AND STmLINGSHIEE HUNT 



On taking the control, Mr Russel purchased the 

 pack from the Hunt committee and strengthened 

 it with drafts from Lord Eglinton's, the Brocklesby, 

 the Milton, and the Hertfordshire kennels, besides 

 using the Marquis of Waterford's Rutland (1880) 

 by Milton Rifleman (1874) — his lordship's Red- 

 wing (1877), a hound which he bought when the 

 Curraghmore establishment was reduced in 1882. 



When Mr Russel retired, Mr Menzies purchased 

 the hounds from him, and in turn sold them to 

 Captain Cheape, who was the last individual owner 

 of the pack ; for during the two succeeding master- 

 ships — those of Mr Cross and the Messrs Usher — 

 the hounds belonged partly to the country and 

 partly to the masters, whereas they are now en- 

 tirely the property of the country. During his 

 term of ofiice, Mr Menzies obtained drafts from 

 the Grafton and the New Forest ; while sub- 

 sequently Captain Cheape turned to Sir Bache 

 Cunard's, the Blankney, the Milton, the Ather- 

 stone, Captain Johnstone's, and the North Cheshire 

 kennels in order to get the number and stamp of 

 hounds he required. 



In the beginning of Mr Cross' mastership there 

 set in a tendency towards home-breeding which 

 grew during the period in which Mr Fred Usher 

 had the management of the pack. Consequently, 

 very few drafts were purchased by Mr Cross, and 

 no hounds were put forward by Mr Usher which 

 were not bred at Golfhall, although from time 

 to time he had recourse to the sires of other 



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