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getting to bis hounds, and he is seldom far from them when 

 wanting. 



Lord Cleveland's annual publication of " The Operations of the Raby 

 Pack " at once shows the man. There is an enthusiastic admiration 

 in his descriptions of some of the runs, which proves how his very 

 heart and soul have shared in the sport of the day. Such expressions 

 as these often occur — " Most divine, enthu-siastic hunting, with a 

 delightful recovery at last ! " — " The darliiyj hounds behaved like 

 jewels ! " distinguishing several of them by their names. On one 

 occasion, indeed, some years back, he gave at his own table the 

 health of Centinel, Bonnyface, and Lazarus, hounds which had par- 

 ticularly distinguished themselves in a run. 



In looking over these books for several past years' sport, I saw they 

 were often turned to a good account. In 1811, a hard-riding 

 gentleman receives the following mild rebuke : "A very good run," 

 says his Lordship, " but unfortunately lost by Mr. J. B., an excellent 

 sportsman, who never means to do wrong, but, from great keenness, 

 is sometimes too forward, which, as an old sportsman, I claim a right 

 to say to him." 



The following (in 1825 and 1826) applies well to all fox-killing 

 lords or their keepers : — " In consequence of the innumerable foxes 

 which Lord Tyrconnel reported to me were about Kipling, and 

 attacking his hares — in the middle of the day one of his Lordship's 

 keepers saw three foxes worrying a hare — I selected sixteen couples 

 of my best and steadiest hounds to go to Kipling at eleven o'clock, 

 and obey his Lordship's commands, when they tried every myrtle, 

 rush, whin bush, hazel tree, brick-kiln remains, thorn hedge, pleasure 

 ground, and pheasant preserve appurtenances, without ever finding 

 a fox, for nearly three hours, except one most unfortunate old dog 

 fox, which was instantly killed, and labouring under a poisonous 

 disorder called the scab." 



Again : " Went to Holmebank whin ; found only one fox (although 

 Mr. Ramsden and his keeper stated that foxes were very abundant), 

 and we ran into the small wood next to New^by Park, where the 

 hounds enjoyed such quantities of hares, that they have, with the 

 assistance of traps last year, banished the foxes." 



After stating the names of the places at which the hounds met ; the 



