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connected with the name of Sir Frederick Carrington. 

 In 1875, as a subaltern in the 24th Regiment, Sir 

 Frederick first hunted the Cape Foxhounds. The 

 regiment had lately come out from Gibraltar, and 

 Colonel (now General) Glyn brought five and a half 

 couple of hounds from the Calpe Hunt. These, 

 added to the remnant of a pack previously existing 

 at the Cape under Captain (now Major-General 

 Sir Francis) Grenfell and Mr. Selby Lowndes, which 

 were taken over by the 24th, formed the nucleus 

 of the Cape Hounds hunted by Mr. Carrington for 

 three seasons under Col. Glyn's Mastership. More 

 hounds were procured from England ; and, under 

 the vigorous regime of the ardent subaltern of the 

 24th, the Cape Hounds flourished exceedingly. 



Silver jackals were principally hunted ; the great 

 Cape flats then abounded with them, and the 

 favourite meets were at Durbanville, Klapmuts, 

 Eerste River, Malmesbury, Klipheuvel, and other 

 places. Meets were always at daylight ; jackals were 

 wonderfully stout and resourceful, and almost with- 

 out exception stood up before hounds for an hour 

 or more. 



Mr. Carrington's whips were two well-known 

 soldiers and sportsmen. Captain Grenfell, whose 

 name has since become sufliciently well known in 

 Zululand, Egypt, and elsewhere, was one ; Lieutenant 

 Coghill, whose gallant death with the 24th's colours 



