SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



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Chapter I 17 



Mr. Ralph John Lambton, M.F.H.— His accidents in 1825 

 and 1838 — Mr. "Billy" Williamson succeeds — The Third 

 Marquis of Londonderry, M.F.H. — Mr. William Russell — 

 Establishment of the Durham County pack — A triumvirate — 

 Colonel Tower, M.F.H. — Mr. Williamson's second mastership 

 — Mr. John Henderson, M.F.H— Major Johnson, M.F.H.— 

 Mr. Henderson's second mastership — A committee — Mr. Hen- 

 derson's third mastership, in conjunction with Mr. John Harvey 

 — Division of the County, 1872, after Dumb-madness in the 

 Kennels — Minute description of the disease — Total destruction 

 of the pack, and rapid formation of a new one. 



Chapter II 27 



Mr. John Harvey, M.F.H., South Durham— Mr. A. L. 

 Maynard, M.F.H., North Durham — Sport with a scratch pack — 

 A splendid week — Viscount Castlereagh — General Hardinge — 

 Mr. L. Rolleston — Thomas Dowdeswell — William Claxon — 

 John Bevans — Sport with Mr. Harvey — Another brilliant week 

 —The "Beggars' Bush "—Sir William Eden, Bart., M.F.H. 



Chapter III 43 



Presentation of Picture to Mr. Harvey, at Stockton-on-Tees, 

 a pleasant function ; Mr. Geo. C. Whitwell's powerful voice — 

 Life of Mr. John Harvey — First experience of foxhunting with 

 Mr. Lambton — His hardihood and long rides, averaging sixty 

 miles per day to and from the meets thrice a week, exclusive of 

 hunting — His horses— His qualities as a man and a friend. 



