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is stated the direction of affairs fell into the hands 

 of the Duke of Richmond, assisted by Lord De laWarr, 

 who seems to have been deeply versed in kennel 

 management. This regime lasted until the Duke's 

 death in 1750, when the 3rd Duke moved the hounds 

 to new kennels at Goodwood. The company gradually 

 dispersed and it is presumed that the Club died away, 

 though the pack remained at Goodwood until after the 

 close of the 18th century, when they were presented, 

 by the 4tih Duke to King George IV (then Regent), 

 and were subsequently destroyed owing to madness. 



The letters from Lord De la Warr and others, 

 from the New Forest and elsewhere, prove that 

 kennel management was much as it is now, that walk- 

 ing of puppies, hound breeding, etc., were well 

 linden-stood, and the genet al business of foxhunting 

 well carried on. Accounts of runs, especially a 

 famous one from East Dean Wood, extending from 

 a quarter to eight, a.m., to a quarter to six p.m., 

 with a kill in the open to crown it, are given very 

 fully, and the doings of the Hunt servants strictly 

 criticised. 



As Mr. Meynell was considered the mentor of 

 the Quorn and adjacent counties in the early nine- 

 teenth century, so the system of Mr. Roper seems 

 to have been the pattern of the Gharlton Hunt a 

 ceintury earlier. Poets were not wanting at Gharlton, 

 and we are given a long poem in blaoik verso, des- 

 criptive of tho Charlton Hunt and its doings, written 

 in 1737, as well as other poetic pieces. Quaint spell- 

 ing and lack of punctuation are very ob&ervable, 



