The Biggleswade Harriers. 15 



when he celebrated his jubilee as Master of 

 the Biggleswade pack, and when, to mark the 

 fact that he had for a period of fifty years had 

 charge of those hounds, and had during that 

 long and continuous period found so much 

 good sport for all, the farmers and gentlemen 

 of the district at a public dinner, in 1890, 

 presented him with an inscribed gold watch. 



The story of how he built up the Biggles- 

 wade pack — a pack of harriers for long 

 recognised as one of the best in England — 

 is best told by himself. But it may be 

 mentioned that the blood from that pack has 

 gone far and wide, and high prices have been 

 given for some of his hounds. On one 

 occasion, when he was judging the Cambridge- 

 shire Hounds at the Caxton Kennels, he was 

 approached by a partner of the firm of 

 Tattersall's, who guaranteed that, if they were 

 put up for sale, the Biggleswade pack would 

 at least realise 500 guineas. 



When at last the time arrived for the 

 veteran to hand over the horn, it is easy to 

 imagine the great wrench that must have been 



