X CONTENTS. 



PART II. 

 THE UNITED PACKS. 



CHAPTER XT. 



ANNE (1702-1714). 



The Hereditary and Household Branches amalgamated. — The United Packs 

 placed on the Establishment of the Prince Consort. — Death of H.R.H. — 

 The Buckhounds Ee-established and Re-organised. — Appertains to the 

 Lord Chamberlain's Department. —Annual Expenses of the Pack. — 

 The Huntsmen and the Hunt-Servants. — The Hounds. — The Buck- 

 hunting Season. — The Sport. — Ladies' Costume in the Hunting Field. — 

 Sir Charles Shuckburgh, Thirtieth Master: June 6, 1703, to September 2, 

 1705. — Walter Chetwynd(Lord Rathdownand First Viscount Chetwynd), 

 Thirty-first Master: October 4, 1705, to June 7, 1711.— Sir William 

 Wyndham, Thirty-Second Master: June 8, 1711, to June 27, 1712.— 

 George, Third Earl of Cardigan, Thirty-third Master : June 28, 1712, to 

 June 11, 1715. — Ascot Races instituted in connection with the Royal 

 Buckhounds. — Reflections on Sport with the Pack during the Reign 

 of Queen Anne. — Deer. — Officers of Windsor Forest. — Ascot Races. — 

 " Queen Anne is Dead." 210 



CHAPTER XIL 



GEORGE I. (1714-1727). 



The Earl of Cardigan re-appointed Master of the Royal Buckhounds. 

 November 6, 1714.— Resigns Office Jixly 11, 1715.— No Official Master 

 onward during the Reign of George I. — Mr. William Lowen, Senior, 

 appointed Huntsman to the Pack. — The Hounds. — The Hunt-Servants. — 

 The Pack re-organised. — Annual Expenses of the Establishment during 

 the Reign of George I. — Some Records of the Runs. — Popularity of the 

 Hunt. — Is in great Favour with the Fair Sex. — Dearth of Hunting 

 Intelligence during the Reign of George I. — Alderman Humphrey 

 Parsons. — Ascot Races 252 



CHAPTER XIIT. 



GEORGE II. (1727-1732). 



Colonel Francis Negus, Thirty-sixth Master, July 11, 1727, to September 9, 

 1732. — Annual Cost of the Pack. — Records of the Runs from 1728 to 

 1732.— Ascot Races .268 



CHAPTER XIV. 



GEORGE II. {cofitinncd). (1733-1736). 



Charles, Earl of Tankcrville, Tliirty-seventh Master : June 21, 1733, to 



June 1736.— Records of the Runs from 1733 to 1736.— Ascot Races. . 292 



