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No man knew better how to keep a Field in 

 order than did the noble, lord. I never saw him 

 do an unsportsmanlike action ; he would give his 

 Field a good chance, no marshalling up in a corner, 

 with the hounds and covert all down wind, so that 

 they could neither hear nor see. A good blowing 

 up is much to be preferred. No nicer man was 

 there than Lord Southampton until the first hound 

 spoke ; then he was prepared to rebuke the first 

 man whom he saw out of his place. 



George Beers commenced his duties as hunts- 

 man to the Grafton Hounds in 1848, and he was 

 then 48 years of age. Lord Southampton bought 

 two of the best horses out of the Oakley stud, which 

 was sold when Mr. Magniac gave up, and 

 Major Hogg took the hounds. Matters settled 

 down, good sport prevailed, and Beers's hound 

 knowledge, and the condition into which he suc- 

 ceeded in getting his pack, placed them in a very 

 proud position, and I shall simply say that the sport 

 was highly satisfactory, and pass on. In the last 

 week in March we had a brilliant twenty-nine 

 minutes from one of the Bradden coverts, over 

 some of the finest grass, and ran to ground near 

 Grub's Coppice. The fox was in view, and very 

 tired, when Lord Southampton came up Beers 

 told his lordship. He put his hands upon his hips, 



