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road, but were subsequently removed to Malvern 

 Wells. He hunted them himself, and although but 

 indifferently mounted was a first-rate man over a 

 country, and had it not been from want of that which 

 is absolutely essential in a fox-hunting establishment, 

 would have shown above the average of masters of 

 hounds. Struggling in difficulties, he kept them on till 

 the spring of 1832, when from want of funds they were 

 given up. 



Mr. Clutton Brock then came forward, and with an 

 increased subscription undertook the management. A 

 kennel was provided at Henwick, and the horses were 

 kept in Worcester. William Carter was engaged as 

 huntsman, and a fair average amount of sport followed ; 

 but the subscriptions not being adequate to the 

 expenditure in the course of four seasons, Mr. Brock 

 signified his intention of resigning. Under these cir- 

 cumstances, considering the deficiency of subscription, 

 the indifference of several landed proprietors, and the 

 known hostility of one to the preservation of foxes in 

 his coverts, which are in the very centre of the country, 

 it was apprehended there would be no hounds. 



At the eleventh hour Captain Candler came forward 

 and offered his services, which were gladly accepted. 

 This gentleman had been for several years a resident 

 in the county, occasionally appearing in the field, 

 without, as it was supposed, taking any interest in 

 hounds or hunting, but he was much esteemed for his 

 friendly and social disposition. A naval officer un- 

 initiated in the mysteries of kennel details had neces- 

 sarily many difficulties opposed to him ; however, in 

 the field his management was most successful. He had 

 a humorous and kind word for every one he met with, 

 and was especially popular with the farmers ; thus he 

 succeeded in keeping the country together ten seasons, 

 when he sold his hounds to Mr. Davenport, who about 

 that time established the North Staffordshire Hunt. 

 Captain Candler resided at Newland, five miles from 

 Worcester, on the road to Malvern, where the kennels 



