74 George Beers, Hunts man. 



Early in i860 Frank Beers came home from 

 Russian-Poland, and was put on first whipper-in 

 at once. On the 1 5th of March Lord Southampton 

 thought he would try to catch a fox with the dog 

 hounds in the Vale. The meet was Mursley, 

 High Havens the draw. A number of foxes were 

 found, the result being much ringing about ; but 

 my lord would persevere, and spent two hours in 

 doing nothing. We went back to the covert, 

 found again, and with a better scent took the fox 

 a ring round Cubbington and back, leaving the 

 covert on the left, over Stukeley field, Mursley, 

 down to Newton, past Mrs. Villiers' gorse at a 

 rare pace, leaving Salden Wood on the left, and 

 straight down to the Chase at the Bletchley 

 end. His lordship came down the road, only 

 four people being with the hounds. The late 

 Colonel Archibald Douglas-Pennant and Frank 

 Beers had gone steadily and well all the time. 



Lord Southampton came to me and with evident 

 annoyance said : ''I would have given a thousand 

 pounds to catch this fox." . '^ Well, my lord, you 

 may catch him yet," I answered. 



" Yes, I thought you would say something 

 clever," was his characteristic reply. 



I simply said, '' I will go on, if I halloo 

 you come." 



