Frank Beers Diaries. 163 



bouofht land and built kennels. Good houses and 

 stabling were erected by many supporters of the 

 hunt, and the whole establishment shows that the 

 ■Grafton men know what they are about. 



Our new Master had the support of all the 

 gentlemen and farmers transferred to him, with a 

 good huntsman and whippers-in, and a capital 

 pack of hounds, and the record which follows will 

 prove that his Mastership was a great success. 



It is due to the present Duke of Grafton to 

 mention that he is a diligent preserver of foxes on 

 his large estates and in his numerous coverts ; and, 

 although his Grace has retired from the hunting- 

 field, a fine stud of hunters still occupies those 

 stables which have been so well furnished for 

 generations. The FitzRoy family is ably repre- 

 sented in the field by the Earl of Euston and Lord 

 Alfred FitzRoy. 



M 2 



