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the same stock when Lord Wolverton hunted the- 

 Dorsetshire country. I am glad to be able to say that 

 a considerable number of those captured in Thorndon 

 Park are now in Weald Hall Park, where I saw them 

 a few days since, quite at home in their new quarters. 

 Masters of hounds should bear this in mind, as in tim& 

 Mr. Christopher Tower will have to draft some of the- 

 extensive herd that he now possesses. 



One of the consequences of the sad state of the 

 "distressful country" has been an unworthy inter- 

 ference on the part of some of the Land Leaguers with 

 the members of various hunts. Owing to the dis- 

 turbances in the sister kingdom, the Empress of 

 Austria has relinquished her intention of visiting- 

 Kilkenny, with the view of indulging in her favourite 

 pastime. Sir Kobert Harvey's brilliant pack of har- 

 riers has had some clinking good runs, one lasting 

 considerably over an hour, the stout hare eventually 

 being run into. Very fast are these well-bred hounds, 

 and handsome as well, being derived from the pack 

 of harriers belonging to Mr. Tom Mashiter, who sold 

 them to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at whose 

 death they became the property of the Prince of 

 Wales ; and when his Royal Highness gave them up- 

 they were transferred to Sir Robert Harvey. When 

 the fixture is in the vicinity of Harmondsworth, a rare 

 day's sport may safely be depended on. Stout hares,, 

 open land, and easy fences are the characteristics of 

 the neighbourhood ; and many a clipping run have I 

 enjoyed over that pleasant country in bygone days 

 when Colonel, now Lord, Hood was the master. 



So far the season has been an entire success. The 

 heavy rains of the past few days will cause the land to- 



