PART II. 



THE UlflTED PACKS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



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 Bucbhounds E,e-established and Ee-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, Thirty-second Master : June 6, 1703, to September 2, 1705. — 

 Walter Chetwynd (Lord Rathdown and First Viscount Chetwynd), Thirty- 

 third Master: October 4, 1705, to June 7, 1711. — Sir William Wyndham, 

 Thirty-fourth Master : June 8, 1711, to June 27, 1712.— George, Third Earl 

 of Cardigan, Thirty-fifth 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. — Oflicers 

 of Windsor Forest. — Ascot Races. — " Queen Anne is dead." 



After a long and lingering illness the Hereditary Branch 

 of the Royal Buckhounds died in desuetude on March 7, 

 1706. The two branches of this pack having merged into 

 one, and become, what we may term, united, a new era and 

 brilliant career soon after ensued. But, from the accession 

 of Queen Anne till the death of " Est-il-possible," the pack 

 was trammelled with uncongenial surroundings, which deprived 

 it of many of its regal attributes. These obstacles were 



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