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'60— '61, when a man from Mr. John HilFs 

 kennels took his place. He only remained 

 one season ; and three others, Harrison, G. 

 Beers and Christian, each carried the horn 

 for a like period. In 1865 Stephen Shepherd, 

 who had been whipper-in for many years, 

 was put on and remained until Mr. Buncombe 

 gave up the hounds in 1867, in which year 

 he succeeded to the Barony of Feversham, 

 being created an Earl the following year. 



I have only been able to obtain scant in- 

 formation about the sport during Mr. Dun- 

 combe's Mastership. Lord Feversham has 

 no hunting diaries to help one, and there are 

 none now living who remember hunting when 

 he was Master. During the last six years of 

 his time, i.e., from 1861 — 67, he hunted the 

 Yorkshire side of the Raby country ; that is 

 as far north as the river Tees. This was the 

 period when the Raby country was lent to 

 the Masters of the Durham and Hurworth 

 (see pedigree). 



After the death of the 2nd Duke of 

 Cleveland in 1864, the subscription which 

 he had given to the Masters of the Durham 

 and Hurworth Hounds of £500 each, was 

 discontinued. Under these circumstances 

 they probably confined themselves solely to 

 hunting the Durham and Hurworth sides of 

 the old Raby country ; and the late Mr. 

 Christopher Cradock, and Mr. George Gilpin- 

 Brown, gave Mr. Duncombe £500 each per 

 annum, to hunt the above mentioned York- 

 shire side, one day a week. 



