1892] 



CAPTAIN DUGDALE. 



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to lay blame on some one ; but, in the writer's humble 

 opinion, formed after the study of a century's diaries, it 

 seems to be a pure matter of luck whether sport is good or 

 bad. With the same hounds, huntsman, whippers-in, and 

 Master, sport is good, bad, or indifferent, as the case may 

 be. It seems as if, when it is good, no one wants any- 

 thing altered, and, when it is bad, alterations will not 

 make much difference. Only the staff have to bear the 

 brunt of all the grumbling. Luckily for them they are the 

 last people to hear it. Be it good or bad, Charles Leed- 

 ham's favourite dictum seems to cover the whole matter, 

 and we may be quite sure " It has happened before ! " 



ENTERED IN 1891. 



The numerals against hounds' names represent the prize winners. 

 Dogs, 7 couples; bitches, 8 couples. Total, 15 couples. 



