100 ON THE GRAMPIAN HILLS. 



so. Those who wish to see a beautiful pack in superb 

 condition and exhibiting the highest breeding, should 

 not fail to have a look at the Duke of Rutland's 

 hounds. Selecting the time when the fixture is at 

 The Three Queens, anyone doing so will have a good 

 opportunity of judging of their merits and riding 

 across nice country, the going over which is easy, 

 the fences always being practicable. 



Tom Firr, the noted huntsman of the Quorn, had a 

 bad fall, which has incapacitated him for awhile from 

 carrying the horn. A somewhat similar mishap has 

 befallen his first whip, who also is unable to be in his 

 place, and the master, Mr. Coupland, has to hunt the 

 hounds himself in the interim. Being a thorough 

 sportsman as well as fine horseman, he will not fail to 

 keep up the prestige of this famous pack. The Cot- 

 tesmore, of which clipping pack Mr. Baird is the new 

 master, have had some good runs, Neal doing his best 

 on every occasion to kill his fox, and rarely failing to 

 show good spOrt in that finest of all hunting countries. 



In the Vale of Aylesbury Sir Nathaniel de Roths- 

 child's staghounds have had some clipping runs; 

 notably one a few days since., when the deer led them 

 a merry dance over the big fields and tall fences of 

 the Vale, being finally taken at a point seven miles 

 beyond Buckingham, the hounds having to travel 

 twenty-seven miles on their way home to the kennels 

 at Ascott. Amongst those riding with this pack are 

 the Hon. Robert Grimstone, the Earl and Countess of 

 Clarendon, the Earl of Ilchester, the Hon. Rupert 

 Carington, the Hon. K. P. Bouverie, Mr. John Foy, 

 Messrs. Redfern, Gillat, Lucas, Chinnery, D'Avigdor, 

 Marshall, and a host of hard-riding men. Mr. Leopold 



