14 RECOBDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



was buried in the upper part of Higli Wood, where, 

 upon a large pedestal, there is a fine statue of the 

 animal, life size, and in a recumbent position. 



In some grottoes in the High Wood there were 

 made cemeteries for favourite animals of the family. 



His Grace was a keen sportsman, having hunted 

 for some years with the celebrated Charlton pack of 

 foxhounds before his acceptance of them from the 

 Duke of Bolton. In 1732 he built a house at 

 Charlton, which still remains, where he and the 

 Duchess used to sleep in order to be ready for the 

 early meet at eight o'clock in the morning. 



This house, almost the sole relic of the celebrated 

 Charlton Hunt, was beautifully built, and the walls of 

 the principal room are ornamented with paintings 

 relative to the chase. 



The famous *' Tom Johnson," who had been hunts- 

 man for the Duke of Bolton, continued on in that 

 capacity with the Duke of Eichmond, who maintained 

 the hunt in a princely manner, and it soon assumed 

 an importance and regularity unknown before, a 

 hundred horses being led out every morning, each 

 with his attendant groom in the Charlton livery — 

 blue, with gold cord and tassels to the caps. The 

 meets, although so early, attracted a great number 

 of persons of all ranks and positions, and were 

 attended by ladies far in excess of the numbers 

 usually present at "hunts" in the present day. 



