries 
 in the world, the Quorn certainly bears the bell. This supe- 
 riority arises from the peculiar nature of the soil, which, being 
 for the most part good, is highly favourable to scent ; the im- 
 mense proportion of grazing land in comparison with that 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 which is ploughed ; and the great size of the enclosures, 
 many of which run to from 60 to 100 acres each/^ At the 
 conclusion of last century, Mr. Meynell was Master of the 
 Quorn Hounds; since which time they have been in the 
 hands of the following conspicuous sportsmen : — Earl Sefton, 
 Lord Foley, Mr. Assheton Smith, Sir Bellingham Graham, 
 Mr. Osbaldeston, Lord Southampton, the late Sir Harry 
 Goodricke, Sir F. H. Goodricke, Mr. Errington, and Mr. 
 Green, of Rolleston. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 
 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Atherstone. 
 
 J. Anstruther 
 Thomson. 
 
 Steph. Goodall. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 1 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Churcliover; Three Pots; Cadeby Gate; 
 Orton-on-the-Hill; Newbold Gate ; Kennels at Witherley. 
 
 Abutting on the Quorn, and including part of Warwick- 
 shire and Staffordshire, comes the Atherstone country. The 
 ensuing is Captain Thomson^s second season as Master; and 
 if an early entry in every department of the chase, untiring 
 energy in the field and kennel, and a devotion to the cause, 
 be any qualifications for a Master of Hounds, then are the 
 Atherstone well suited. The Atherstone, at different periods, 
 has been in the distinguished hands of Lord Lonsdale, Lord 
 Anson, Sir Bellingham Graham, and Mr. Osbaldeston. The 
 name of Stephen Goodall carries weight with it ; and he 
 comes from a good sort, if, as I believe him to be, he is 
 nephew of that " great^^ Stephen, who hunted Sir Thomas 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 33 
 
 Mostyn's hounds, in Oxfordshire, for so many seasons, and 
 with such brilliant success 3 and is own brother to the present 
 Belvoir huntsman. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Donniiigton. 
 
 Sir H. Seymour 
 
 Blane, Mr. J.B. 
 
 Storey. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 W. Botheroyd. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 
 Sat.* 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Lockinton Hall ; Aston ; Cavendish Bridge; 
 Manvers Arms ; Bunny, neutral with the Quorn ; Cole-Orton ; 
 Staunton Harrold; Staunton-by-Dale ; Chaddesden; Radcliflfe, 
 Notts. 
 
 Also hunt part of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIKE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NA.ME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Brocklesby. 
 
 Earl of Yarborough. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 Wra. Smith. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 
 Fri., and a 
 
 bye day. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Bradley Wood; Croxby Lake; Irby 
 Holme ; Kingerby Wood ; Thornton College ; Audleby Villa. 
 
 His Lordship hunts part of the Wolds of Lincolnshire, and 
 
 * Except in the first full week of each month, when Tuesday, Wedn 's- 
 day, and Friday, to suit Mr. Meynell Ingram. 
 
 D 
 
34 
 
 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 has a practicable hunting country, with light soil and fences, 
 and no great extent of woodlands. It was formerly very well 
 stocked with foxes ; but report speaks unfavourably of it now. 
 The '' friendliness^^ of the country once amounted to a pro- 
 verb. Ever}^ farmer, like Tom Brooks, of Croxby, was born 
 and bred a fox-hunter ; from his very cradle, the love of the 
 animal was instilled into his composition ; and he was taught 
 to look upon fox-hunting as an honour, in the attainment of 
 which consisted the highest earthly enjoyment. But since 
 those days a dangerous and destructive doctrine has gone 
 abroad, and fears have been entertained, lest this manly race 
 should depart from the faith and practice of their forefathers; 
 but we trust the fears are groundless. The Smiths have 
 hunted these hounds for several generations. The present 
 man's father, William Smith, was killed in chase, to the in- 
 finite regret of every one connected with the Brocklesby 
 Hunt. There is a dog and a bitch pack ; the standard is 23 
 inches, and a finer or better lot of hounds never stooped to 
 a scent. Lord Yarborough^s pack has descended, without 
 interruption, from father to son for upwards of 170 years. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Burton. 
 
 Lord Henry Ben- 
 tinck. 
 
 Richd. Burton. 
 
 Every day in 
 the week. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— North Carlton; Bardney; Ashby Toll-bar ; 
 Hackthorn ; Stapleford Moor ; Norton-place ; Skellingthorpe ; 
 Langworth Bridge ; Snarford Bridge. 
 
 The gentlemen of the Burton Hunt are unanimous in de- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 35 
 
 scribing Lord Henry Bentinck^s establishment as beyond 
 all praise. Lord Henry is not only a skilful and energetic 
 ^' hound sman/^ but possesses a peculiar tact in the guidance 
 of his " fiekr^ — a quality, aye^ an accomplishment, of the 
 ]N'oble Science which cannot be too highly estimated in a 
 Master of Hounds. His country is heavy and strongly 
 fenced ; the woodlands hold a good scent,, and are remarkably 
 well arranged as to rides, which are cut parallel and at right 
 angles to each other. Dick Burton came from Lord Chester- 
 field, and whipped-in to Mr. Osbaldeston, He was also with 
 Lord Ducie, and hunted that lovely vale, the Vale of White 
 Horse, and the Cirencester country. But, since he joined 
 Lord H. Bentinck, an improvement in every respect 
 has been the result. He hunts the hounds four days, and 
 the first whip two. Sir Richard Sutton had the Burton for 
 many years. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The South Wold. 
 
 Mr. Hellier. Bullen. 
 
 Mon,, Tues., 
 Thur., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Hainton ; Haugh ; Tothill ; 
 boro' Bar ; Doverdale ; Martin ; Burgh-on-Bain 
 
 Well; Bracken- 
 
 Mr. Hellier's country has a great deal of " plough,^^ and 
 some grass in it, and generally carries a good scent. There 
 is a tract of land extending from Louth to Alford, called tlie 
 " Middle Marsh,^' which only wants a few small covers to 
 render it a superb country ; for, at. present, there is nothing 
 to hold a wild fox in the whole of that vale district. Mr. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Hellier succeeded Mr. John Musters, who came after Mr. 
 Henley as Master of the South Wold Hounds. Bullen has 
 been one season with Mr. Hellier^s hounds, and came from 
 the Albrighton ; previously to which, he lived with his Grace 
 the Duke of Beaufort. Mr. Hellier has a remarkably fine 
 stud of horses for the ensuing season. 
 
 MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Monmouth- 
 shii'e. 
 
 Mr. W. R. Stretton. 
 
 Parslowe. 
 
 Mon., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Ragland; Rockfield; Werndu Wood; 
 GraigHill; Hendre; Coldbrook Park; Tal-y-coed Wood ; Clytha 
 Lodge; Campston Wood; Kennels at Dany Park, near Crick- 
 howell. 
 
 Also hunt part of Herefordshire. This country is infi- 
 nitely indebted to Mr. Stretton, for the gentlemanlike and 
 spirited manner in which he first formed, in 1832, and has 
 since managed, the Monmouthshire Pack. There is a Hunt 
 Club, consisting of sixty members, and fox-hunting may be 
 said to flourish under its auspices. A fair share of sport keeps 
 the Monmouthshire gentlemen in good heart. When the 
 country admits of it, there are many slashing riders amongst 
 them ; but the covers are deep, and occasionally hilly and 
 difficult for horses. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Earl Fitzwilliam's. 
 
 Earl Fitzwilliam. 
 
 Tom Sebright. 
 
 Men., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Stanwick Pasture; Catworth Guide-post; 
 Raund's Old Meadows ; Barnwell Wold ; Asliton Wold ; Wey- 
 bridge Wood ; Thrapstone Bridge ; Leighton Gorse ; Hunt's 
 Closes. 
 
 Also hunt part of Huntingdonshire. Lord Fitzwilliam^s 
 were considered to be the biggest-boned hounds in England, 
 not even excepting Mr. Horlock^s pack, which he purchased 
 for 2,000 guineas from the Father of Fox-hunting, John 
 Ward. The late Earl had them above 40 years, and was 
 distinguished as a most superior judge of the animal : his 
 huntsman was old " Will Dean.^^ Of Tom Sebright it is 
 almost needless to speak ; 30 years ago he hunted the Quorn 
 under Mr. Osbaldeston, and has ever since lived with Lord 
 Fitzwilliam and the late Earl. Mr. John Musters used to 
 say, that he considered it the highest compliment to his 
 talents to be compared, as he frequently was, with Tom 
 Sebright, as a huntsman. The country is divided into wood- 
 lands and grass, very wild, thinly populated, and holds a rare 
 scent. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OK HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Pytchley. 
 
 Lord Alford. 
 
 Chas. Payne. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Vanderplank's Gorse ; Crick Gorse ; Mis- 
 terton ; Ashby St. Ledger ; Winwick AVarren ; Spratton Bridge ; 
 Arthingworth ; Fox Hall ; Lamport ; Clipston Windmill ; Cold 
 Ashby ; North Kilworth ; The Brixworth Kennels ; Kilmarsh. 
 
 The Pytchley,, as a crack country, has maintained a posi- 
 tion second only to the Quorn : weight, blood, and courage 
 are the grand essentials for crossing it well, for the pastures 
 are large, the brooks deep, and the fences awfully strong. 
 Among its many masters, during the last 25 years, we readily 
 recur to Sir Bellingham Graham and Mr. John Musters, 
 under whose management and guidance the Pytchley Hounds 
 attained a degree of eminence surpassed by none : as a Gen- 
 tleman Huntsman Mr. Musters stood alone. Also to Mr. 
 Osbaldeston and Lord Chesterfield. Twelve years ago, when 
 Mr. George Payne had the Pytchley, and Jack Stevens hunted 
 them, with shape and substance combined, they not only 
 presented a most workmanlike appearance, but they could 
 almost fly when the scent served and their fox was a straight 
 goer. Charles Payne came from the Oakley, where he whipped- 
 in for several seasons, under George Beers ; the ensuing will 
 be his second, as huntsman to the Pytchley. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 NORTHUMBERLAND. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Lord Elcho's, 
 
 Lord Elcho. 
 
 Joseph Hogg. 
 
 Mon., Tues., 
 Wed., Fri., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Paston ; Filkington ; Rowchester ; Dod- 
 dington ; Lintlaw; Budle; Hepburn Wood; Kyloe; Lilbiirn ; 
 Bowden ; Mindrura Mill ; New Biggen ; Lady-kirk, near Cold- 
 stream, where the Kennels are. 
 
 Lord Elcho keeps his hounds in Scotland durino^ the sum- 
 mer, and brings them over the Border for his winter^s sport. 
 He has a good hunting country, with large fields, of 50 or 
 100 acres each, in the vale; and the Moors are dry^ l^iHy, 
 and without rocks. It may he considered, also, an easy 
 country to cross — no banks, and but few ditches. The fields 
 divided on the hills by light stone Avails, and in the vale by 
 thorn hedges, which appear to have been all planted within 
 the last 25 years. Foxes are sufficiently plentiful, the runs 
 very wild, and the sport generally good. Head quarters, at 
 Belford. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Tindale. 
 
 Mr. N. Maughan. 
 
 John Richie. 
 
 Mon., Thur., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Belsay; Matfen Piers; Beaufront; Countess 
 Park ; Hesleyside ; Blackheddon ; The Kennels ; Nafferton. 
 
 The Tindale hunt the south of Northumberland. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 BAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Lumley's. 
 
 Mr. Richd. Lumley. 
 
 Wm. Merry. 
 
 Moil., Tues., 
 Thur., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Osberton ; Grove Hall; Headon Clump; 
 Gringley-on-tbe-Hill; Saundby Bar; East Markbam ; Sandbeck 
 Park; Rossingtoii; Bole; Wickersley, Blytli; Scrooby; Carlton. 
 
 Also hunt part of Yorkshire. These hounds, under the 
 management of Mr. Lumley, and for the most part bred by 
 him, belonged to the well-known Mr. Foljambe, and were 
 formerly Lord Scarboro^s. One-half of the country consists 
 of a light sandy soil, with thousands of acres of plantation ; 
 the other is a fair hunting countrj^, and has plenty of foxes. 
 William Merry was a pupil of Butler^ s, who now hunts Lord 
 Southampton's hounds. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Rufford. 
 
 Capt. Percy Wil- 
 liams. 
 
 Capt. Percy 
 WiUiams. 
 
 Mon., Thur., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Bleasby Gorse and Ossington are prime 
 meets, but there is not much choice in the country. 
 
 And hunt part of Derbyshire. This is a very rough wood- 
 land country ; the " field'' is usually thin, and game, espe- 
 cially hares, as thick as autumn leaves in the Vale of Vallom- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 brosa; so that mucli cannot be said in its favour. Lord 
 Scarboro^ and tlie Earl of Manvers support fox-liunting, espe- 
 cially tbe latter, wlio is everytliing that an English nobleman 
 should be ; and Mr. Denison, of Ossington, should not be 
 omitted as a great friend and supporter of Captain Williams^s 
 hounds, and a right good fox-preserver. " Oxton^^ in former 
 days was a sure draw, but since the death of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sherbrooke, foxes have not the same friends on that side the 
 country — the Nottingham side. The hounds are chiefly 
 bred from Mr. Foljambe and the Duke of Rutland^ s, and 
 combine all the best blood of the most fashionable kennels. 
 
 OXFORDSHIEE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Drake's. 
 
 Mr. Drake. 
 
 TomWingfield. 
 
 Tues., Thur., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Boddington Hill; Warden Hill; Claydon 
 Woods ; Eydon Gorse ; Goddington ; Gravenhill ; Stratton 
 Audley ; Chesterton Village. 
 
 Also hunt part of Bucks and Northampton. Mr. Drake 
 succeeded Sir Thomas Mostyn in this country. Mr. Drake 
 has long been celebrated in the hunting world for the stout- 
 ness of his hounds, and the sport which they usually show. 
 His bitches have great size and substance, standing level with 
 the dog hounds, which average 23 inches. Columbine and Chap- 
 let, Butterfly, Gossamer, and Modish, are magnificent bitches, 
 and combine all the qualifications essential to a foxhound. 
 His late huntsman, Tom Wingfield,came with the country, and 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 proved himself and his stock to be an important part of the 
 inheritance. When he lived with Sir Thomas, '^Nimrod^^ 
 discovered his abilities, and thus makes honourable mention 
 of his name — ^' Any true lover of the sport would ride fifty- 
 miles of a morning to see Tom Wingfield hunt these hounds. 
 Tom's education has been complete for the situation he fills, 
 having whipped-in to the late Mr. Meynell, Lords Sefton and 
 Foley, as also to Mr. T. A. Smith, all in the Quorndon coun- 
 try .^^ It is almost needless to add, that Mr. Drake and the 
 Members of his Hunt are alive to the family talent which has 
 descended to the present huntsman, T. Wingfield, junior. 
 The Oxford men are very partial to Mr. Drake's hounds, and 
 when he meets on the Oxford side of Bicester, he is sure of a 
 " good sprinkling'^ from Alma Mater. In former days, when 
 Grifi". Lloyd acted a conspicuous part in this hunt, if an Oxford 
 man rode too near the hounds. Griff, would challenge him 
 with " cutting chapel and lecture,'' being " too fast for the 
 field," and threaten to " confine him to gates" if he did not 
 hold hard : but now the case is altered, the Oxford men have 
 no interruption, and consequently do no harm ; on the con- 
 trary, we believe Mr. Drake to be as partial to them as they 
 are to him. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Heythrop. 
 
 Lord Redesdale. 
 
 James Hills. 
 
 Men., Wed., 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Heythrop House; Boulter's Barn; Tar 
 Wood; Ensham Hall; Kiddington ; Farmington Grove ; Brad- 
 well Grove; Barton Gate; Bourton Bridge ; Great Tew; North 
 Aston. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 Also hunt part of Gloucestersliire, The Heythrop country 
 was hunted for many years by his Grace the late Duke of 
 Beaufort^ with Phillip Payne and Will. Long successively as 
 huntsmen. ^' Jem Hills/^ the present huntsman^ can kill a 
 fox with any man in England^ but in a peculiar style ; he 
 lifts hounds with wonderful rapidity, and, if it can be called 
 a fault, might be considered as even too quick at his work ; 
 his system, however, is certainly a very brilliant and, at the 
 same time, a very successful one. Beckford says, that " the 
 first and invariable principle of fox-hunting is to keep always 
 as near to the fox as you cau.^^ Jem Hills undeniably 
 observes this principle to its fullest extent. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Phinips's. 
 
 Mr. Phillips. 
 
 Mr. PhilMps. 
 
 Three days a 
 fortnight. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Brightwell; Wheatleyj Elsfield; the coun- 
 try south of Oxford. 
 
 Mr. John S. Phillips is entitled to the best thanks of all the 
 fox-hunters in his country : when Lord Parker gave up the 
 hounds last year, he came forward most handsomely to retain 
 them in an indifferent country and at a great sacrifice of per- 
 sonal convenience, as his house is situated at the extreme end 
 of his country; and had it not been for him, Lord Parker would 
 have had no successor. The vale is bad, and the hill part of 
 it presents no features charming to the eye of a sportsman, 
 being fiintj^, mountainous, and clothed with interminable 
 beech woods, which, from being nearly void of underwood, 
 are most uncertain to draw, and difficult to follow hounds in. 
 He has a fixture or two in Buckinghamshire. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 PEMBROKESHIEE, 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Ashdale. 
 
 Mr. G. L. PhiUips. 
 
 Mr. G. L. 
 
 Phillips. 
 
 Mon., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Walterson; Trefgarn; Denant; Raras- 
 wood; Scolton. 
 
 Mr. Phillips hunts the same country that the '^ Pembroke- 
 shire" (now broken up) used to hunt. Their kennels are at 
 Ashdale. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OE 
 HUNTING 
 
 The Stone Hall. 
 
 Mr. J. Edvvardes and 
 Mr. G. Harries. 
 
 Themselves al- 
 ternately. 
 
 Tues., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — These hounds hunt the upper part of the 
 county. 
 
 The kennels are at Stone Hall, near Haverfordwest. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Begelly. 
 
 Mr. Childe. 
 
 Mr. Childe. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country from Tenby. 
 
 The kennels are at Begelly, five miles from Tenby. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Cresselly. 
 
 Mr. Seymour Allen. 
 
 Mr. S. Allen. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country from Pembroke; Free-stone 
 Bridge ; Stephen's Green ; Cold Blow ; Lanbeath ; Holy-land 
 ToU-bar; Blackpool Mill. 
 
 This is a capital hunting country, and Mr. Allen contrives 
 to shew his " field.^^ a vast deal of sport. 
 
 RUTLANDSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Belvoir. 
 
 Duke of Rutland. 
 
 Wm. Goodall. 
 
 Mon., Tues., 
 
 Wed., Fri., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Easton Hall; Weaver's Lodge; Croxton 
 Park ; Elton Manor ; Systen Park ; Piper's Hole ; Cold Har- 
 bour ; Cranwell ; Aswarby Park ; Saltby ; Goadby Park. 
 
 There are at least 65 couple of magnificent hounds in these 
 kennels, very level, and in every sense well adapted to the 
 country which they hunt : plough, hills, and woodlands, 
 render it not the hest in the world. W. Goodall is brother 
 to Stephen Goodall, now hunting the Atherstone, under 
 Captain Thomson, and succeeded old Goosey as huntsman 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 to the Belvoir. Goosey has only " shuffled off his mortal 
 coil" within the last year or two_, and enjoyed^ to the day of 
 his death_, a handsome pension from the Duke of Kutland. 
 If he did not die in the Cottesmore kennels^ under Sir 
 Kichard Sutton_, he certainly passed the last days of his life 
 there. William Goodall is, perhaps_, one of the hardest- 
 working men alive. After hunting on Monday — no matter 
 at what hour he returns — he feeds his hounds, and then has 
 to ride to the kennels at Ropsley, a distance of fourteen miles. 
 Here he hunts on Tuesday, feeds, and hacks it back to the 
 Belvoir kennels ; then hunts on Wednesday. On Thursday 
 he travels with the hounds to Ropsley ; hunts on Friday, and 
 back again to Belvoir that night, where he hunts on Satur- 
 day. Goodall is full of energy in the field, and indefatigable 
 in his endeavours to show sport. His hounds, too, are always 
 blooming in condition, and none look better or brighter by 
 the cover side than the Belvoir. This pack was first estab- 
 lished in 1730. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Cottesmore. Mr. Henley Greaves. 
 
 rp rr- . I Mon., Tiies. 
 
 T. Tipton. Thur' Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Owston Wood; Laund; Tilton ; Elthorp; 
 Knossington ; Little Dalby ; Laiigham ; Market Overton ; Ward- 
 ley Toll-bar ; Thistleton ; Seaton Windmill. 
 
 Also hunt the east side of Leicestershire and south-west 
 of Lincolnshire. ^Ir. Henley Greaves succeeded Sir Richard 
 Sutton, who took the country after the death of Lord Lons- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 dale ; his lordship having hunted it with brilliant success for 
 a great number of years. On one side there are extensive 
 woodlands j but, on the Leicestershire side, it may be con- 
 sidered as a fine grass, scent holding country, though rather 
 hilly. There are plenty of foxes, and Mr. H. Greaves may 
 be said to have had a good winter^s sport last season, which 
 was his first as Master of the Cottesmore. He pui'chased the 
 Shropshire Hounds, which were hunted many years by 
 " Will Staples f he also had the pick of the '' Badsworti 
 Hounds,'^ and chose ten couple, for which he gave 500 
 guineas. 
 
 SHROPSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Eyton's 
 Hounds. 
 
 Mr. T. C. Eyton. 
 
 Mr.T.C. Eyton. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Atcham Bridge; High Ercal; Sundorne 
 Castle; Cundover; Bickley Coppice; Acton Reynold; Withy- 
 ford Wood. 
 
 Mr. Eyton has part of the country once hunted by the 
 celebrated Will. Barrow, under Mr. Corbet, of Sundorne 
 Castle. Shropshire has ever been considered a most sporting 
 county : the names of Corbet, Hill, Puleston, Mytton, have 
 immortalized it as such. " The Shropshire^^ country was 
 hunted by the celebrated " Will. Staples^ for 25 years, under 
 Sir Bellingham Graham ; then under a Committee (for 12 
 
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 A GUIDE to THE 
 
 years) consisting of Mr. Smythe Owen, Sir Edward Smythe, 
 and Mr. Lyde, of Aston : the country and hounds were then 
 divided by Lord Hill and Mr. Smythe Owen ; his Lordship 
 hunting the North of Shropshire,, and Mr. Smythe Owen the 
 South; ''Will Staples'' sticking to Lord Hill. When Lord 
 Hill gave up the hounds. Will went to Mr. Clive, of Styche ; 
 a few couple of hounds, however, passed into Mr. Eyton's 
 hands, and "Will" into private life, as landlord of a respect- 
 able inn ; he was, however, soon rescued from his obscurity, 
 and declares that, " to the end of his days, he would rather 
 draw covers for his old customers than beer for his new'' — 
 so much for an early entry. We can only say, if Will's finish 
 be as good as his entry, which took place under Sir Belling- 
 ham Graham, his sun will set without a cloud. 
 
 KAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Ludlow. 
 
 Mr. F. Stubbs. 
 
 Mr. F. Stubbs, 
 or son. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Onnibury; The Serpent; and the country 
 round Ludlow. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY ^^^^^^ 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 h™- T.llZ. 
 
 The United Pack. Mr. Pinches. 
 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Linley; AVhittingslow Turnpike; Spoon- 
 hill House ; and the country round Church Stretton and Bishop's 
 Castle. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Wheatland. 
 
 Mr. John Baker. 
 
 H. Pearse. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri.* 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The Kennels ; Harpsford ; The Down- 
 Gorse-Covers; Fan-tree; Sidbury; Aston Botterell; Acton 
 Burnell; Meadowtry ; Morville. 
 
 The Wheatland comitry has a strong soil, and carries a good 
 scent : the foxes too are abundant. Mr. Baker has had the 
 hounds five years, and bred almost the whole of his present pack 
 from Lord Yarboro's, the Belvoir, the Shropshire, and Mr. 
 Hellier^s ; their last season was a most successful one. The 
 Wrekin, and the district beyond it^ belong to the Wheatland. 
 Pearce formerly lived with Mr. Hellier. 
 
 SCOTLAND. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Buccleuch. 
 
 Duke of Buccleuch. 
 
 W. Williamson. 
 
 Mon., Tues. 
 Thur., Sat. 
 
 Principal fixtures in the neighbourhood of the Kennels, one of which 
 is at Dalkeith, and one at St. Boswell. 
 
 These hounds hunt part of counties Edinburgh, Roxburgh, 
 
 The alternate week, Tuesday and Friday. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 and the western division of Berwickshire. Mr. Tom Smith 
 tells an anecdote of the Duke of Buccleuch, which would 
 stamp him as a thorough fox-himter_, if one had never heard of 
 him as a Master of Hounds,, or a promoter of the Noble 
 Science. A fox had entered a drain, and while they were 
 waiting for a terrier, " near a stately river, a large salmon 
 leaped clean out of the water, as if on purpose to amuse or to 
 tantalize them. "Whereupon, a gentleman asked his Grace 
 if it would give him pleasure to have a throw, with a fly, at 
 such a fish. His fit reply might well be a source of satisfac- 
 tion and pleasure to all who hunt in countries where his 
 Grace has property. ' To tell the truth, I care little for that 
 kind of sport ; but, as to the other, I am never perfectly 
 happy, unless I have on a red coat.' '^ 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 -—• H„"::,::. 
 
 The Linlithgow 
 and Stirlingshire. 
 
 
 Jim North. 
 
 Mon., Thur., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Lawriestown Kennel; Champfleurie; Hous- 
 town; Bannockburn Gate; Armadale Toll-bar; Linlithgow 
 Bridge ; Castle-carry. 
 
 ' 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Ayrshire. 
 
 A Committee. 
 
 
 
 Tues., Thur., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — KUmacolin Village; Southtown Gate; 
 Johnstown Gate. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 51 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Berwickshire. 
 
 A Committee. Smith. 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the country from Dunse and Berwick. 
 
 The Committee consists of Sir H. Hume Campbell, Bart. ; 
 Sir Geo. Houston, and Mr. Boswell. This is the first season 
 for these hounds, and they will hunt the eastern division of 
 Berwickshire. 
 
 SOMERSETSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 1 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The West Somer- 
 set. 
 
 F. Luttrell. 
 
 Wm. Palfrey. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Slowly Wood, near Dunster ; Cleeve Hill, 
 near Dunster; Withycombe Wood; Black Down, near Williton ; 
 Brompton Ralph: Crowcombe Heathfield ; Raleigh's Cross; 
 Fairfield. 
 
 A great part of this country is impracticable, being 
 mountain and dell, over which Pegasus himself would be 
 blown. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 STAFFORDSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Albrighton. 
 
 Lord Stamford. 
 
 Wm Staples. 
 
 Men., Thur., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — High Onn; Plough Weston ; Blym Hill; 
 Stretton; Weston; Bishop's Wood ; Enville; Lizzard; Whiston 
 Cross; Chillington; Burnel Green; Broad Bridge. 
 
 The Earl of Stamford took the Albrighton Hounds last 
 Aprilj Mr. T. Hoiyoake having had the management of them 
 for the last nine seasons. Sir Bellingham Graham hunted 
 a part of the Albrighton country for two seasons. There are 
 a few covers in Shropshire and Worcestshire belonging to 
 the Albrighton ; but Staffordshire is their chief country ; it 
 extends from the Ran Dans^ in Worcestershire, to Seighford, 
 on the north of Stafford, a distance approximating to forty 
 miles. The kennels are at En\dlle, and they have an out- 
 kennel at the Summer-house. His lordship hunts the coun- 
 try without subscription, and is particularly fortunate in the 
 possession of, certainly, one of the best huntsmen in the world. 
 Will Staples. This is WilFs first season with the Albrighton, 
 and he reports '' a fair sprinkling of foxes." 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Hoar Cross. 
 
 Mr. Meynell Ingram. > Joe Leedham. 
 
 Mon., Thur., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Monday — Sudbury Coppice; Eaton Wood; 
 Cubley Gorse. Thursday— Radbourne Park, near Derby ; Shir- 
 ley Park ; Longford Hall. Saturday — Kedleston Park ; Foston 
 Wood : Rolleston Park, near Burton-on-Trent. 
 
 Also hunt part of Derbyshire. Mr. Meynell Ingram is 
 grandson of the famous Hugo Meynell, and inherits no small 
 share of his ancestor's virtue. The Leedhams have been hunts- 
 men to the Meynell family for four generations. Mr. Meynell 
 Ingram hunts the country that was hunted by the celebrated 
 Lord Vernon, who, when blind, was in the habit of being 
 driven out to hear his hounds find their fox. Old Will. Law- 
 ley hunted them in those days. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The North Staf- 
 fordshire. 
 
 Mr. Davenport. 
 
 Joe Maiden. 
 
 Tues., Fri. ; or 
 Mon., Thur., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Stoke Heath; Woore; Black Brook; Dil- 
 horn; Adderley; Whitmore Station, 
 
 Mr. Davenport bought the "Worcestershire" when Mr. 
 Candler gave them up ; and Joe Maiden came from the 
 Cheshire when that pack was sold. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Suffolk. 
 
 Mr. Jocelyn. 
 
 Samuel Hibbs. 
 
 Five days a 
 fortnight. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Rougham Hall; Rushbrook Hall; Nor- 
 ton Dog ; Barrow Green ; Thurlow Town ; The Lion, Alpheton ; 
 Kirtling Tower. 
 
 Mr. Jocelyn has the advantage of being supported by a 
 very staunch lot of fox-preservers, amongst whom may be 
 mentioned Mr. Bennet, M.P., Mr. Crawford, Mr. Wilson, 
 Major Rushbrook, and the Duke of Grafton. The Suffolk 
 farmers, too, both from interest and inclination, seem to have 
 an especial regard for the wild animal, and are fully aware 
 that, by promoting fox-hunting, they are, in fact, promoting 
 their own welfare. Samuel Hibbs was entered by Mr. 
 Mure, under whom he acted as first whip for 17 years. The 
 Suffolk Hounds hunt Tuesday and Friday in one week, and 
 Monday, Thursday, and Saturday in the other. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 SURREY. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 N^AME OF COUNTRY 
 1 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Surrey. 
 
 A Committee. 
 
 T. Smith. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures, — Wallingham : Chipstead Toll-bar ; Weston, 
 in Kent ; Meestham. 
 
 The county of Surrey can scarcely be called favourable to 
 foxhounds ; it has^ however, boasted some stout kennels and 
 able sportsmen. The country once hunted by the famous 
 Col. Jolliffe, is now absorbed by the Old Surrey and the Sur- 
 rey Union ; and Roffey, who is the present Huntsman to the 
 Surrey Stag Hounds, is son of Col. Jolliffe's '^old Will Roffey," 
 who hunted the ColoneVs pack for so many years. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 — :ziz. 
 
 The Surrey Union. 
 
 Colonel Sumner. 
 
 ~ " " " 
 
 Mon., Thur., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Godalming; Newland's Corner; Abinger 
 Hatch. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Surrey. 
 
 A Committee. 
 
 Roffey. 
 
 Tues., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Epsom; 
 gate; Godstowe. 
 
 Kingston; Walton Heath; Rei- 
 
 SUSSEX. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Col. Wyndham's. 
 
 Colonel Wyndham. 
 
 John Squire. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Old Park; Westdean Park; Fair Oak, 
 near Harting ; Fitzhall ; Bury Hill ; Saltbox Common ; Torting- 
 ton Common ; Eastdean Wood ; Fittleworth Wood. 
 
 Col. Wyndham^s hounds have always borne a high character 
 both for pace and perseverance : the Earl of Egremont bred 
 the original pack, but gave it to the late Duke of Richmond ; 
 a few couples of ^' the best blood/^ however, were kept, and 
 from them are descended the present hounds. Nimrod says, 
 "I was not fortunate enough to see Col. Wyndham^s hounds 
 to advantage, that is, when they find their fox in the open, 
 and run him, up wind, over that trying country. I am 
 assured that the pace on such occasions exceeds anything 
 that I have experienced, I can easily conceive this ; for, 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 whether on the old green sward^ or the heath with which 
 these hills are covered, there must be a high scent ; and the 
 circumstance of hounds being always able to beat horses 
 among hills must make it appear even faster than it really 
 is/^ " Squire'^ was, for many seasons, with Mr. John King, 
 both in Devonshire and the Hambledon country, and could 
 not well have come from a better master. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Horsham and 
 Crawley. 
 
 Mr. Bethune. 
 
 James Hopkins. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Wych Cross; The Crabtree; Holbrook; 
 The Fox, Three Bridges; Horsham Gate; Balcombe Village; 
 Broadbridge Heath ; Gravetye ; Tilgate Dodge ; Ockley Court. 
 
 The Horsham and Crawley Hounds have rather a close and 
 woodland country to hunt in ; it is, however, fairly stocked 
 with foxes : the pack, too, is a stout one, and has, for many 
 years, been well hunted by James Hopkins. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Napper's. 
 
 Mr. Napper. 
 
 Summers 
 
 Mon., Thur.. 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Parham Park; Stovold*s Hill; Idehurst; 
 Finden Kennel ; Wapping Thorn Gate ; Washington Common ; 
 Ashington Gate ; Applesham ; Stoke Furze ; Loxwood Bridge ; 
 Leigh Farm ; Chiddingforth Windmill ; Wisbro' Green ; Hurs- 
 ton Dial Post. 
 
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 Mr. Napper's hounds showed a great deal of sport last 
 season, and are very favourably mentioned by the gentlemen 
 who hunt with them : they are kenneled at Mallam, near 
 Billhnghurst. Mr. Napper hunts part of the country for- 
 merly occupied by Gen. Wyndham, and succeeded Mr. 
 Richardson, who had '' the Finden :" his country includes 
 a range of the South Down Hills, which are open and carry 
 a good scent ; also the wealds of Sussex, which are deep and 
 strongly enclosed. 
 
 WARWICKSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OK HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Warwickshire. 
 
 Mr. Barnard. 
 
 Stephens. 
 
 Men., Tues., 
 Wed., Thur., 
 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Mitford Bridge; Ufton Wood; Ladbroke 
 Gorse ; Tachbrook Toll-bar, near Leamington ; Stoneleigh Abbey ; 
 Kyneton ; Bunker's Hill ; Dunchurch ; Brick-kiln Gorse. 
 
 Mr. Barnard has a fine hunting country, and a very work- 
 ing pack of hounds, middle sized. Stephens is said to be a 
 steady, good man : his kennel discipline is first-rate, and the 
 hounds evince a handiness in the field surpassed by none. 
 He came from the Duke of Grafton, having been seven years 
 under George Carter, as first whip. Leamington is the grand 
 resort for the "^dsitors" who hunt with these hounds, and 
 thev are said to be not a few. The Warwickshire will pro- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 bably only hunt four days this season^ instead of five, which 
 they have hitherto been accustomed to do. A clever instance 
 of " thought and action^' was displayed by the Warwickshire 
 first whip, some five seasons ago. A fox had been twice found 
 in a small spinney, and after a brilliant run over a fine grass 
 vale, had saved his life on each occasion, by reaching an un- 
 stopped earth, in a distant part of the country. They found 
 him a third time ; and the whip no sooner recognized his 
 friend, than, recollecting the earth, he put his horse^s head 
 straight for it, and reaching it, jumped in, up to his top-boots, 
 just in time to stop the fox out, who, by-the-bye, almost ran 
 against him with his nose. He passed over, and never went 
 to ground again. The Poet Somerville, author of " The 
 Chase,^^ lived and hunted in this country. 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The South Wilts. 
 
 Mr. F. Wyndham. 
 
 S. Powell. 
 
 Various three 
 days a-week. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Dinton ; Hurdcott; Stockton Wood; 
 Chitterne Gorse ; Fisherton-de-la-Mere ; Yarnborough Castle; 
 Wardour Castle ; Grovely Wood ; Sherrington Pond. 
 
 Considerable changes have taken place in this country 
 since last season ; but matters having been well arranged, we 
 are happy to find the South Wilts will enter upon the en- 
 suing year under favourable auspices. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 WORCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 •DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 ^ T^r . -L- i Mr. J. Cookes and g:.„„^u„ 
 FheWorcestersliire, ^ Committee. ^^^'''^^• 
 
 Five days a 
 fortnight, 
 irregular. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Bishop's Wood ; Witley Court ; Westwood 
 Park ; Ombersley ; Spetchley ; Copcot Elm ; Himbleton ; Graf- 
 ton Mill; Radford Gate; Upton Snodsbury; Tiddesley Wood; 
 Brookeridge Common ; Bredon Hill ; Old Hills. 
 
 The Worcestershire Hounds were for several seasons under 
 the management of Captain Candler. Since his retirement, 
 the present gentlemen, who constitute the Committee, have 
 been indefatigable in supporting the cause of fox-hunting ; 
 and as long as there is a fox in Worcestershire, we doubt not 
 but that they will find a pack of hounds to hunt him. 
 
 YORKSHIRE. 
 
 FOXHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Badsworth. 
 
 Lord Hawke. 
 
 Taylor. 
 
 Tues,, Thur., 
 Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Ringstone Hill; Havercroft, Hemsworth; 
 Lane-ends ; Badsworth Hall ; Grove HaU ; Owston ; Felkirk. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 The Hon. Edward Petre formerly bad these hounds ; and 
 from his hands they passed into Lord Hawke's, who has had 
 them above twenty years. It is a fair hunting country, con- 
 sisting of large woodlands_, on one side of which it is called 
 the " West Country ;^^ on the other, it is very open, with 
 flying foxes, which have generally shown remarkable sport. 
 The hounds are principally derived from the old Pytchley, 
 Mr. Foljambe, Sir Tatton Sykes, Lord Fitzwilliam, and Lord 
 Yarboro's kennels. The quality of the hounds may be fairly 
 estimated from the price lately given for ten couple, by Mr. 
 Henley Greaves, now !Master of the Cottesmore — namely, 
 500 guineas. In the year 1815, Sir Bellingham Graham 
 took the Badsworth, after Mr. Musters. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Bramham 
 Moor Hunt. 
 
 Mr. G. Lane Fox. 
 
 C. Treadwell. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Bramham Park; Harevvood; Walton; Boot 
 and Shoe Inn ; Cross Roads, Bramham Moor ; Cross Roads, 
 Clifford Moor; Slutton Mill ; Hook Moor ; KippaxPark; Gate- 
 forth Common ; in the West Riding. 
 
 This pack of hounds has been established for a great num- 
 ber of years, and has always been in the hands of the Hare- 
 wood or Bramham family. The country is not a first-rate 
 one — has a great deal of limestone, which seldom holds a 
 screeching scent, and is full of extensive plantations. Lord 
 Harewood, on resigning these hounds to Mr. Lane Fox, last 
 season, was presented with a magnificent equestrian portrait 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 of himself, mounted on a favourite hunter, and surrounded 
 by a few couple of his finest hounds ; a suitable testimonial 
 from the friends who had so long hunted with his lordship. 
 He gave the hounds to Mr. Lane Fox. Charles Treadwell 
 hunted Mr. Kobertson's hounds in Northumberland; and, 
 before that, the Quom, under Lord Suffield. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Bedale. 
 
 Mr. Mark Milbanke. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 G. Cross. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Pepper Hall; TunstalWhin; NewbyPark; 
 Hutton Bonville; Streatlam Whin; Snape Mires; Hornby 
 Castle ; in the North Riding. 
 
 Mr. M. Milbanke is a very old Master of Hounds ; his 
 name is associated in sporting history with that of the famous 
 Lord Darhngton. They " hunted in couples'' together, and 
 were among the first members of the old Bedale Club. Mr. 
 Milbanke was remarkable for his quickness with hounds, and 
 for the determined manner in which he crossed a country. 
 The Bedale country has lots of grass, and a stout pack of 
 hounds to hunt it. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Hur worth. 
 
 Mr. T. Wilkinson. 
 
 F. Coates. 
 
 Tues., Sat. 
 
 Plenty of foxes, a ^ood scenting country, and no choice of covers. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 Also hunt part of Durham. Mr. Wilkinson has had 
 the Hurworth Hounds for twelve, and they have belonged 
 to his family for more than sixty years. They were origi- 
 nally bred from the Duke of Leeds and Lord Darling- 
 ton^s kennels; but since Mr. Wilkinson became possessed 
 of them, he has resorted chiefly to Lord FitzwiUiam, Sir 
 Tatton Sykes, and Mr. Foljambe, for his blood. When the 
 late Duke of Cleveland's hounds were sold, nine couple of 
 them were purchased by Mr. Wilkinson, for " the Hurworth.' ' 
 Mr. Wilkinson has some rare hunting blood in his veins, 
 being nearly related to that Mr. Wilkinson, so eloquently 
 described by Nimrod as " an English sportsman of the old 
 stamp ; keen, beyond words ; resolute and daring in his 
 favourite pursuit ; and of a frame not of the doubtful gender, 
 but manly and powerful, and formed for hardships.'' 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Holderness. 
 
 Mr. J. Hall. 
 
 Will Derry. 
 
 Mon., Tues., 
 
 Thur., Fri., 
 
 Sat., bye. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — There being no covers in this part of the 
 , East Riding, and the country being much the same, all the fixtures 
 are considered equally good. 
 
 This is an open country, consisting of small gorse covers, 
 full of foxes, chiefly plough ; but always holding a scent. It 
 is also very level, except in a small portion of the Wolds. 
 Nimrod says : " There is one characteristic of the Holder- 
 ness country which must be highly flattering to the gentle- 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 man who hunts it. The farmers are_, to a man, not only pre- 
 servers of foxes, in the common meaning of the phrase, but 
 they go beyond that ; for they will not have a fox killed, even 
 with homids, if they can any way save his life/^ This is verily 
 the case with an enthusiastic and well-known member of Mr. 
 Trelawny^s hunt, in Devonshire. " Will Derry'^ was, for 
 some years, with Mr. Musters, in Northamptoushire, and 
 afterwards hunted the Pytchley under Lord Chesterfield. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTKY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Sir Tatton Sykes'. 
 
 Sir Tatton Sykes. Thos, Carter 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Rurlstone ; Stockton Forest; Whin-Moor 
 Build ; Settrington Beacon ; Stamford Bridge ; and covers on 
 the Wolds. 
 
 Sir Tatton Sykes^ blood has ranked high for many years, 
 and is very generally diffused amongst the most fashionable 
 kennels in England. He has resorted principally to the 
 Duke of Cleveland, to Lord Fitzwilliam, and to Mr. Ralph 
 Lambton, for his crosses, and has displayed the utmost j udg- 
 ment and knowledge in the due proportions of a foxhound. 
 Nimrod thus speaks of them, 25 years ago : '^ I was very much 
 pleased with Sir Tatton^s hounds. They show a great deal 
 of breeding ; are fast, but very close workers ; of a most de- 
 sirable size, and quite the sort of hound for Leicestershire.^' 
 The Yorkshire Wolds, over which Sir Tatton hunts, ''^ge- 
 nerally hold a good scent, and are enclosed and cultivated 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND, 
 
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 after the manner of the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire hills, 
 and much the same to ride over; but the soil is deeper, and 
 therefore more severe for horses/' Tom Carter has long 
 hunted Sir Tatton's hounds, having succeeded his father, who 
 was entered at the animal under Mr. Hugo Meynell. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The York and 
 Ainsty. 
 
 A Committee. 
 
 Will Danby. 
 
 Mon., Tues., 
 Thur., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Askham Bogs ; Diing Houses; The Wild 
 Man ; Nun Appleton. 
 
 This is a level, rough countiy, always holding a scent ; 
 with plenty of foxes, and good men to follow them. The 
 York and Ainsty Hounds were established by Mr. Butler, of 
 Newmonkton, about 35 years ago. Will Danby is not un- 
 known to fame, if he is, as I believe him to be, the Will 
 Danby who whipped-in to Mr. Hodgson's hounds, when he 
 hunted the Holderness country. 
 
 NAME OP COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Sinnington. 
 
 A Committee. 
 
 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Gillamoor; Helmsley; Marten; East 
 Newton Gate ; Dalby Bush ; Tylas Bridge ; Cawton ; The Nab, 
 Kepwick. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 The character of the fox accords with that of the country 
 in which he is bred ; and, in proportion to its wildness, so is 
 he watchful, in high wind, and a wild goer. The Sinning- 
 ton country produces a rare animal ; and if any fox could 
 venture — like that mentioned in the Kilruddery chase, when 
 pursued by twenty couple of Lord MeaWs hounds — to say, 
 '^ Little I value you all,^^ that one would be a Sinnington fox. 
 Eut, as long as they keep above ground, the Sinnington 
 hounds get their share of noses, taking one season with the 
 other. 
 
 STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Sir Clifford Con- 
 stable's. 
 
 Sir C. Constable, 
 Bart. 
 
 Henry Styche. 
 
 Wed. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Wyton Toll-bar; Ridgmont; Sproatley; 
 Hedon ; Lelley ; Coniston ; in the East Riding. 
 
 Yorkshire may fairly be considered the most sporting 
 county in England, in point of " hounds, horses, and men :'^ 
 one other county, Devon, exceeds it in the number of its 
 hounds, but in the character and high standing of its packs 
 it cannot be surpassed. Several Yorkshire gentlemen have 
 had foxhounds in their families for more than half a centurv. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 07 
 
 and, though the country has been desecrated by railways, 
 fox-hunting has met with no panic, no reverses ; it still 
 flourishes with vigour, still holds up its head unscathed by 
 the iron hand of time, and unfettered by the lines of inter- 
 section. 
 
 Fox-hunting has been the glory of England for the last 
 century ; all classes of the community share in its prosperity 
 as they do in its pursuit ; it yields a princely revenue to 
 government, and thus lightens the load of taxation from the 
 poor man^s back ; in fact, so various are they, that it would 
 be difficult to enumerate the different channels through 
 which good flows to the country from the source of fox- 
 hunting; like the far-famed stream of Peru, it scatters 
 golden blessings far and wide o^er its own favoured land. 
 Yorkshire, as I have before stated, is pre-eminent in the 
 maintenance of this manly sport, and, in all probability, it 
 will continue to flourish there, as long as a fox, a foxhound, 
 and a horse are bred in the county. 
 
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PART II 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS AND HARRIERS. 
 
 
 ANGLESEA. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OV 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. FuUer's. 
 
 Mr. FuUer. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the country round Bodorgan, on the 
 south-west of Anglesea. 
 
 Mr. Fuller^ s are old-fasMoned harriers, approacHiig to the 
 southern hound, with pendulous ears^ and deep musical 
 tongues, sounding like tenor bells ; 
 
 " Over some wide-watered shore 
 Swinging slow, with sullen roar." 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Sh-Rich.Bulkeley's 
 
 Sir R. Bulkeley. 
 
 ... - 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the country round Beaumaris. 
 
 A small-sized pack, but sharp and very persevering. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER, 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Panton's. 
 
 Mr. Panton. 
 
 Mr Panton. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — In the country round Holyhead. 
 
 Mr. Panton^ s are nearly^ if not altogether, pure-bred fox- 
 hounds. A clever Irish hunter would be the best style of 
 horse to suit the country, as it abounds in stone walls, most 
 of which require the touch-and-go action. 
 
 CAERMARTHENSHIRE. 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd's. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd 
 
 i 
 
 - - - - No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtu 
 
 RES.— The rivers of Caermarthenshire. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd has also a pack of harriers, at Glansevin. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING, 
 
 Mr. Chambers'. 
 
 Mr. Wm. Chambers. 
 
 Mr Wm. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — In the country round Llanelly, 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 CORNWALL. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Deble 
 Hoblyn's. 
 
 Mr. D. Hoblyn. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The Bodmin Moors ; a splendid grass 
 country. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Marshall's. 
 
 Mr. Marshall. 
 
 Mr. MarshaU. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — In the country round Liskeard, and from 
 the kennels which are at Treworgy. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Williams'. 
 
 Mr. Williams. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Callington and Honey- 
 combe. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Tlie South Peth- 
 erwin. 
 
 
 - - - - Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — South Pethenvin; and Tre\rin, near Laun- 
 ceston. 
 
 CUMBERLAND. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Tlie Aikton. 
 
 
 - - - - 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Moorthvvaite ; Roblaw; Do>vn-hall Height : 
 Far Pow ; in the neighbourhood of Wigton. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Carlisle. 
 
 
 - - - - 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 ! Favourite Fixtures. — The Grove, Brampton Road; Chapel Hill, 
 Wreay ; Raughton Head ; Crown Inn, Broadfield ; Hornsby 
 Gate ; Red House, Kirklinton ; White Close-gate. 
 
HOUNDS or ENGLAND. 
 
 7^ 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Whitehaven. 
 
 
 .... 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Gosforth; Beckermont; and the country 
 round Whitehaven. 
 
 DEIIBYSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr, Trevor Yates'. 
 
 Mr. Trevor Yates. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures — OakoverHall; Ashbourne Green; Bradley: 
 Barton. 
 
 A fine grass country, with stone walls. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Lyneham. 
 
 Mr. Trelawny. 
 
 Limpetty. 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — On the Avon, Erme, Yealm, Plym, and the 
 Notter rivers, in Devonshire and Cornwall. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Mr. Trelawny uses foxhounds, and when once the otter is 
 moved, they work him with more perseverance and courage 
 than any class of hounds ; deep water and a long day are 
 tests which prove their superiority : but they have too much 
 dash for finding the animal, and fling too freely over the 
 trail. A hound cannot be too close in his work to be a 
 clever finder. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The East Devon. 
 
 Mr. Collier. 
 
 Mr. Collier. 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— On the Axe, Tone, Culm, Teign, and 
 Otter rivers. 
 
 A very clever pack of otter-hounds, and remarkably well 
 hunted by Mr. John Collier, who may be considered as 
 almost amphibious. Mr. Collier^s son is one of the steadiest 
 men on a " stickle^^ I ever met with ; no otter can pass him 
 without being " gazed.^^ As a ^^look-below" he is invaluable 
 to the huntsman. 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS AND HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Cross's. 
 
 Mr. Cross. 
 
 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — In the country and rivers round Exeter. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
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 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Newton's, 
 N. D. 
 
 Mr. Newton. 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— "In the country and rivers round Bridestow, 
 on the north and north western side of Dartmoor. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The South Devon. 
 
 Mr. Thos. King. 
 
 Mr. Thos. King. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — In North Huish, Diptford, and Morley 
 parishes. 
 
 This gentleman is nephew to Mr. John King^ for many 
 years Master of the Hambledon. He is himself " a very 
 promising young one." 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Forest Har- 
 riers, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Servington „• 
 
 Savery ^^""^y 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Skerraton Down; Dean Moors ^ Hanger 
 Down ; and the Forest of Dartmoor, of which Mr. Savery is a 
 Deputy Ranger. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 These harriers have thd^ finest wild country in the West of 
 England, and are a very sharp, clever lot, under 18 inches. 
 They were bred originally from Mr. George Templer's cele- 
 brated dwarf foxhounds, a pack well-known in the West of 
 Ensrland as the " Let-^em-alones.^' 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Slapton, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Bastard. 
 
 Mr. Bastard. 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In Slapton and East Allington parishes. 
 
 These are thorough-bred harriers, chiefly blue mottled; 
 can carry a cold scent well, and go the pace when it is good. 
 Mr. Bastard is a capital sportsman. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Marlboro', 
 S.D. 
 
 Mr. Lidstone. 
 
 Mr. Lidstone. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — In Marlboro', South Huish, and West 
 Alvington parishes. 
 
 This pack has existed for two centuries, and the present 
 huntsman, " old Sam,^^ is not far from being a centuiy old. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 11 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Berry, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Michelmore. 
 
 Mr. Michelmore 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In Berry Pomeroy, near Totnes. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Knowstone, 
 N.D. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Froude. 
 
 Babbage. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The Moors round Knowstone and Rose 
 Ash parishes. 
 
 A fine pack of harriers, derived chiefly from the old- 
 fashioned staghound of the country— all yellow-pied, large, 
 high couraged, and very persevering. I have heard Mr. 
 Froude say that he has " witnessed the death of every kind 
 of wild animal which this country produces." 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Tout's; N. D. Mr. Tout. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The country round High Bickington. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 These are, in fact, thorougli-bred foxhounds — small and 
 handsome ; but we hold that the foxhound for the fox, and 
 the harrier for the hare, is the right thing all the world over. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY- 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Ley's, N. D. 
 
 Mr. Henry Ley. 
 
 Mr. Henry Ley. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— In the country round Lee, Marwood, and 
 Swindon Down. 
 
 A small sharp pack, formerly kept by Colonel Drake, of 
 Springfield, in that neighbourhood. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Yelverton's, 
 S. D. 
 
 Mr. Yelverton. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The moor land round Ottery, and within 
 reach of Exeter. 
 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Buck's, N.D. 
 
 Mr. Buck, jun. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 •Favourite Fixtures.— In the country near Bideford. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 79 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Roe's, S.D. 
 
 Mr. Roe. 
 
 Ben. Crimp. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures 
 parishes. 
 
 . — The country round Ringmore and Holbeton 
 
 Mr. Roe^s harriers are not foxhounds, as would appear by 
 the advertisements in the London papers : they aie well-bred 
 harriers^ and, of course, confine themselves to their own game. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Deacon's. 
 
 Mr. H. Deacon. 
 
 Mr. H. Deacon. 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite B'ixtures. The moor land round Whitchurch and 
 
 Tavistock. 
 
 Mr. Deacon's is a thorough bred pack of foxhounds, all 
 black and white, very handsome, and averaging nineteen inches. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY | 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Hale's. xMr. Hale. 
 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Full-a-brook and Huish 
 Down — a fine moorland. 
 
 Small foxhounds again, and very perfect astoshape and work. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 NAMB OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Stephenson's, 
 S. D. 
 
 Mr. Stephenson. 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Moreton Hampstead, 
 formerly hunted by Mr. Clack. 
 
 These are full-sized foxhounds. 
 
 DORSETSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Blackmoor 
 
 Vale. 
 
 Mr. H. F. Yeatman. 
 
 John Travess. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The Chesilborne and Alton Downs ; Mil- 
 borne East-hill ; Mappowder ; Pointingdon Ridge. 
 
 This celebrated pack of harriers was established in 1807, by 
 their present experienced master, who has consequently seen 
 his forty-first season with them. They hunt Somersetshire, as 
 well as Dorset, and are famous for their roe-hunting, which 
 is the great feature of the establishment. The runs with roe- 
 deer are frequently eight, ten, and twelve miles outright, 
 and at a pace which the best horses have been unable to 
 equal. The principal covers which are drawn for roe-deer, in 
 Dorset, are Milton Park, Norwood, Houghton Wood, The 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 81 
 
 Grange Woods, and Alton Wood. Of course, the B. V. 
 Hounds are small-sized, thorough-bred foxhounds, level to a 
 hair's breadth, and perfect models of shape and beauty. May 
 their owner long live, head whole and heart whole, to pro- 
 mote and enjoy the pastime in which he so much delights. 
 
 ESSEX 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 MAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 -Vir. Hony wood's. 
 
 Mr. W. Honywood. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Bradwell and Cogges- 
 haU. 
 
 This gentleman's father, or uncle, has also a very perfect 
 pack of beagles. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 HUNTING. 
 
 1 \ 
 
 Mr. Tufnell's. 
 
 Mr. Tufnell. 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Chelmsford. 
 
 Mr. TufnelPs pack has been going for forty years, and 
 ranks high as a clever and sporting lot of harriers. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 GLAMORGANSHIRE. 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS AND HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Lanharran. 
 
 Mr. R. H. Jenkins. 
 
 J. Harry. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Lanharran, which is 
 between Llantrissaint and Cowbridge, but nearer the former place. 
 
 Mr. Jenkins has kept an excellent pack of harriers and 
 otter-hounds for a great many years — perhaps half a century 
 — and is well known in his own country as a judge of hounds, 
 and a good sportsman in field or flood. He is also the beau 
 ideal of a country gentleman ; and when he quits the stage of 
 life, farewell to the last of his class in that country. At pre- 
 sent he is, I believe, sound in wind and limb. Long may he 
 continue so, as a pattern much needed by the rising genera- 
 tion. His rivers are the Ely, Ewenny, Dav/, Taff, and Og- 
 more — all in the county of Glamorgan. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Park Hounds. 
 
 Mr. Henry Lewis. 
 
 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The country round the Garth Hill and 
 Greenmeadow, in the neighbourhood of Cardiff. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENOLAND. 
 
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 His rivers are the Taff, the Ely, and the Rumney, near 
 Cardiff. Mr. Lewises hounds have long been remarkable as 
 a black-and-tan pack — a colour singularly admired by the 
 ancient Celts, and still preferred to all others by their Cam- 
 brian descendants. The breed has belonged to the Lewis^ 
 family for many generations ; and they are justly proud of 
 what may be considered a high-couraged, hard-working, good 
 stamp of hound. Mr., or Colonel Price, of the Ivy -house, had 
 these hounds in great perfection about the middle, or latter 
 end, of last century. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Lantwit. 
 
 Mr. Wilkins. 
 
 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Lantwit Major ; and 
 the Glamorganshire rivers. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Cowbridge. 
 
 Messrs. G. ^I. Tra- 
 herne & E. Tiaherne, 
 
 Evan Milhvard, 
 
 Mon., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Dunraven ; Wick Windmill ; Golden Mile ; 
 Ewenny Park ; St. Mary Hill, near Cowbridge. 
 
 This pack has been re-established by the present gentle- 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 men, and bids fair to be very sharp and efficient. The hounds 
 are dwarf foxhounds_, about twenty inches, and the country 
 is equal to the best parts of Leicestershire — lots of grass, and 
 fences light and practicable. The late owner (Mr. Entwisle) 
 hunted the country for many years, and had the misfortune 
 last season to lose his whole pack from hydrophobia. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Glog. 
 
 Mr. Williams. 
 
 - . . . 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures,— The country round Newbridge and Llan- 
 wonno — a wild mountainy district, with deep woodlands in the 
 valleys. 
 
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Cottiswold 
 or Brock worth. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 The Brockworth hunt a fine open country, about six miles 
 from Cheltenham. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 85 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Norton. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 These harriers are kenneled about six miles from Chel- 
 tenham. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 TheKing's-worthy^ Mr. Wall. 
 
 Mr. Wall. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— An open country round Winchester; Win- 
 chester Race-course ; Spital-bushes ; Sutton Scotney ; Wonson. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Scotland's. Mr. Scotland. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 Wed., Sat. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Stoke ; Sutton; Ropley; Upton House; 
 Bighton ; Tisted ; in the Alresford country. 
 
 Also hunt deer after Christmas ; but the practice does not 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 interfere with the steadiness of the hounds, nor make them, 
 in any respect, riotous. Mr. Scotland is a thorough hounds- 
 man ; and though he plumes himself on the character of his 
 pack, which is certainly very good, yet he leans to the more 
 noble game, and has an acquaintance not only with all the 
 packs of foxhounds in Hampshire, but literally, it may be 
 said, with each individual hound composing those packs. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Farnham. 
 
 Mr. Fuller. 
 
 Mr. Fuller. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country roimd Farnham. 
 
 LANCAS HIRE. 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OE 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Lomax's. 
 
 Mr. Lomax. 
 
 Himself. ;No fixed days. 
 
 ' 1 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The rivers of England. 
 
 i 
 
 No hounds or man in England understand the habits of 
 the otter better than Mr. Lomax and his hounds. He has 
 killed the amphibious animal from Lancashire to Land^s 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 87 
 
 End, and uses neither net, spear, nor any other warlike en- 
 gine, save horn and hound, in pursuit of his game. As I 
 once heard a Devonshire friend say, when the spear was pro- 
 posed for securing the otter : " >^ o," said he, " give him fail- 
 pljiy — dum spiro, nunqumn spearo ;" so these words ought to 
 be graven on Mr. Lomax^s horn. 
 
 LINCOLNSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Laceby. 
 
 Mr. Field. 
 
 Skipworth. 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Whyham House; Laceby Kennels ; Great 
 Coates ; Rothwell Village. 
 
 The Laceby country includes the North Wolds of Lincohi- 
 shire — a fine district for harriers. 
 
 MERIONETHSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Mg. 
 
 Sir Robert Vaughan. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— ITie country round Mg, which is near 
 Cor wen. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Colonel Vaughan formerly kept foxhounds at Rug, but at 
 present there is no pack in the county. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUN TIN G. 
 
 Capt. Hopwood's. 
 
 Capt. Hopwood. 
 
 Himself . 
 
 .... 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The country round Crogen, Corvven. 
 
 Captain Hopwood^s hounds, more properly speaking, are 
 foumart-hounds. While with his regiment, in Devonshire, 
 the Captain laid a wager that his hounds would run the 
 line of a foumart which had been turned out 24 hours before; 
 and he won his money. The trial took place on the rough 
 surface of Dartmoor. 
 
 MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Tredegar. 
 
 Sir Chas. Morgan. 
 
 Sir Charles 
 Morgan. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Tredegar and Castle 
 Town, between Newport and Cardiff. 
 
 Sir Charles Morgan^s are, in fact, foxhounds, though they 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 89 
 
 hunt the less glorious animal. His moors, or '' rean'' coun- 
 try, is not to be crossed by anything less than a Griffin with 
 wings : the upper country towards Llan Rumney and St. 
 Melons holds a good scent, and is not unfavourable for horses. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Llangibby. 
 
 Mr. J. Williams. 
 
 Tom — . 
 
 - - - - 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The country near Llangibby, Wentwood, 
 and Usk. 
 
 Mr. J. Wilhams is a fine sportsman of the old-fashioned 
 school, and his dog-language, in cover- drawing, is particularly 
 good and melodious. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Ty-isha. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Davies. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Edmund Morris 
 
 Mon., Wed. 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Ty-gwin ; Glyn Rumney ; Mynydd-y-Crug ; 
 Scibbor-bicca ; and a fine mountainous district, which always 
 carries a scent. 
 
 Mr. Davies has kept hounds for thirty years. His old 
 pack, which he sold for a large sum to Sir Hugh Smith, con- 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 sisted of great, powerful hounds, resembliug the North Devon 
 staghound, of ancieat date — all yellow pied — and would hunt 
 " anything that came with a hairy skin on^t." 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Bedwellty. 
 
 Mr. Fothergill. 
 
 
 .... 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Bedwellty — a wild dis- 
 trict, full of coal-pits and colliers. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Coal-brook 
 Vale. 
 
 Mr. Brewer. 
 
 
 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Coal-brook Vale. 
 
 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Sherwood. 
 
 Mr. Heywood. Joe Hodgkinson 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Sherwood Hall; Robin-downs' Hill; Bury 
 Hill ; Sherwood Forest. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 91 
 
 This pack of harriers came from Mr. Burgess, who hunted 
 them in Leicestershire. They have a dry, hght, open coun- 
 try, not at all unfavourable for harriers. 
 
 OXFORDSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 Capt. Evans'. 
 
 Capt, Evans. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Three and four 
 
 days a-week, 
 
 dependant 
 
 upon the 
 
 foxhounds. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Wychwood Forest, and the country 
 around it. 
 
 Here is a pack of harriers worthy of much notice. In the 
 first place, they are, perhaps, as level as any hounds in Eng- 
 land, being above fifteen, and not sixteen, inches high ; se- 
 condly, they are hunted chiefly in Wychwood Forest— full of 
 deer, foxes, and rabbits— but are perfectly steady from all of 
 them, and certain to kill their hare, unless they change 
 too often; thirdly, they have never known what the dis- 
 temper is in their kennels; and, lastly, a singularly clever and 
 well-taught retriever, called '' Sam,'' acts the part of " whip,'' 
 and turns the hounds to his master when they require cast- 
 ing or assistance. A volume might be written— aye, and a 
 very entertaining one— on the merits and sagacity of " Sam." 
 Mr. Jesse should at once make his acquaintance, and become 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 his biographer. Kindness alone has been resorted to in his 
 education, which, as I can myself testify^ from ocular de- 
 monstration, is far more complete than that of many an 
 Englishman* As first whip, and part of the hunting establish- 
 ment, a short digression in " Sam's^' favour will be pardoned. 
 If a hound fall lame in the field, he is immediately put un- 
 der Sam^s charge, who straightway conducts him home ; and 
 the hound must go, for " Sam'' will take no denial. The 
 same with a horse, which he will lead any distance along a 
 road, with the bridle in his mouth, and bring him safely to 
 his master's stables. If any young hound is guilty of riot, 
 " Sam'' instantly chastises him, which, though a very good- 
 tempered dog, he knows to be part of his duty. " Sam's'" 
 obedience, too, is extraordinary. He will take the most dis- 
 agreeable medicine, when told to do so by his master j and 
 acts the part of Valet to perfection, never making a mistake 
 in the articles of dress which he is told to bring ; and his 
 friends will say that " Sam" actually shaves the gallant 
 Captain ; but of this last accomplishment I speak with diffi- 
 dence, as I have never seen him do it. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OB HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Wormsley. 
 
 Mr. J. Fane. 
 
 Mr. J. Fane. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Sat. 
 
 1 
 i 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Sheepleys, Petsworth, Warpsgrove, Ewelme 
 
 —Grass Vale ; Stoke Field, Ipsden Heath— Wallingford ; Milton 
 Field, Hazeley — on the plough nearer the Thame. 
 
 Mr. Faue^s country comprises that part of the south of 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 93 
 
 Oxfordshire bounded on the west and north by the river 
 Thame, on the east by the Chiltern hills, and on the south by 
 the Thames. The vale hunted by him, with the exception of 
 containing several preserves, from which harriers are stopped, 
 is very good. The hounds are true-bred harriers, with no 
 admixture of fox or southern blood, and have existed as a 
 pack about half a century. 
 
 PEMBROKESHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Butterhill. 
 
 Mr. Geo. Roch. 
 
 Mr. Geo. Roch. 
 
 Tues., Fri, 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — These harriers hunt the Roose Country, 
 about ten miles from Haverfordwest, and have not a bad meet in 
 their country. 
 
 SOMERSETSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Dulverton. 
 
 Mr. Pippin. 
 
 Mr. Pippin. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Country and Moors round Dulverton and 
 Winsford. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 Mr. Pippin is a keen sportsman, and highly esteemed by 
 the stag and foxhunters of that country for the straight- 
 forward manner in which he has managed the Dulverton 
 harriers, without giving offence to any party. They are small, 
 thorough-bred harriers ; and the Dulverton, Winsford, and 
 Hawkridge Commons are beautifully wild, and most favour- 
 able for hunting. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 The Ashton. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 Sir John Smith. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 Zach. Young. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 No fixed days, 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The country from Lee Woods to Dundry; 
 and towards Clevedon, near Chfton. 
 
 The kennels are at Long-Ashton, where hounds have been 
 kept for a great many years by the present Baronet, and by 
 his predecessor, the late Sir Hugh Smith. It is a wonderful 
 fact, that when Sir Hugh bought Mr. Davies' pack, about 
 the year 1818, a hound called " Granby" escaped from the 
 kennels at Long-Ashton, which is on the Somerset side of 
 the river Avon, and returned in less than a week to Ty-isha, 
 Mr. Davies' house, near Caerphilly, in Glamorganshire : the 
 hounds had been conveyed in a vessel across the Bristol 
 Channel, a distance of 40 miles by water ; and the hound 
 '^ Granby,^^ in returning, must have travelled far above a hun- 
 dred miles, first having to cross the Avon, a tide river ; then to 
 reach Glo'ster bridge (up the Severn and in quite a contrary di- 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 95 
 
 rection from its home, being a N.E. course) ; then to follow the 
 right bank of the Severn in a westerly course, to cross the 
 rivers Wye and Usk, all through Monmouthshire, ere it 
 gained its native kennel. There "Granby^^ continued to 
 remain according to the wish of Sir Hugh Smith, and, in 
 course of time, became the progenitor of another very flou- 
 rishing pack, for Mr. Davies. 
 
 
 SHROPSHI RE. 
 
 OTTER-HOUNDS. 
 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 1 
 
 MASTER. HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Lord Hill's. 
 
 Lord Hill. 
 
 No fixed days. 
 
 Favourite Fix^ 
 
 ruRES.— The Roden, Perry, and Welsh rivers. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Corbet's. 
 
 Mr. A. H. Corbet. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixt 
 
 ruRES. — The country round Sundorne Castle. 
 
 " Corbet^' is a good old hunting name, and has belonged 
 to ?Lf'jx -hunting family for ages. 
 
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 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Mure's. 
 
 Mr. Mure. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 Three days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — ^The country from Newmarket. 
 
 Mr. Mure is better known to the hunting world as a 
 Master of Fox-hounds ; he had the management of '^ The 
 Suffolk^^ before Mr. Jocelyn took them. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Robert Buck's. 
 
 Mr. R. Buck. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Nowton and Bury St. 
 Edmunds. 
 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Sam. Buck's. 
 
 Mr. S. Bu 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— The country round Nowton and Bury St. 
 Edmunds. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 97 
 
 SUSSEX 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Brighton. 
 
 Mr. Tanner. 
 
 WiUard. 
 
 Mon., Wed., 
 Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures.— Patcham; Race Course; Thunders' Barrow; 
 Wyke. 
 
 These harriers have some fine downs for their sporty and 
 a gallop with them does more good than all the shampooing 
 
 and w aters of Brighton. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Brookside. 
 
 Mr. Beard. 
 
 J. Saxby 
 
 Mon., Thur. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Newmarket Hill; Telscombe Tye. 
 
 The Brookside are celebrated harriers, and never fail to 
 show sport over their capital country. 
 
 H 
 
98 
 
 A GUIDE TO THE 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Locke's. 
 
 Mr. Locke. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Warminster. 
 
 WOKCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 HARRIERS, 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Ismere. Mr. Trow. 
 
 Mr. Trow. 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Kidderminster and 
 Ismere House, where the kennels are. 
 
HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 
 
 99 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Nichsted's. 
 
 Mr. Nichsted. 
 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — The country round Shakenhurst. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 OR HOUNDS. 
 
 MASTER. 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 Mr. Roberts'. 
 
 Mr. Roberts. 
 
 
 Two days. 
 
 Favourite Fixi 
 
 ruRES. — The country round Bevvdley. 
 
 1 
 
 YORKSHIHE. 
 
 HARRIERS. 
 
 NAME OF COUNTRY 
 
 OR HOUNDS. ^^^^^^• 
 
 HUNTSMAN. 
 
 DAYS OF 
 HUNTING. 
 
 The Craven. 
 
 
 
 
 Tues., Fri. 
 
 Favourite Fixtures. — Skipton Baths, Carlton; and the country 
 round Otterburn and Kirby. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 PART I. 
 FOXHOUNDS AND STAGHOUNDS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 1 
 
 Bedfordshire • • ' ' " ib. 
 
 The Oakley 
 
 2 
 Berkshire • • • • * * ^ ib. 
 
 The Bramshill • • ' ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ib. 
 
 The Old Berkshire • • * * " 3 
 
 The South Berkshire • • • ' * * . . ib. 
 
 The Craven • • ' ' * * 4 
 
 The Royal Staghounds 
 
 ib. 
 
 Bucks • ' * " ^ , ib. 
 
 Lord Southampton's •■ •• " ' ^^ 5 
 
 The Whaddon Chase Hounds •• •' ** g 
 
 The Barons Rothschild 
 
 IBRIDGESHIRE 
 
 The Cambridgeshire 
 
 ib. 
 Cambridgeshire •• •• " ib. 
 
102 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Cardiganshire 
 The Goggerddan 
 The Teivy Side , 
 
 Page. 
 7 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 Carmarthenshire . . 
 
 The Carmarthenshire 
 Mr. PoweU's 
 
 8 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 Cheshire 
 
 The Cheshire 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 Cornwall 
 
 The Four Burrow 
 
 ib. 
 
 Denbighshire 
 The Wynnstay 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 Devonshire 
 
 The Lyneham, S. D. 
 
 The North Devon 
 
 The Eggesford, N. D. 
 
 The Tiverton, N. D. 
 
 The Devon, S. D. 
 
 Sir fl. Seale's, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Morgan's Hounds, S. D. 
 
 Mr. Purse's, N. D. 
 
 The Devon and Somerset, N. D. 
 
 10 
 ib. 
 11 
 12 
 ib. 
 13 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 14 
 ib. 
 
 Dorsetshire 
 
 Mr. Farquharson's 
 The Charboro*. 
 
 16 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 Durham 
 
 The Raby 
 
 The Durham County 
 
 ib. 
 
 18 
 
INDEX. 103 
 
 Page. 
 
 Essex . ship- •• •• •• •• • ^9 
 
 The Essex abounds . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Essex Union . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The South Essex .. .. .. .. •• 20 
 
 The Essex and Suffolk . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The East Essex .. .. ,. .. .. 21 
 
 Gloucestershire . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Badminton . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Berkeley Hunt . . . . . . . . 22 
 
 The Vale of White Horse . . . . . . . . 23 
 
 The Cheltenham Staghounds . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Hampshire .. .. .. .. .. 24 
 
 Mr. T. Asfeheton Smith's . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Hambledon . . . . . . . . . . 25 
 
 The H. H. . . . . . . . . . . 26 
 
 TheHursley .. .. .. .. .. 27 
 
 The New Forest . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Vine .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 
 
 Herefordshire .. .. .. .. .. ib. 
 
 The Herefordshire .. ., .. .. .. ib. 
 
 The Ledbury . . . . . . . . . . 29 
 
 Hertfordshire . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Puckeridge . . . , . . . . ib. 
 
 Mr. Brand's . . . . . . . . . . 30 
 
 Kent . . . . . . . - . . . . ib. 
 
 The East Kent . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Tickham . . . . . . . . . . 31 
 
104 INDEX. 
 
 HI 
 
 Page. 
 
 Leicestershire .. .. •• .... 31 
 
 The Quorndon . . . . . . . . • • ib. 
 
 The Atherstone . . . . . . • . • • 32 
 
 The Donnington . . . . . . • • 33 
 
 Lincolnshire . . . . . . • • • • ib. 
 
 The Brocklesby .. c .. .. ib. 
 
 The Burton .. •• •• .- •• 34 
 
 The South Wold . . . • • • • • 35 
 
 Monmouthshire .. .. •• •• •• 36 
 
 The Monmouthshire . . . . . . • . ib. 
 
 Northamptonshire . . . . • • • • • • 37 
 
 Earl Fitzwilliam's . . . . • ■ • • ib- 
 
 ThePytchley .. .. .. •• •• 38 
 
 Northumberland . . . . • ■ • • 39 
 
 LordElcho's .. .. .. •• •• ib- 
 
 TheTindale .. .. .. •• •• ib- 
 
 Nottinghamshire . . • . • • • • • • 40 
 
 Mr. Lumley's . . . . . . • • • • ib. 
 
 The Rufford . . .... . . . . ib. 
 
 Oxfordshire . . . . . . . . • 41 
 
 Mr. Drake's . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 'j'he Heythrop . , . . • . • • • • 42 
 
 Mr. PhiUips's . . . . . . . . 43 
 
INDEX. 105 
 
 Pa^e. 
 
 Pembroke.Ishire . . . . . . . . . 44 
 
 The Asht'ale . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Stone Hall . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Begelly . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Cresselly . . . . . . . . . . 45 
 
 Rutlandshire . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Belvoir . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Cottesmore . . . . . . . . . . 46 
 
 Shropshire .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 
 
 Mr. Eyton's Hounds . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Ludlow . . . . . . . . . . 48 
 
 The United Pack . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Wheatland . . . . . . 49 
 
 Scotland . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Buccleuch . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Linlithgow and Stirlingshire . . . . . . 50 
 
 The Ayrshire . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Berwickshire . . . . . . . , 51 
 
 Somersetshire .. .. .. .. .. ib. 
 
 The West Somerset . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Staffordshire . . . . . . . . . . 52 
 
 The Albrighton . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Hoar Cross . . . . . . . . . . 53 
 
 The North Staffordshire . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 
 
 The Suffolk .. .. .. .. .. ib. 
 
106 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Surrey 
 
 The Surrey 
 
 The Surrey Union 
 
 The Surrey 
 
 Page. 
 55 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 56 
 
 Sussex 
 
 Col. Wyndham's 
 
 The Horsham and Crawley 
 
 Mr. Napper's 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 57 
 ib. 
 
 Warwickshire 
 
 The Warwickshire 
 
 58 
 ib. 
 
 Wiltshire 
 
 The South Wilts 
 
 59 
 ib. 
 
 Worcestershire 
 
 The Worcestershire 
 
 60 
 ib. 
 
 Yorkshire 
 
 The Bads worth . . 
 
 The Bramham Moor Hunt 
 
 The Bedale 
 
 The Hurworth 
 
 The Holderness . . 
 
 Sir Tatton Sykes' 
 
 The York and Ainsty 
 
 The Sinnington 
 
 Sir Clifford Constable's 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 61 
 62 
 ib. 
 63 
 64 
 65 
 ib. 
 66 
 
DEX. 107 
 
 PART 11. 
 OTTER-HOUNDS AND HARRIERS. 
 
 Page. 
 Anglesea . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 
 
 Mr. Fuller^s . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Sir Rich. Bulkeley's . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Mr. Panton's . . . . . . . . 70 
 
 Carmarthenshire . . . . . . . . , . ib. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd's . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Mr. Chambers' . . . . . . .'. ib. 
 
 Cornwall .. .. .. .. .. 71 
 
 Mr. Deble Hoblyn's . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Mr. Marshall's . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Mr. Williams' . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The South Pether^vin . . . . . . . . 72 
 
 Cumberland . . . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Aikton . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Carhsle . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 The Whitehaven . . . . . . . . 73 
 
 Derbyshire . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
 Mr. Trevor Yates' . . . . . . . . ib. 
 
108 
 
 Devonshire 
 The Lyneham 
 The East Devon 
 Mr. Cross's 
 Mr. Newton's, N. D. 
 The South Devon 
 The Forest Harriers, S. D. 
 The Slapton, S. D. 
 The Marlboro', S. D. 
 The Berry, S. D. 
 The Knowestone, N. D. 
 Mr. Tout's, N. D. 
 Mr. Ley's, N. D. 
 Mr. Yelverton's, S. D. 
 Mr. Buck's, N, D. . . 
 Mr. Roe's, S. D. 
 Mr. Deacon's 
 Mr. Hale's 
 Mr. Stephenson's, S. D. 
 
 Dorsetshire 
 
 The Blackmoor Vale 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 
 
 Page. 
 
 . . 
 
 73 
 
 . . 
 
 ib. 
 
 
 .. 74 
 
 . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . . 
 
 75 
 
 . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . 
 
 76 
 
 . . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . 
 
 77 
 
 . . • • 
 
 ib. 
 
 . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . . 
 
 78 
 
 . . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . 
 
 79 
 
 . . 
 
 ib. 
 
 . 
 
 ib. 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 ib. 
 
 .. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Essex 
 
 Mr. Honyvvood's 
 Mr. Tuffnell's 
 
 Glamorganshire 
 The Lanharran . . 
 The Park Hounds 
 The Lantvvit 
 The Covvbridge 
 The Glog 
 
 82 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 83 
 ib. 
 
 84 
 
INDEX. 
 
 109 
 
 Page. 
 
 84 
 
 Gloucestershire •• •• • *' .^ 
 
 The Cottiswold or Brockworth 
 The Norton 
 
 Hampshire 
 
 The Farnham 
 
 Lancashire 
 
 Mr. Lomax's 
 
 Lincolnshire 
 The Laceby 
 
 Merionethshire 
 The Rug 
 Capt. Hopwood' 
 
 Monmouthshire 
 
 The Tredegar 
 The Llangibby 
 The Ty-isha 
 The Bedwellty 
 The Coal-brook Vale 
 
 Nottinghamshire 
 The Sherwood 
 
 85 
 
 The King's-worthy . . • • • • ' ' .^^ 
 
 Mr. Scotland's . . • • • • * ' " ^^ 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 87 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 88 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 89 
 ib. 
 90 
 ib. 
 
WQ INDEX. 
 
 Oxfordshire . , 
 
 Capt. Evans' 
 The Wormsley 
 
 Pembrokeshire 
 The Butterhill 
 
 Shropshire 
 
 Lord Hill's 
 Mr. Corbet's 
 
 Suffolk . . 
 Mr. Mure's 
 Mr. Robert Buck's 
 Mr. Sam. Buck's 
 
 Sussex 
 
 The Brighton 
 The Brookside 
 
 Wiltshire 
 
 Mr. Locke's 
 
 Page. 
 91 
 ib. 
 92 
 
 93 
 ib. 
 
 oi ib. 
 Somersetshire 
 
 The Dulverton . . • • • • • • • • ^^• 
 
 The Ashton . . . . • • • • • • ^^ 
 
 95 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 96 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 97 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 98 
 ib. 
 
INDEX. H^ 
 
 Page. 
 
 98 
 Worcestershire 
 
 lb. 
 The Ismere 
 
 99 
 Mr. Nichsted's 
 
 Mr. Roberts' 
 
 ib. 
 Yorkshire 
 
 The Craven . . • • ♦ • • ** 
 
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