302 Lord Cheshain. 



Lord Chesham, like his predecessor, was a 

 great hound man, and made several purchases 

 to keep up the pack and to improve it, the last 

 addition being several couples of the Blankney 

 bitches, which blended well with the pack, and 

 the benefit was of a long-lasting nature. 



As I was residing in those days within reach 

 of one side of the Bicester country, I saw a good 

 deal of sport with the pack under both huntsmen, 

 my lord himself carrying the horn occasionally 

 with success. Although I remember many good 

 runs, I cannot give a sufficiently correct report to 

 enable me to write them. On one occasion I 

 saw the bitch pack find a fox at Cockley Brake 

 and run over the grass nearly to Brackley Gorse, 

 turn left-handed up Steane Park at a tremendous 

 pace. On leaving the park and running on the 

 other side of Banbury Road, Captain Hannay, a 

 very hard man, had a fall over a strong fence. 

 The horse fell, and the Captain pitched over his 

 head with both feet hung in the stirrups ; fortu- 

 nately there was sufficient help near or the 

 accident might have been serious. 



The pack raced on, leaving Hinton-in-the- 

 Hedges to the left, bearing up to Farthinghoe on 

 the right, and they raced together like a flock 

 of pigeons, and killed the fox near Astrop. That 



