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CHAPTER II. 



THE COLLEGE HUNT. 



The College Hunt was founded in 1857 by R. H. Carter with 

 J. A. Willis as his whip. It is a great misfortune that from this 

 year until 1863, when the Journal Bcok was started, we know 

 very little about it. Carter hunted them for no less than three 

 years, which proves at least that he was an enthusiast. His pack 

 consisted of all kinds of nondescript "dogs"; there was no 

 standard of size, and report has it that it included a retriever. 



AN OLD-TIME BEAGLER. 



The pack was kennelled by one Ward in the Playing Fields, 

 and hunted drags chiefly, but also wild hares when they were 

 found. Sometimes they turned out bagged rabbits. One thing 

 however we do know. They made an agreement with the 

 Oppidan pack somewhere about 1859 by which the Oppidans took 

 the country west and the Collegers the country east of the Slough 

 Road. 



