The Hounds and Horses. 47 



picture of this beautiful hound painted by Mrs. 

 Chute, and hung up In his hounds' lodging room. 

 He said that as great families had the portrait of 

 some distinguished ancestor, the judge, or the general, 

 or the statesman, in their rooms, he did not see why 

 the dogs should not have their family pictures also. 

 Of these hounds I think he generally had about thirty 

 couples ; and the establishment well deserved the 

 motto which he had painted over the kennel-door, 

 ' Multum in parvo.' 



It is more difficult to describe their style of work 

 than their form. Mr. Apperly, who wrote popular 

 articles for the Sporting Magazine, between thirty 

 and forty years ago, under the name of Nimrod, gives 

 an account of them in one number, which, if I re- 

 member right, begins with nearly these words, * When 

 I lived at Beaurepaire, I had a neighbour who kept 

 a very neat little pack of foxhounds, which used to 

 blaze away over the Hampshire Hills, whenever they 

 could catch hold of a scent ; and, small as they were, 

 it was not a bad nag who could enjoy himself for an 

 hour in their company.'* Over a country they were 



and one of Sir William's sons, the father of the present baronet. 

 Mr. Gilbert is holding in his hand the head of a fox just killed, 

 to which a little terrier is jumping up. Parts of their horses ap- 

 pear behind, and fill up the back-ground of the picture. 



* Mr. Apperly himself was apt to be much nearer to them at 

 the beginning than at the end of the hour. He was frequently 

 seen going very well for a short time, but he never cared to ride 

 up to hounds throughout a run. No doubt he could have done 

 so if he had chosen, for he was good horseman, and bold enough 

 to encounter greater difficulties than Hampshire usually presents ; 

 but he hunted more for business than for pleasure. A little, per- 

 haps, to sell his horse, but much more for the purpose of col- 

 lecting materials for his very cleverly written articles, so that his 

 object was to get out as often as he could with few horses. 



