82 THE ETON COLLEGE HUNT, 



the Journal Book by R. D. Grossman. There had been a 

 splendid hunt of 1 hour 5 minutes when the hare had squatted. 

 It was, however, 20 minutes before she was put up and killed. 



*' The Prince of Wales was again with us, and he runs really 

 well. He thoroughly enjoys every bit of sport, and is always 

 willing to turn hounds, etc. It was he who spotted our last hare 

 squatting, after at least five of us had walked over her." 



In the Michaelmas Half of 1916 R. F. Goad hunted hounds, 

 and was succeeded at Christmas by H. K. M. Kinder sley, whom 

 1 vaguely remember nearly tripping me up in the High Street 

 when he was in '' Pop " and intended to fag me in the street. 

 One day during his Mastership two hares, which were running 

 together in front of hounds, were both killed by an express train 

 near Burnham station. After the season, which was not a 

 particularl)' good one, only 12 hares being killed in 21 hunting 

 days, the hounds were all walked by various people. Champion 

 went to work on the land at a neighbouring farm. 



They were collected again at the kennels at the beginning of 

 the Michaelmas Half, 1917, after a great deal of correspondence. 

 Many of them were terribly fat, and it was greatly to Champion's 

 credit that he got them fit for hunting at all. Not onl}^ this, 

 but up to Christmas they had quite a successful season under the 

 Mastership of S. A. Parker. Parker's third whip, the Marquess 

 of Worcester, was also Keeper of the Fives Courts. He now 

 hunts his own pack of foxhounds in the Badminton country on 

 the Wilts and Gloucester border. His father, the Duke of 

 Beaufort, was a keen follower in the sixties. 



At Christmas the hounds were definitely dispersed. It was, 

 in the opinion of manj^, a great mistake, as probably they could 

 have been kept up cheaper at Eton than by various people who 

 kindly consented to walk couples. The Rev. C. A. Alington, 

 who had succeeded Canon Lyttelton as Head Master in January 

 1916, wrote to the Food Controller for his advice and 

 instructions, and in consequence the pack was disbanded. 



There was even some talk of Champion leaving and of getting 

 up a subscription for him. As Parker has said in the Journal 

 Book, there would have been no lack of subscribers. Fortunately, 

 however, for the hunt. Champion did not leave, but remained 

 until the hounds were restarted in December 1919. 



Immediately after the War was over there were many 

 letters to the Eton Colleffe Chronicle, demanding that the beagles 

 should be restored. O.E.'s from every part of the country 

 wanted to know the real state of things. It shows how much 

 the E.C.H. was held in esteem that so many, who had ceased 



