Some Noted Fox-hotinds 



1870 till 1896 this famous huntsman killed 2709 

 foxes. Considering how much they are on the 

 grass, it must be admitted that most packs in the 

 shires throw their tongue well. Cry, in the opinion 

 of many, is nearly as important as nose or drive, 

 so these three attributes are most valued in the 

 shires and grass countries. The cry of a pack 

 that hunts in the open is wonderfully improved 

 by hunting in the woodlands now and again, and 

 other things besides scent can aid in the inspira- 

 tion of a rousing chorus. To revert, however, to 

 the name of one of the fathers of fox-hunting, 

 Mr. T. Assheton Smith, fifty years in all an M.F.H. 

 He had several hounds of Burton blood in his 

 kennel, among them Tomboy, notorious for always 

 bringing home the fox's head, no matter how dis- 

 tant the kill. 



The great Duke of Wellington was a constant 

 visitor to Tedworth and admirer of hounds at 

 Mr. Assheton Smith's seat in Hants. How 

 the Iron Duke chose his gallopers, and con- 

 sidered fox-hunters and public-school boys the 

 best soldiers is somewhat extraneous to this work. 

 However, Eton claims Mr. T. Assheton Smith and 

 Mr. G. Osbaldeston, M.F.H. of the Quorn twice, 

 1817-21, and 1823-27 ; while Hugo Meynell, M.F.H. 

 Quorn, 1753-1800, was a Harrow boy. Thousands 

 of other like cases can be easily brought to mind 



by any reader of these lines. 



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