i62 MEMOIR OF 



occasional service of a raw lad — a Jack-of-all- 

 work called Sam — he literally did the work 

 single-handed, and depended on no one but 

 himself. 



To ride a long distance to cover in the 

 morning, to hunt a pack of foxhounds all day, 

 and at night to jog slowly home with them 

 to their perhaps far-distant kennel, is usually 

 held to be work enough and to spare for any 

 ordinary man ; but if, in addition to these 

 duties, he has to depend mainly on himself 

 to keep them together when they divide, to 

 stop them on riot, and, in fact, to do the 

 work of a whip, or even two whips, besides 

 his own, he need, like Alcides, have a double 

 share of strength, activity, and endurance to 

 do it all, and do it efficiently. 



Nevertheless, this task, the ordinary work 

 of at least two men, imposed as it was upon 

 Russell by that old complaint of his — tightness 

 of the chest — was not only no toil to him, 

 but a real labour of love — one he would have 

 ridden "bare ridge" to perform, nay, sacrificed 

 his last crust to enjoy. 



Beckford, the Blackstone of hunting law and 

 practice, informs us that " no pack of foxhounds 

 is complete without two whippers-in," and more- 

 over, adds this testimony to the advantage 

 gained by the help of a good whip : " I think 

 I should have better sport and kill more foxes 



