LATER PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR. 



In issuing a second edition of this little Memoir 

 at the instance of a few friends, I have inserted at the 

 end the changes in Mastership which have recently 

 come about, but beyond tlnat the Memoir remains as 

 it wae. 



I may, however, be- permitted to indulge in a 

 few reflections as to the- origin of Hunt Clubs and 

 other kindred matters which may prove of some 

 interest to hunting men. 



A very interesting book has recently been pub- 

 lished, of which the Earl of March is the author. It 

 is styled "The Record of the Old Charlton Hunt," 

 and has been very ably compiled from some old papers 

 recently unearthed at Goodwood, tihe Duke of Rich- 

 mond's seat near Chichester; portraits of the second 

 Duke and Duchess and ol certain of his horses and 

 hounds, etc., being given as additional attractions. 



Charlton is a small village lying amongst the 

 Sussex downs, and within view of the racecourse at 

 Goodwood. It has long relapsed into peaceful slum- 

 ber, but during the first half of the 18th century, 

 and perhaps in a lesser degree before that, it 

 harboured as brilliant a collection of sporting noblemen 

 and gentlemen as any foxhunting centre has con- 

 tained, not, perhaps, excepting Melton. In the reigns 

 of James II. and William I IT.. i f contained two packs 

 of hounds, the Duke of Monmout'h's and Lord Gray's, 

 but as time went on thes? either died out or became 

 merged in a single pack, milliard by a Mr. Roper, a 

 Kentish Squire, who not only attracted a very distin- 



