FOX-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 6i 



through the thickly-timbered Forest adjoining, 

 went into Frame Heath. Turning to the left he 

 ran the length of it, and out near Lady Cross ; 

 went into the New Enclosure beyond, and through 

 it nearly to the edge of Beaulieu Heath, and 

 running short back retraced his steps nearly to 

 Frame Heath, leaving which to the left he kept 

 the thickly - timbered ground nearly as far as 

 Pennerley Gate, where he went to ground, and 

 thus saved his brush. The time occupied in this 

 run was about fifty-five minutes, and although 

 the pace was at no time good, the scent being 

 flashy and wanting altogether in the Enclosures, 

 yet it gave the hounds an opportunity of showing 

 their hunting qualities, which they did to perfec- 

 tion. Excellent sport has also been obtained 

 during the last and the previous week with both 

 the New Forest Deerhounds and the New Forest 

 Foxhounds. The latter pack, hunted by Sir 

 Reginald Graham, had an extraordinary fast 

 run of about an hour to ground at Knightwood 

 on Saturday the 17th April.*' 



In those days there were about half a dozen 

 Crown keepers, who each had a large district under 

 his charge. I found them all capital in the way 

 of preserving foxes, and obliging about the earth 

 stopping, which was always a very difficult matter 

 to perform. The oldest keeper at that time was 

 George Cooper, who lived at Bolderwood and had 

 been in that service under the Crown for nearly 



