104 ROYAL ROCK BEAGLE HUNT. 



Alderman James Rotrr, somewhat late in life, joined the R.R.Tj. in 

 1870 or earlier (the exact date is not ascertainable). He was not an 

 enthusiastic beagler, but attended the meets, and enjoyed himself in a 

 quiet way, by strolling about and seeing as much as he could of the sport. 

 He was a great friend of the Master, V. A. King, and of the older members, 

 (lisi)la\ing great hospitality to the committee and others. At the inaugu- 

 i-ation of the Volunteer force in 1859, Roper was made lieutenant in the 

 Oxton Company formed by King, who was its first captain. 



W. JoYNSON was a member for a few years, about 1S70. He was the 

 keenest hare hunter ever known with the R.R.B., and was hardly satisfied 

 without a kill. He contributed many accounts of runs to the J^/eM, under 

 the pseudonym of " Little Jelly Dog." An account which he wrote of a 

 run from Liscard, Januaiy 21st, 1874, will be found among the notable runs. 

 Joynson took unflagging interest in the kennel work, devoting much of his 

 leisure to visiting the kennels, and becoming acquainted with the hounds. 



/Ilbo^crn Celebrities. 



" Would any but theiie boiled brains of nineteen, and two and twenty, 

 hunt tliis weather? Tliey have scared away two of my best slieep.'' 



11 'infers Taie, act Hi, scene 3. 



As we approach the present day, it becomes more and more difficult to 

 single out names of members of whom it is possible to write such information 

 as is not well known to most, if not all, of their brother beaglers. Some are 

 known for their running powers, others for their social excellencies, and again 

 others for their hunting experience ; but there are a few men whose long 

 connection with the Hunt, and efficient service in the administration of its 

 affairs, render it not invidious to give them special and individual mention. 



'I'he club is tending to become composed of younger men than has been 

 usual at any time in its past history. The older members are dropping out, 

 golf proving an attraction now, which was not so much in evidence in past 

 times, when beagling was about the only out-door winter sport for middle-aged 

 men, who did not hunt with foxhounds, or shoot. Still, at the present lime, 

 one-third of the members of the club are over forty years of age. The 

 interest in the sport is well kept up by the members : cpiite thirty or forty, out 

 of the complement of sixty, turning up at the Saturday meets. 



