4 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



boundaries would, I imagine, have been 

 known as the Raby. 



When hunting the southern portion of 

 this large tract of country, he resided at his 

 hunting box, Newton House, near Leeming ; 

 where there was ample stable and kennel 

 accommodation for his establishment. One 

 portion of his kennel arrangements, com- 

 mented upon in those days as a novelty, 

 was a passage leading from the feeding to 

 the lodging room of hounds. This was made 

 about six inches deep, capable of holding 

 liquid ; and on hunting days was filled with 

 broth from the copper. On their way back 

 from the feeding to the lodging room, hounds 

 were made to pass through this ' ' river of 

 broth.*' In consequence they licked their 

 feet dry, and, as the healing property of a 

 dog's tongue for any sore place is proverbial, 

 the result was most satisfactory. 



The Kennels were only about two hundred 

 yards away from the house (where the 

 present kitchen garden now is), and once 

 when asked whether the smell from the 

 boiling house was not sometimes rather 

 strong and unpleasant, he repUed, ' ' It may 

 be, but we are all too well bred for fox-hunting 

 to mind that ; and a concord of sweet sounds 

 from the Kennel compensates for any un- 

 savoury smells." 



This third Earl of Darlington must have 

 been a great character in many ways : but 

 hunting the fox appears to have been his 

 passion. 



