174 The Hunting Field With Horse and Hound 



himself to be nominated as M. F. H. of the country. When 

 at Cambridge University, Sir William Hyde Parker was 

 whipper-in to the Trinity College Foot Beagles, and has ever 

 since been deeply interested in hunting, so he came to his new 

 post well prepared. The Rev. Charles Rundas Everett, a 

 whilom navy chaplain, was Master of the famous Berkshire 

 Vale Harriers in the sixties and seventies." 



Parson sportsmen as a rule are the most enjoyable men 

 one can meet with in any country, and why should they not 

 enjoy the harmless joys of life hke other men as they pass 

 along? Are they not flesh and blood? Shall we not all lie 

 ahke in our graves? 



If a preacher i« a teacher by example as well as by words, 

 how is he to demonstrate every day religion except by an 

 every day example and how can he better set that example than 

 by actual contact with week day men, in week day sports? 



Parson Jack Russell was one of the most noted hunting 

 characters in England. He was not only a hard riding par- 

 son to hounds, but was Master and huntsman to his own pack 

 of otter as well as foxhounds. 



He was also a noted breeder of terriers and was the first, 

 we believe, to enter terriers in a regular way to the chase of 

 the fox. 



Here is the Parson's owii description of "Trump," the pro- 

 genitress, says "Thormanby," in "Kings of the Hunting 

 Feld," of the renowned Russell strain of Fox Terriers: "White 

 with a patch of dark tan over each eye and ears, while a similar 

 spot not larger than a penny, marked the roots of the tail. 

 Coat thick, close and a trifle wiry, legs straight as arrows, size 

 and height, those of a full grown vixen." 



"So great was his fame as a huntsman and ISIaster," says 

 the same author, "that when his meets were announced the 

 whole countrj^side kept holiday. No farmer who had a horse 

 or a pony failed to be present. Labour was entirely suspended 



