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condition, and many of them had disappeared 

 altogether, so Duke Henry estabhshed a pack 

 of staghounds for some time ; but after the 

 coverts were restored and foxes had again became 

 plentiful, he turned his staghounds into fox- 

 hounds, took possession of the old Raby country, 

 and all went well for some years to come. 



When this duke died in 1861 the same state 

 of things appears to have occurred again, until 

 1866, when Mr. Cradock of Hartforth came to the 

 rescue and started a pack, which he got together 

 by drafts from various kennels. During his first 

 season they hunted sixty-nine days, killed four- 

 teen brace of foxes, and had five blank days. 

 The second season of 1867-68 they hunted 

 seventy- three days, killed ten brace, and had four 

 blank days. Then in 1870, Thomas Bridger 

 Champion was secured as huntsman, and matters 

 continued to improve until Mr. Cradock' s resigna- 

 tion in 1876, when the present Lord Zetland 

 became M.F.H., and has since hunted the 

 country. 



Some years ago the members of his Hunt 

 presented him with a picture, by Heywood 

 Hardy, representing a meet of the hounds in 

 front of Aske Hall. In addition to those of Lord 

 Zetland, Champion, and other hunt servants, 

 there were portraits of Sir William Eden of 



