156 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



Goodmans now living, and gave young 

 Alec, the grandson, his first mount on 

 a horse I ran at Huntingdon about four 

 years ago. 



Everybody ought to see the Brocklesby 

 hounds, which are, if I remember rightly, 

 the oldest-established pack in the world. 

 The Belvoir and they are certainly the 

 two best-looking packs in the kingdom. 

 Racing-like hounds, with lovely shoulders, 

 all quality, and alike as peas. The 

 Oakley are a grand pack, and well 

 adapted to their heavy holding country. 

 They are big strong hounds, with big 

 limbs, and must be a standard higher 

 than the Belvoir, and not their equal in 

 colour, which is incomparable. 



I have had several very enjoyable 

 runs with Mr. Green's stag-hounds near 

 Bury St. Edmunds, over the heavy 

 Suffolk bank country. Suffolk is a county 



