lo CDC Wensiepaale Rounas 



I have had several drafts from the Bedale 

 and Cleveland packs, but he would never allow 

 me to keep them. He called them nothing but 

 yelping things that could not be heard any 

 distance away. Several years after this he got 

 a batch of John Peel's blood, through Harry 

 Routhmell, a noted Lake Hill huntsman. Several 

 of these were lemon and white, with good mouths 

 and very fast ; having deep chests, but not 

 nearly so heavy in body or limb as the modern 

 foxhound. I think they were the same strain of 

 blood as the trail hounds which now compete at 

 the Grasmere sports. The hounds were then 

 trencher fed ; kept by members, tenants and 

 small farmers in the villages in the valley, some 

 at Carperby, others at West Burton, Thoralby, 

 Newbiggin and Aysgarth, with Thornton Rust as 

 head quarters. 



On the morning of a meet, the huntsman 

 would blow his horn at certain points to 

 gather them together. For instance, if the meet 

 was at Carperby, he would blow his horn opposite 

 Palmer Flatt (overlooking West Burton) for the 



