Frank Beers; Huntsman. 95 



In those days, going away in the open was 

 strictly forbidden. I have seen hounds stopped 

 many times in a morning, and taken back to a cub; 

 if they are kept within a certain space, the young 

 ones can hear the '' cry " and learn to pack. No 

 horn, no halloo, will attract a hound like the 

 '' cry." 



I always considered Whistley Wood to be the 

 best scenting covert in the Grafton Hunt, and 

 during fifty seasons I saw the best runs from 

 there, particularly in the early part of the time. 

 When the Northampton and Banbury line of 

 railway came it altered the run of the foxes in that 

 direction. 



During cub-hunting in 1864 I one day saw the 

 hounds run in Whistley, from one fox to another, 

 for three hours and fifteen minutes, and kill. 

 Frank sent his whippers-in outside, and kept the 

 foxes in ; it gave them such a drilling that when 

 the season opened they were soon off. I shall 

 never forget Restless and Ringlet (Hill's bitches, 

 and half-sisters), and Destitute ; they had such 

 good tongues and noses that there was no break 

 in the work. I always thought that that morning 

 did the young huntsman as much good as the 

 pack. 



I now have the pleasure of placing before my 



