CHAPTER III 



SEASON 1870-71 



The Hunting View from Belvoir Castle Appointment of Huntsman 

 to the Belvoir Letters of Congratulation Will Goodall, junior, 

 First Whip The Institution of the Hound Van The Kennels at 

 Ropsley James Cooper, late Huntsman The Duke of Rutland's 

 Visit to the Kennel Dick Christian's Story of the Duke's Leap 

 The Duke as a Master Mr. George Lane Fox's Letter to Mr. 

 Tom Parrington Frank's First Entry in the Diary, Aug. 23, 

 1870 Osbaldeston Furrier The Belvoir and Cottesmore Hunts 

 join in the Field The Duke takes a heavy Fall Mr. Tom 

 Hutchinson picks him up A Day of Disaster Sir Watkiii 

 Winn's " Royal " and John Walker in his Kennel A good Run, 

 and Mr. Henry Custance asks for the Brush H.R.H. the Prince 

 of Wales has a Day The Field out. 



lELVOIR and fox- 

 hunting are al- 

 most interchange- 

 able terms, for no 

 history of the one 

 can possibly be 

 complete without 

 frequent mention of 

 the other. A Duke of Rutland may stand at one 

 window of his dining-room and overlook twenty 

 parishes, each of which bears a name that is associ- 



THE BELVOIR HOUND VAN. 



