The Foxhound. 45 



W. C. A. Blew, who, in his new edition of " Noticia 

 Venatica," ascribes the earliest date to a year or 

 two prior to 1689 5 f r at tnat ^ me tne Charlton 

 hunt in Sussex, conducted by Mr. Roper, who 

 managed the hounds for the ill-fated Duke of Mon- 

 mouth and Earl Grey, hunted the fox. Particulars 

 of this appear in the fifteenth volume of the 

 <( Sussex Archaeological Collection." In 1750 the 

 Charlton lapsed into the Goodwood. 



In the Field of Nov. 6, 1875, there is an illustra- 

 tion of an old hunting horn, at that time in the 

 possession of Mr. Reginald Corbet, master of the 

 South Cheshire hounds. On it there was the following 

 inscription: " Thomas Boothby, Esq., Tooley Park, 

 Leicester. With this horn he hunted the first pack 

 of foxhounds then in England fifty-five years. Born 

 1477, died 1572." Here is another early date, and 

 where could be found plainer proofs, though some 

 writers have thrown discredit on them because they 

 thought it possible these hounds occasionally hunted 

 any out-lying deer that might be doing damage to the 

 farmer's crops. As well say some of our modern 

 harriers are not harriers because, when the legitimate 

 chase is scarce, they have a day or two with the 

 " carted " deer. 



There was a very interesting old hunting story 

 Lord Wilton writes, in his " Sports and Pursuits of 



