lo THE BADMINTON HUNT. 



appear in the field on horseback. But 

 evidently enlivened by the cheering melody 

 of the hounds, and enjoying their exquisite 

 working qualifications, he frequently at- 

 tended in a light phaeton drawn by a pair 

 of piebalds, with a postilion and an extra 

 pair of leaders in readiness, with long traces, 

 to assist up the hills or in deep ground, or 

 to exchange in the event of the first pair 

 becoming fatigued. With an outrider to 

 open gates, and occasionally to lower a 

 wall, over the debris of which a passage 

 was effected, though not without some 

 apparent danger; guided by a thorough 

 knowledge of the usual run of the foxes, 

 his Grace was enabled very frequently to 

 see a great portion of a good run. The 

 young Lord Glamorgan (now Marquis of 

 Worcester) generally accompanied his 

 grandfather In the carriage, having a pony 

 in readiness, and when the hounds found, 

 he mounted his nag, attended by an ex- 



