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CHAPTER VIII. 



Accession of Frank Gillard. 



For the campaign of 1870 we find the late 

 popular controller of the pack, Frank Gillard, 

 after an absence of four years with Mr. Musters, 

 re-entering the Duke's service, and succeeding 

 James Cooper as huntsman, with Will Goodall, 

 the late lamented leader of the Pytchley, 

 installed as first whip, and Jack Carter as 

 second. Cub hunting in September of that year 

 was marred by drought, fissures in the ground 

 being so mapped out that it was dangerous for 

 horses and hounds to travel over, and, I 

 believe, in some parts huntsmen and their 

 attendants went out into the woods on foot. 

 Rain, however, fell by November, when hunt- 

 ing was in full swing, with sport in the 



