Geo7'ge BeerSj Huntsma)!. 63 



This fox was killed in the corner field of Oxford- 

 shire, joining Northamptonshire on the north, and 

 Buckinghamshire on the east side. Lord South- 

 ampton often surprised his huntsman by appearing 

 unexpectedly. 



His lordship possessed an extraordinary facility 

 for getting to the end of a run without much 

 jumping. He rode rather small horses for a six- 

 teen stone man ; knowing the country thoroughly, 

 and being such a good judge of what hounds 

 were doing, he seemed to see everything that 

 passed. 



Up to this time one hundred couples of hounds 

 had been bought. An advertisement appeared in 

 1850 in Beir s Life that the Badminton pack was 

 to be reduced. Of these hounds Lord Southamp- 

 ton bought, I believe, thirty-three couples. Beers 

 brought them into condition with the pack, and 

 took them cub-hunting. They did not please 

 George at all. He was asked by his master what 

 he thought of them. His reply was ' that they 

 were of no use in the waods, and he did not 

 think they were any good in the open.' Of course, 

 this was a great disappointment to the purchaser. 

 It was, therefore, decided to send them out alone, 

 to see if they could catch a fox. I was asked 

 to go with them ; the result was, however, very 



