THE BADMINTON HUNT. 1 1 



perlenced second horseman, under whose 

 pilotage, riding to points, he was enabled to 

 see great portions of many a good run. 

 He evidently took vast interest in the pro- 

 ceedings, watching all the operations when 

 a fox was killed, and investigating every 

 minutia when the hounds marked one to 

 ground. I well remember on one occasion, 

 after a o^ood huntincr run from the Lower 

 Woods, the hounds checked near a stone 

 quarry on the Hawkesbury side of Bad- 

 minton Park. The Duke and his grand- 

 son were in the phaeton, and while the 

 hounds were being cast, his Grace sug- 

 gested to me the probability of their fox 

 having taken refuge in a well-known cleft in 

 the quarry. Dismounting my horse, I ex- 

 amined the place, to ascertain if I could 

 pad the fox into it. The young sports- 

 man, who was not more than six years of 

 age, accompanied me, very anxiously in- 

 quiring the nature of the impressions. 



