io8 ROYAL ROCK BEAGLE HUNT. 



second season Scott joined them and became one of the most enthusiastic 

 members. This Hunt has been a good nursery for beaglers ; Smyths, 

 Ravenscrofts, Cowies, and Beazleys having all in their time taken up the 

 sport. The interest in the Hunt was somewhat fluctuating ; during one 

 season Scott and the Master, Pierce Russell, were the only two members 

 who ever went out, taking it in turns to hunt the hounds. 



Dan Scott joined the R.R B. in 1882, and in 1888 was elected 

 secretary to the Hunt, an office which he has filled ever since to the entire 

 satisfaction of all concerned. He enjoys the work, finding it, as he himself 

 expresses it, " extremely congenial to his tastes.'" On the occasion of his 

 marriage in 1893, the members of the R.R.B. Hunt made a presentation of 

 a handsome silver tea and coffee service, with a salver and an illuminated 

 address. This gratifying present he received with as much pleasure as his 

 friends experienced in giving it, and in wishing him long life and happiness. 



His brother, H. B. Scott, was for a few years a member of the R.R.B., 

 but of late has preferred to join the Cheshire Bengles in order to get the 

 whole day's sport. 



Dan Scott is fond of all kinds of sport that come in his way. He has 

 had his turn at shooting, fox hunting, beagling, &c., and of late years 

 has taken to golf and tennis. At local athletic siioils lie used to be to the 

 front, acting as handicapper, starter, and judge. Scott's portrait apneais in 

 the centre of the group at Raby. 



Ibevbcrt M. 1fMu5. 



" Didst ihou not (all out with a tailor for wearins his new doublet before Eister? with another, for tying 

 his new shoes with old riband?" — K.mifo ami Juttet, net Hi, scene i. 



" Vv'ha:, Patch-breech, I say ! " — Peridcs, act ii. scene i. 



Herbert Hind can boast of as long a connection witli tlie R.R.B. as 

 anyone now in the Hunt. When he was about ten years of age, his father, 

 an old member, gave him a green waistcoat with the club buttons, which he 

 sported with extreme satisfaction whenever he could get out with the 

 hounds. Hind joined the R.R.l]. in 1877, and is thus one of the senior 

 members, being eighth on the chronological list of present members. He 

 has served on the committee, and taken great interest in the affairs of the 

 Hunt, doing his utmost to promote sociability among the members. Of late 

 years he has taken enthusiastically to shooting, so that we have frequently to 

 regret his absence from our meets. His sons, during their holidays, take 

 kindly to our sport, and we hope one day to have a Hind of the third 

 generation in our ranks. 



Herbert Hind's father was rather a fox-hunter than a beagler, liunting 

 with the Cheshire and with Sir W. M. Stanley's Hooton pack. It will be 



