CHAPTER IV 



SEASONS 1871-72 AND 1872-73 



The Hunt Stud The Mare that taught Mr. James Hutchinson 

 Jumping Gates The Hunters Black Charley and Culverthorpe 

 Old Tom Chambers Mr. Ferrand Sir Thomas Whichcote's Stud 

 A Visit from Mr. Chaworth Musters A Morning's Cubbing in 

 Flood with Mr. Algernon Turner only The Belvoir catch a 

 Blankney run Fox, and two Opinions about it Colonel the Hon. 

 H. H. Forester H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at Croxton Park 

 H.R.H. clears a prostrate Farmer H.R.H. apologises A wet 

 Day in Lincolnshire A good Day and Mr. George Drummond 

 Frank Beers from the Grafton The Hound Grafton Silence. 



stud of horses for five 

 days a week was ten 

 or twelve, and the 

 Duke was never very par- 

 ticular to a horse or two," 

 said Gillard, as he revived 

 the memory of many an 

 equine acquaintance. " I 

 was a nice weight, eleven 

 stone three pounds, and amongst my lot were 

 some of the best I ever rode, for we were capitally 

 mounted. Five of those that I had at this time 

 were bought for the Duke ; they all came from 



