THE BEAUFORT IN 1852 135 



whose name is Garland, for his exertions in earr\'ing 

 out his master's wishes. 



To the unfeigned regret of every member of the 

 hunt, and all others who were accustomed to attend the 

 late duke's hounds, his Grace was unable to appear in 

 the field on horseback during the season of 1852 and 

 1853, in consequence of his old enemy the gout. But, 

 evidently enlivened by and enjoying the cheering 

 melody of the hounds, the Duke of Beaufort very fre- 

 quently attended in a light phaeton drawn by a pair of 

 piebalds, with a postillion and an extra pair of horses 

 in readiness, with long traces, to assist up the hills or 

 in deep ground, or to exchange if the first pair became 

 fatigued. With an outrider to open the gates, and 

 occasionally lower the walls, over the remains of which 

 the carriage was sometimes taken, not without some 

 apparent danger, guided by a thorough knowledge of 

 the usual run of the foxes, his Grace was enabled very 

 frequently to see a great portion of a run. 



The difficult position of a master of hounds was 

 invariably maintained by the noble duke with that 

 elevated yet courteous authority in the field for which 

 the family has at all times been distinguished. Some 

 years ago when the Marquis of Worcester was quite a 

 boy, following the hounds on a pony, an unmannerly 

 individual caused him great annoyance by rudely 

 pushing before him at gateways and gaps, so much so 

 as to induce the young sportsman to complain to his 

 father. The duke desired the marquis to point out the 

 person, upon which his Grace rode up to the offender 

 and said, ''Allow me to introduce the Marquis of 

 W^orcester, and to express a hope that he may be per- 

 mitted to follow his father's hounds without molesta- 

 tion." 



The Marquis of Worcester * is, doubtless, as fond of 

 hunting as any of his noble ancestors, never missing a 

 day, when the imperative duties of his military ap- 



* Now Duke of Beaufort. 



