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success which attended Lord Lichfield's zeal and per- 

 severance is evidence of what may be accomplisihed 

 with hounds if the blood is good from which they are 

 descended. I perfectly well remember hunting with 

 Lord Lichfield in the beginning of 1825, and have vivid 

 recollections of a run from Odstone late in the day, 

 on which occasion Colonel Wyndham, of the Scots 

 Greys, a very heavy weight, distinguished himself. 

 The hounds found in the wood, and, without any 

 pressing, the fox broke at the upper end, pointing 

 straight for Chartley Forest. The hounds got away on 

 very good terms and never checked till they arrived at 

 the stone walls on the borders of the forest, where they 

 lost him. Colonel Wyndham took the lead at starting 

 and was never dispossessed of it. There were only six 

 up when the hounds came to the check, among whom 

 were the noble master and the two whippers-in. 



Lord Lichfield continued to hunt the country nine 

 seasons, and showed unexceptionally good sport. 

 Large fields were attracted, and many gentlemen not 

 connected with the country made it their place of 

 winter residence. Like Lord Sefton, Lord Lichfield 

 was a patron of ' the ribbons,' and it was a very usual 

 occurrence to see his lordship's and several other four- 

 in-hand teams at the covert side. Mr. Applethwaite's 

 neat turnout of greys, which, if my memory serves me 

 correctly, were previously the property of Lord Lich- 

 field, never failed to excite admiration. General regret 

 prevailed when it was known that his lordship was 

 about to resign, not only in consequence of the excel- 

 lent sport which he had afforded, his kind, affable, and 

 effective management in the field, his liberal hospi- 

 tality, and all the other qualifications and accomplish- 

 ments which adorn an English nobleman ; but likewise 

 from the ostensible cause — indisposition. Severe and 

 repeated attacks of gout compelled Lord Lichfield to 

 relinquish the sport which he had followed with so 

 much enthusiasm and success. 



When his lordship's intention to resign was made 



