8o George Beers, Huntsman. 



the time for his retirement came they were, to 

 a man, rejoiced that the hounds were to continue 

 in the FitzRoy family, and transferred their 

 support to his Grace the fifth Duke of Grafton 

 and the Earl of Euston in May, 1862. 



Lord Southampton sold the whole pack to the 

 late Mr. Selby-Lowndes, of Whaddon Hall. The 

 dog hounds were sent by that gentleman to 

 Tattersall's and were sold by auction, four couples 

 of them returning to the old country to keep the 

 Furrier blood in the kennel. 



The Duke appointed Frank Beers to be hunts- 

 man, and the country was without hounds until 

 the late Lord Penrhyn came to the rescue and 

 telegraphed to his friend Sir John Johnson, " Buy 

 Hill's hounds ! " Sir John acted accordingly, 

 and Lord Penrhyn wrote to the Duke begging 

 his Grace's acceptance of the hounds. The 

 Duke readily accepted this handsome offer on 

 behalf of the country. With these four couples 

 above-mentioned, and some young hounds from 

 Mr. Drake's, the pack was formed, and the 

 present pack at Paulerspury is descended from 

 them. 



Through the kindness of the present Lord South- 

 ampton I am able, at the eleventh hour, to include 

 two additional illustrations, which cannot fail to 



