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Hunt meeting — Sir Bellinsham Graham's hounds — changes at Sundorn 

 Castle — death cf Will Barrow, and epitaph in Uftington church-yard — 

 the Young Club— Will Staples' method of feeding hounds — the kennel 

 and stables — visit to Halston — Mr. Mytton's preserves— ale and wine 

 cellars — his harlequin tricks and larking with his horses — his kennel — 

 his character as a sportsman, daring exploits, and proposed epitaph — 

 Sir Bellingham Graham as a master of fox-hounds, a horseman, and 

 performer over a country, and liberality in all his hunting establish- 

 ments — spirited subscription of Sir Francis Burdett — instance of Sir 

 Bollingham's extraordinary jj/wcA- — his stud — John Pulfrey the Baronet's 

 groom — Will Staples and Jack Wrigglesworth the two whippers-in — 

 Sir Bellingham's son Godfrey — Shropshire hospitality — Mr. Mytton 

 again — miraculous anecdote of an Oxonian- — Hardwicke, the seat of 

 Lord Hill — Sir Edward Smythe a strict preserver of foxes — a "wash- 

 ball seat" — the Vicar of Frees — curious exhibition of his stud — Mr. 

 Henry Lyster on his famous mare " The Doe " — description of a fine 

 run by Sir Bellingham — division of his pack, and character of his 

 hounds — Shropshire as a hunting country- — hospitality of the yeomen 

 — more of Mr. Mytton's eccentricities — crack riders in Shropshire — 

 Mr. Lyster, Mr. Henry Lloyd of Aston, and his brother Mr. Lloyd of 

 Dongey, Counsellor Slaney, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Smythe Owen, Mr. John 

 Hill, Mr. Newton, and Mr. Kenj'on — the Cheshire hounds iinder Sir 

 H. Mainwaring, and hunted by Will Head — their condition and 

 character — riders in the Hunt-^lr. James Tomkinson^ and his brother 

 Major Tomkinson, Mr. Domville Poole, Lord Delamere, &c. — pecu- 

 liarity of costume in members of the Hunt — character of Will Head — 

 anecdotes of Mr. Leech of Carden — Cheshire farmers good preservers 

 of foxes — Sir Richard Puleston's hounds and country — his character 

 as a master of hounds — his colloquial wit — interesting anecdote re- 

 lative to His late Majesty George the Fourth — the Northamptonshire 

 hounds under Mr. Musters — the palm of superiority as a huntsman 

 and rider to hounds assigned to Mr. Musters — several brilliant runs 

 with his pack — the country — condition of the hounds — his kennel and 

 stables — among Northamptonshire riders are Mr. Vere Isham, Mr. 

 Davey and singular accident to, Mr. Ambrose Isted, Mr. Walley, Mr. 

 Parsons, Mr. Merrick, and Mr. Whitworth — farmers devoted to 

 sporting — close of the Tour ......... 181 



THE YORKSHIRE TOUR, 



Containing Accounts of the Rahy Pack, the York and Ainsty, the Hurtuorth, 

 the Holderness, the Badsivorth, l^'c, under the respective management 

 of the Earl of Darlington, Ilr. Ralph Lamhton, Mr. Lloyd, Sir Tatton 

 Sykes, Mr. Matthew Wilkinson, Mr. Thomas Hodgson, and Lord 

 Hawke : and concluding with a Visit to Leicestershire and the Neio 

 Forest. 



Arrival at York — its antiquities — Mr. Svvann's kind attention — Mr. Rids- 

 dale an excellent rider to hounds — his extraordinary performance on 



