THE BADMINTON HUNT 17 



pack of harriers, with which, by the way, 

 the Marquis first tried his hand as hunts- 

 man, the best initiation possible, and it is 

 with them that the two younger brothers. 

 Lords Edward and Fitzroy Somerset, enjoy 

 their fun. 



When Nimrod wrote an article in the 

 New Sporting Magazine some forty years 

 ago, on the countries then hunted by the 

 Duke of Beaufort, who occupied the Hey- 

 throp as well as the Badminton, removing 

 his pack about alternate months — referring 

 to the former, he made this remark: '' It is 

 possible the first-mentioned country might 

 support hounds the season throughout, 

 three days a week, but not so the Badmin- 

 ton." If he could reappear on earth, what 

 a change he would discover. The Bad- 

 minton affords five days in the week, and 

 the Heythrop four. The Badminton 

 country, however, is considerably more 

 extensive than the Heythrop, which, from 



