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Hart, Chipping-Norton, where he had lots of 

 kind patrons; but drawing coverts was more 

 to his taste than drawing corks ; so, after 

 a short probation, he travelled northwards 

 to whip-in to the Holderness, and after- 

 wards to Lord Henry Bentinck's hounds. 

 A horn being vacant in the sporting county 

 of Salop, he was appointed to hunt the 

 hounds for Mr Morris, which he continued 

 to do till the period when he was engaged 

 with Mr Tailby. As a huntsman he was 

 cheery with his hounds, and their very ex- 

 cellent condition was a sure test of his 

 attention to the kennel department. At 

 the close of the season 1863, Goddard left 

 these hounds and made an engagement 

 with Mr Clowes to hunt the Quorn, when 

 he was succeeded by Frank Goodall, from 

 the Cottesmore, whose early instincts w^ere 

 cultivated by riding second horse for Tom 

 Winfield, at the time he was huntsman to 

 the late Mr Drake In the Bicester country, 



