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morning, but got frosty towards night. The 

 hounds got great praise, and had we had another 

 hour dayhght he could not have hved ; he was 

 not two hundred yards before the hounds at dark. 

 Chanter ran very welL" 



Mr. Ralph Lambton's was, perhaps, one of the 

 most famous packs of that day, and from that 

 source Mr. Andrew soon proceeded to get drafts, 

 as well as from the York and Ainsty. The hounds 

 continued to improve during his rule, which 

 only terminated at his death in 1835. He was 

 succeeded by his eldest son, John, who had hunted 

 the hounds for the preceding five years, and who 

 in two years' time turned over the hunting of the 

 hounds to his son Thomas, still continuino- to 

 officiate as master himself. And a famous master 

 he was, though somewhat despotic withal. 



With the Cleveland hounds the name of Mr. 

 Thomas Andrew will always be closely associated, 

 and, perhaps, no man did more to improve them 

 than he did. As a Master of hounds he p3ssessed 

 more of the ' suaviter in modo ' than his father, 

 whilst the 'fortiter in re ' was not wanting when 

 really necessary. 



Patient, cool, and with a thorough knowledge 

 of the habits of the crafty animal he pursued, he 

 was the heau ideal of a huntsman, and few could 

 equal him at bringing a fox to hand on a bad 

 scenting day. With a good scent, he was wont 

 to say, hounds do best by themselves. 



