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club on its natal day. But whatever his quali- 

 fications might have been, it cannot be said that 

 he afterwards became an ardent cricketer ; nor 

 is it related of him by his contemporaries that 

 he ever distinguished himself, either as a good 

 "field," batsman, or bowler. His thoughts, in 

 fact, were still on hounds intent ; the ruling 

 passion had sole possession of him, and he could 

 no more have devoted his energy to cricket 

 than to a game of marbles. 



The Rev. Henry Taylor, of West Ogwell, 

 the Rev. John Templer and his elder brother, 

 Mr. George Templer, of Stover, were members ; 

 the former having been chosen as president, 

 and the latter as vice-president of the newly- 

 formed Club. Mr. Templer, a gentleman of 

 brilliant intellect and most charming manner, 

 had for some time previously established at 

 Stover a pack of dwarf fox- hounds, averaging 

 nineteen inches at the shoulders, with which he 

 hunted, when he had the luck to find him, the 

 real wild article ; but, wlien a blank was appre- 

 hended, a bagman, which, always at hand, was 

 turned down in view of the hounds. 



The system was a novel one, hitherto un- 

 practised in this or any other country ; but the 

 sport shown and the hard riding it gave rise to, 

 owing to the habit of saving the fox alive, when 

 the hounds had fairly run up to him, will be 

 remembered in the county so long as Heytor 



