lo8 Duke of Cleveland's Hounds sold. 



weean't fergit fer a bit " (as the feeder put it). The hound 

 was then taken to the empty yard, and left there to ruminate 

 and lick his swellings. When he had fed all the remainder, 

 Mr. Parrington went to see " Terrington," and found him 

 looking very demure and penitent in the corner of the yard. 

 He called him by name and thought the hound looked rather 

 pleased, so walked straight up to him (as Rarey used to do 

 with the most vicious horses), patted him on the head, and 

 then gave him a good feed. Never afterwards did he attempt 

 to come out to feed till his name was called. 



Regarding the peculiar trait of " Terrington," in that he 

 invariably took possession of the mask of a fox after it had 

 been broken up, Col. R. F. Meysey-Thompson relates a similar 

 case in his book A Hunting Catechism. He says : 



" In the early sixties a hound, " Layman," in the York and 

 Ainsty pack, had the habit of always seizing the fox's head, 

 when one was killed, and either carrying it till another fox was 

 found or else taking it home to the kennels — for at that time it 

 was not the custom to attach the fox's mask to the whip's 

 saddle. " Layman " continued the practice until a son of his, 

 " Villager," a very fine hound, was admitted into the pack, and 

 the latter, being possessed of no filial respect, proceeded to 

 usurp his sire's prerogative, and ever afterwards carried the 

 head himself." 



Lord Middleton gave Mr. Parrington some hounds, and 

 when the Duke of Cleveland's pack was sold at Tattersall's, 

 Mr. Parrington and Squire Wilkinson went up and bought 15 

 or more couples. The former crossed London early in the 

 morning with these to King's Cross Station, to the astonishment 

 of those astir. He put them all in a horse-box and set off with 

 the hounds northwards, travelling with them in the box. He 



