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per annum for himself, servants, horses and hounds from Chi-istmas 

 1713 to the 1st of August 1714— .^289 : 8 : 10|. John Hudson one 

 of the Yeoman Prickers to the said Chief Huntsman in part of the 

 sum of £48 : 2 : 2^ due to him on his salary of =£80 per annum for 

 the same time — £37 : 7 : 9^. William Lowen, junior, another of 

 the said Yeomen Prickers for the like — £37 : 7 : 9|. Ptobert 

 Armitage, another of the said Yeoman Prickers, for the like — 

 £37 : 7 : 9|. And to William Lowen, junior, an Officer of the Buck- 

 hounds in part of the sum of £4 : 15s. due to him for his services 

 within the same time — ^£3. In all (the said payments to be esteemed 

 and taken no part of the debt owing to the Right Hon. the Earl of 

 Cardigan on the sum of £2,341 per annum his established allowance 

 as Master of her late Majesty's Buckhounds) by virtue of the 

 warrant dated the 4th of July 1721— £404: 12: 2. The Bight 

 Hon. George Earl of Cardigan in part of the sum of £1,001 : 17 : 4| 

 due in arrear on the allowance of £2,341 per annum, as Master of 

 the Buckhounds to her late Majesty, by warrant dated the 26th of 

 April 1723— £500: 18: 8|. 



Turning from the financial details of this Royal pack, as we 

 find them on the establishment of the Household above cited, 

 to the actual chronicle of the sport it yielded to its followers in 

 those days, there are hardly any circumstantial records thereof 

 to chronicle. So far as can be gathered from the facts above 

 related, the officials of this pack — from the time when it was 

 reorganised in 1709 to the end of Queen Anne's reign in 1714 

 — consisted of the Master, the chief huntsman, five yeomen 

 prickers, and two harbourers. Doubtless there were some other 

 hunt-servants, such as grooms and helpers, not included in the 

 above, who rendered casual assistance as part of their general 

 duties at the Royal Mews and Kennels. The ordinary number 

 of hounds in the pack was thirty couples, which were supple- 

 mented by twenty additional couples of " extraordinary " 

 hounds, which we now hear of for the first time. The latter 

 were, we presume, derived from the defunct Hereditary branch 

 of the pack, and (under correction) we venture to submit that 

 the amalgamation justifies us in now applying the term " United 

 Pack " to the Royal Hunt at this period. At any rate, there 

 was ample material to show good sport, so far as relates to the 



