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whilst Stephen Goodall, first of a famous famil}', was 

 huntsman. The elder Sebright subsequently hunted 

 the New Forest, and young Tom was born at Stowe-on- 

 the-Wold in the year 1789. He used to say that his 

 appetite for hunting was first whetted by running afoot 

 after Mr Villebois' hounds, when that good sportsman 

 hunted the Romsey side of Old Hampshire. At the age 

 of fifteen Tom was duly entered as second whip with 

 'Jack' Musters, who noted his firm hand and quick 

 eye to hounds. It was early to begin the active duties of 

 the hunting-field, but others have begun earlier : Jem 

 Hills, for example, who was only ten when he com- 

 menced whipping-in to the Duke of Dorset's Harriers, 

 and George Carter, who was also but ten when he was 

 installed as second whip to Mr Selby Lowndes' hounds. 



From the Annesley kennels Tom went to Sir Mark 

 Sykes, who was then hunting the North Riding with Mr 

 Legard. But the young whip's hard riding didn't suit 

 his Yorkshire patrons, and when ' Squire ' Osbaldeston 

 came there after the drafts which he wished to add to his 

 own purchases, Mr Legard said to him, ' You may take 

 the whip as well : we've tried him three seasons, and he 

 kills all our horses.' The ' Squire ' took them at their 

 word, and Tom Sebright accompanied him to Leicester- 

 shire, where the pair immortalised themselves by their 

 prowess in the field and their judgment in the kennel. 



It was in 1821 that Tom Sebright took the horn at 

 Milton under circumstances thus related by ' The Druid,' 

 who adds a pleasant picture of Tom in the exercise of 

 his duties : — 



Mr John Moore recommended him to Earl Fitzwilliam 

 as successor to John Clark, and he hunted this celebrated 

 pack for exactly forty seasons. He came in March, 



