52 THE ETON COLLEGE HUNT. 



'* He used to run a Turkish Bath up town somewhere 

 opposite Devereux's shop, and was enormously fat. He always 

 carried a sort of policeman's whistle out with the beagles, and 

 generally seemed to be in the rio[ht place for viewing the hare. 

 Both hounds and field had supreme confidence in him and always , 

 went straight for his whistle regardless of the horn." 



During the Mastership of T. W. Brand (now Lord Hampden) 

 an amusing incident happened. He says : '' We had a great run 

 from near Langley Station to beyond West Drayton. We swam 

 the Colne and came back by train without paying for our tickets. 

 A bill was sent in to me for forty tickets. I asked how they had 

 got at the numbers, and was informed that they found forty wet 

 imprints of our seats in the carriages. 



'' There was a marvellous hound called Landlord, and I 

 should say his was the greatest personality in connection with 

 the Eton beagles while I was at Eton. He lasted for years and 

 was a marvel. Of course the kennels were poor things, but the 

 hounds were fit and hunted well, and I am sure it was a great 

 advantage to be able to drop in there any time of day. I usually 

 went there after 10." 



Here is a letter from Mr. G. Fenwick : 



'' In the year 1888 a hound van was first used, chiefly, I 

 believe, because Lock, who then was kennel huntsman, had got 

 too old and fat to stand the, sometimes, longish journeys home 

 at night. I know that the masters and whips much appreciated 

 the lift home after hunting. There also was a picture painted 

 of the hounds that year, and I think a certain number of prints 

 were sold, but what happened to it I don't know. My 

 recollection of the print is that the whole thing was so bad that I 

 wouldn't buy one, and I never have seen a copy since. It is so 

 many years since I have seen the Eton country that I expect there 

 have been very many changes. My chief recollection is of the 

 soil and plough beyond Dorney, and the water which at times 

 was over the fields below Aldin House, Slough, after heavy 

 rains. I expect the same conditions still obtain. The most 

 successful Master in my recollection, if one may take the number 

 of hares killed in the season (in those days we only hunted in the 

 Easter Half), was F. P. Barnett, who I think accounted for 17. 

 He was Master in 1886, and in my opinion the finest runner over 

 a really heavy country I ever saw." 



There were two important changes in uniform about this time. 

 A. M. Grenfell introduced the white knickerbockers and white 

 stocks, and W. R. O. Kynaston, now Hon. Secretary to Sir 

 Watkin Wynn's foxhounds, introduced the hunting caps of 



