CHAPTER XX. 



Mr. Bruere's and Mr. Fitz Ray's Harriers. 



WHEN Mr. W. Bruere took over Lord 

 Bolton's hounds, Bill Lee, a well-known 

 Middleham ckaracter, was liis wkip and 

 kennel huntsman, nearly all the time he had the 

 hounds. Mr. Bruere was very fiery and hot 

 tempered. One day he had an altercation with 

 Lee ; they got off their horses and had a round or 

 two with their fists. Lee gave him a good 

 licking. Bruere was so delighted, he gave Lee 

 half-a-crown, saying, he had no idea Lee was so 

 good a man. 



Mr. Bruere had some wonderful horses, among 

 them being "Zemindar," "CaU Duck," "Fairy- 

 land," "Glengarry," "Murphy," "Heavy Legs," 



