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James Parker seems to have gone on with them for a 

 short time. 



However, they started again with renewed strength 

 in 185 1, when Lord Petre's son, the Hon. P>ederick 

 Petre, took them, hunting them himself. Before taking 

 them, he had kept a pack of harriers at Writtle, and so 

 was no novice at the game ; he kept on Joe Roots, who 

 turned hounds to him, and later on Jack Barker took 

 his place. After this we find Frank Barker hunting 

 the hounds, besides which, he had the management of 

 the deer — a post which he kept till killed by his own 

 horse, Bird on the Wing, rearing and falling on him 

 at the Islington May Horse Show. 



Amongst the regulars of the day were James Parker, 

 who had these hounds for one season as well as being 

 Master of the Essex Union in 1853 ; he was a very 

 handsome man, and was a very well-known figure on 

 his grey horse ; Charles Ducane, Mr. Tufnell, Edmund 

 Round, the two Messrs. Reeves, Soames, Lord Wol- 

 verton, or, as he was then, Mr. Glyn, with his favourite 

 horse, Strychnine, and the late Mr. Albert Deacon, of 

 Briggins Park. 



In 1867, the Hon. h^-ederick Petre was succeeded 

 by his brother Henry, and Frank Barker hunted the 



