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till then hunted by Mr. Baillie, of Mellerstain, which he 

 hunted, unaided, until his death. 



Frank Collinson hunted them for about a year after 

 his Grace bought them, when, having a bad fall, 

 Williamson, who had been first whip for about twelve 

 years, and second for seven previously, became 

 huntsman in the spring of 1825, and continued so until 

 1862. Tom Philhps succeeded him for one year, when 

 he left, and I succeeded him in the spring of 1863 ; thus 

 making his Grace a master of the same pack fifty-nine 

 years. Collinson, who whipped-in to John King, 

 succeeded him as huntsman, but did not continue long. 

 He was pensioned by the Lothian Hunt, and lived for 

 many years after, and chiefly rode young horses for his 

 Grace with the hounds. 



Old Will began fife with Colonel Hamilton, of Pen- 

 eaitland, in the stables, his father being groom. He 

 entered to hounds under John King in 1815, after- 

 wards marrying John King's daughter. 



So primitive was kennel management in those days, 

 that he has often told me how F. Collinson used to start 

 off the night before hunting, with a knife and sack, 

 going to where they knew a horse had died, skin the 

 horse, score him (like scoring a piece of pork), and come 

 that way home next day after hunting, and let the 

 hounds have their bellyful of him, bringing the skin 

 home in the sack in front of him on the horse. What 

 would a whip of the present day say to you if you were 

 to ask him to do this now ? Wilhamson thought no 

 shame in telHng that he knew nothing at all about ken- 

 nel management when he got the hounds (nor were any 

 others about here then any fitter), and in order that he 

 might learn something more about it, and his business, he 

 rode to Eddlethorpe, near Malton,to engage a kennelman 



