166 The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 



whipper-in, who on being asked whether he 

 had seen anything of a run fox, rephed * *0h 

 yes, he*s gone to the right, not three minutes 

 in front of you.'* Of course the fox had 

 gone in the opposite direction, and seeing he 

 was nearly beat, the whipper-in holloaed Lord 

 Middleton's hounds on to the Holderness 

 fox, and eventually the two packs of hounds 

 got joined together, and were hunting this 

 fox. He was killed, and I was told at the 

 time that a Holderness hound rolled him 

 over, which seems only fair. It was a pretty 

 sight, to see the two huntsmen, George Ash 

 and Wm. Burton, drawing their hounds after 

 the fox had been broken up. 



At the end of this season, Fred Holland, 

 who had hunted the hounds for twenty 

 years, and served under five Masters, 

 ceased to carry the horn, and retired into 

 private life. 



At a large Meeting of hunting people, 

 presided over by the Master, he was presented 

 by the Honble. George Lascelles with the 

 sum of ;f920, which had been subscribed 

 by members of the Hunt and others, as a 

 token of their appreciation of his services. 



A few days later, he was presented with an 

 address and a purse of one hundred guineas, 

 by the farmers and other friends, who like- 

 wise testified their esteem for him. 



The Duke engaged as his new huntsman, 

 Harry Chandler, who had been first whipper- 

 in with the York and Ainsty, and had hunted 

 the Morpeth Hounds. 



