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and I find neck." He doated upon every hound 

 in his pack, with as much fondness as a father feels 

 for his children. In the course of his career he 

 fractured his ribs twice, and broke his collar-bone 

 seven times. After living six-and-thirty years under 

 different managers of the Bedfordshire Hounds, 

 during twenty-four of which he hunted them him- 

 self, he came to Mr. Wicksted, with whom he 

 remained during the eleven years that he hunted the 

 Woore Country. He was then engaged by Sir 

 Thomas Boughley, and died in his service March 

 30th, 1847. • • • 



Joe Maiden was Huntsman to the Cheshire 

 Hounds from the year 1 832-1 844. In that capacity, 

 as far as my experience extends, I have never seen 

 his equal. He was moreover as pleasant a companion 

 to ride home with after a run as any gentleman could 

 desire. After continuing in Mr. White's service 

 for two years, and after having acted, during the 

 interval, as Host of the Bluecap at Sandiway Head, 

 he was engaged in 1846 by Mr. Davenport to 

 undertake The North Staffordshire Hounds. During 

 the time that he hunted the North Warwickshire, 

 under Mr. Shaw, he met with the accident which 

 crippled him for the remainder of his life, slipping 

 with one leg into the boiling copper. Suffering 

 more severely from the effects of this as he advanced 

 in age, he underwent the amputation of his leg in 

 the year i8$6. He died on 20th Oct., 1864, aged 

 69, and was buried at Maer. 



R. E. Egerton-Warhurton, 



