144 Reminiscences of a 



year, and only had a birthday once in four years, for he 

 used to joke about this, and often said that other people 

 were luckier than himself in this respect, and that he would 

 be done with hunting long before he came of age. 



Mr. Harvey was not what is termed a " hound man," 

 but was very fond of his pack, and when in his prime, or, 

 indeed later, was very bad to beat over a country, being such 

 a fine light weight, as he could have ridden in the Derby, 

 and in full hunting kit weighed very little, if anything, over 

 nine stones. Amongst other things he was very humorous 

 on the subject of school boards. I remember Mr. Charles 

 Henderson saying to him, " Why on earth do you run the 

 school boards and education down so much ? " " Why," he 

 said, " look at that wall ! That 's a specimen of what 

 education does ; it teaches the boys and girls to write and 

 draw, and they chalk up all sorts of dirty words, sentences 

 and figures on the wall, which they couldn't have done if 

 they hadn't been over-educated." He was always loosing 

 off about this, and I fancy Mr. Henderson used to draw 

 him out on the subject when he saw any fancy writing or 

 drawing on a wall ! They had many a laugh together, and 

 always had a joke when passing Dene Bridge Pit. Mr. 

 Harvey used to say, " Charley, do you see that chimney 

 there ? " " Yes, confound it," he used to reply, " there are 

 two of my best hunters in it in variegated bricks ! " which 

 always highly amused the old gentleman. They always had 

 a " go " about this when passing by. 



Mr. Harvey gave up the mastership of the South Durham 

 in 1878, and Sir William Eden, Bart., of Windlestone, made 

 arrangements for hunting the country. The kennels were 

 transferred to Rushyford, where Sir William erected new 

 ones, and Claxon and I and the hunt staflP, of course, all 



