78 ROYAL ROCK BEAGLE HUNT. 



They put her up upon a farm that's called Tynypwyll, 



The footmen good never stood at hedges, gates, or filth ; 



But straight through Brynypentre she led them such a chase, 



And they never broke their cry till they turned round Viswlais. 



Hunted her over the top of Cefnmawr, down by Vechan brookside. 



Where she, standing on her hind legs, Tom Harper heard her say : 



" Oh ! these cannot be the same dogs that used me to pursue ; 



Oh, no ! these are Rowland Jones' harriers — I must bid this world adieu. 



It was on the top of Newaddfraith, old Traveller took sight, 



Says he " I'll be in with thee, although it's dusk of night." 



And straight through Tynybitfield fold, (mark ! what I say is true,) 



And they never broke their cry till they killed her on the view. 



So now this old game hare is dead and gone, and I must end my song, 



I hope there will be more before it's very long, 



For our hounds they can kill hares whilst there's marrow in their hones. 



Here's a health to all good sportsmen, and long life to Rowland Jones. 



3onatbaii Cole. 



" Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his I)ad verses." 



yiilins Cu'sa?-, act Hi, scene 3. 



Cole was born 3rd February, 1S49, ^'^ Hayfield, in Derbyshire. His 

 father, William Cole, was a keeper in the neighbourhood, so that Cole from 

 his boyhood was familiar with various kinds of sport. At that time it was 

 the custom in the locality for farmers and otheis to keep what is called a 

 "trencher-fed pack;" that is, a pack of hounds not kept together in kennel, 

 but distributed among the various votaries of the sport, each of whom 

 brought his lot to the appointed place of meeting. Cole's father kept five 

 couple of these hounds at his house. 



This was Cole"s first introduction to hounds, and when he was twenty 

 years of age he took his first hunting situation, as whip to the Rossendale 

 Harriers, a pack hunted on foot. He served under the famous huntsman, 

 Harry Mitchell, for three years, then went as huntsman, first to the Halifax 

 and Calder Vale Harriers, which he hunted for five seasons, and afterwards 

 to the Holme Valley Harriers for ten years. 



In 1886, when Williams was retiring from the R.R.B., Cole heard of 

 the vacancy through Mr. John Foster, of the Penny-ghent Beagles, and sent 

 in his application. He remained with us for seven years, and we found him 

 a very good huntsman, though not a fast runner. Being nearly fori)' years of 

 age when he came to the R.R.B., his running powers did not improve as the 

 years went on, but as the Master, J. Could Smyth, preferred to take on 

 himself the duty of hunting the hounds in the field, f'ole had meiely to 

 bring the hounds to the meet and be ready to take them home. 



During the season 1890-91, Cole nianageil to arrange with some of his 

 friends at Havfield, ttiat the R.R. D. hounds should be brought over for 



