76 FOXHUNTING ON LAKELAND FELLS 



it is often possible to attend meets of the Coniston, 

 Blencathra and Ullswater during the week. Once 

 or twice a season the Blencathra visit Wythburn, 

 at the head of Thirlmere Lake, where they remain 

 for the inside of a week. If during that week the 

 Coniston and Ullswater are in their home countries, 

 they can easily be reached from Windermere or 

 Ambleside, by motor or cycle. If the visitor 

 wishes to put in most of his time with an individual 

 pack, he will find comfortable hotels and inns 

 within easy reach of the kennels. There is, of 

 course, a good deal of luck about hunting anywhere, 

 but particularly so on the fells, where weather 

 conditions are apt to interfere with sport. The f eU 

 packs usually account for from fifteen to twentj^- 

 five brace of foxes in a season, the number, of 

 course, varying with the character of the seasons. 

 In the 1918-19 season, the UUswater brought to 

 hand close upon thirty-five brace, while the other 

 packs aU did remarkably well. Considering the 

 roughness of the country, such records are very 

 good indeed. 



Joe Bowman, the veteran huntsman of the 

 Ullswater, is a personality in Lakeland hunting. 

 He has carried the horn with this pack — ^with one 

 short interval — since 1879, and is still hale and 

 hearty. His fame as a huntsman reaches far 

 beyond the borders of his own wild country, for he 

 is well known to most keen hunting folk. 



