i66 MEMOIR OF 



knew better than he did that " a fox well found 

 is a fox half killed." 



Thus, without the help of a regular whip, 

 "old John Beale " killed his foxes, and did it 

 handsomely, showing such sport as, so long as 

 that generation lasts, will not readily be forgotten 

 in the Tiverton country. 



"•Russell's plan was very much the same — his 

 horn was half the battle to him ; but, educated 

 as he had been in the high-class school of Mr. 

 George Templer and Mr. John Codrington, his 

 style, as might be expected, was that of a gentle- 

 man ; for although quite as energetic as John 

 Beale, and with an eye like a hawk to his head- 

 hounds, no one was ever heard to object either 

 to the lively shake of his horn, or to the 

 soul-stirring echoes of his musical cheer. On 

 the contrary, as a farmer was once heard to 

 say, '' It fairly mak'th a man's heart jump in 

 his waistcoat to hear Passon Rissell find his 

 fox ; 'twixt he and the hounds, 'tis like a band 

 of music striking up for a dance." 



The history and character of the pack 

 hunted by Russell during his residence at Iddes- 

 leigh having been thus briefly recorded, the 

 reader will now expect to learn something of his 

 stud, what his powers as a horseman were, and 

 how he acquitted himself as a rider to hounds. 



To describe him as having been a brilliant 

 performer across country, or to compare him, 



