SPORT ANCIENT AND MODERN 



Rogers died at the age of seventy-four, having 

 spent sixty years of his life in the service of 

 Mr. Phelips. The epitaph his master had put 

 on his tombstone was as follows : — 



Now, the ' Doctor ' is laid, and over his head 



May the turf be as light as a feather, 

 And if not very warm, it will do him no harm, 



Who ne'er valued the wind nor the weather. 

 He's no longer in view, but to give him his due, 



Though not born nor bred for a college. 

 Death ne'er drove to the earth a man of more worth, 



More science, or practical knowledge. 

 Isaac Rogers his name : a huntsman whose fame 



From the Yeo to the Avon resounded : 

 At his musical voice Clift Wood would rejoice, 



Dev'rill Longwood its echo rebounded. 

 As in life's busy burst he was never the first 



To hit off a fault in a neighbour. 

 Now he's fairly stopt in, let us hope that he'll win 



The brush of reward for his labour. 



After Mr. Farquharson had given up his 

 hounds, the first to take the Cattistock country 

 was Augustus, second Lord Poltimore, who 

 married Miss Sheridan of Frampton Court. For 

 twelve seasons he hunted the country at his 

 own expense with John Evans as huntsman, and 

 showed some excellent sport. John Evans had 

 been Lord Poltimore's valet at the University. 

 He used to remark, with a smile, that he had 

 had a University education, and that although 

 he had never taken his degree, he was very near 

 it, for he had lived next door to someone who 

 had done so. He was always well mounted and 

 had an extremely clever first whip, who used to 

 gallop and hold up his cap when he viewed the fox 

 on. The result was they had some wonderful hill 

 gallops with the bitch pack, and although this 

 lifting was hardly hunting, the riding contingent 

 had some capital sport. At Lord Poltimore's 

 retirement in 1870 his dog hounds fetched extra- 

 ordinary prices, the average being about ;^I54 a 

 couple.' All but one lot, which was bought by Sir 

 Algernon Peyton, went to Major Brown. 



In 1872 a committee was formed, and the 

 Cattistock, under Mr. Codrington's mastership, 

 became a subscription pack. Twice Mr. Cod- 

 rington had a five years' office, Captain Mac- 

 naughten taking the mastership in 1877 and 1878, 

 when owing to private affairs Mr. Codrington 

 was absent from the county. It is said of this 

 master, that although under stress of circum- 

 stances he would ride very hard, as a rule he 

 preferred to avoid too much jumping, and once 

 on being shown a horse which the would-be 

 seller pressed on him as a perfect jumper, he 

 exclaimed after mature deliberation, ' Well, I 

 suppose we can soon cure him of that.' 



'They were sold on 13 April, 1870, with this 

 remarkable result : — Lot I, 3 couples, ^^231 ; lot 2, 

 3 couples, ^^48 3 ; lot 4, 3 couples, /409 los. ; lot 5, 

 3 couples, X525 ; lot 6, 3J couples, ;^630; lot* 7, 

 3 couples, ;£63o. 



His successor was Dudley, seventh earl of 

 Guilford, who had been at one time master of 

 the East Kent. He was a determined straight 

 rider who on taking the hounds hunted them 

 himself with Jim Beavan as first whip. He 

 bought twenty-five couples of hounds from 

 Mr. Codrington, a draft from the kennel of the 

 late duke of Grafton, and in addition purchased 

 Mr. Bellew's bitch pack. His mastership was 

 sadly concluded in his third season by his death 

 on 19 December, 1885, after a fall in the 

 hunting field. Though the accident was of a 

 very grave nature it does not appear that a fatal 

 result was anticipated, for the master on the 

 following Saturday morning ordered the hounds 

 to be taken to Corscombe (at which place the 

 meet was announced to take place), remarking, 

 ' I suppose I am in for six weeks at least.' But 

 all hopes of recovery were speedily disappointed, 

 for delirium came on soon afterwards, and his 

 lordship remained in an unconscious condition 

 until shortly after nine o'clock the same evening, 

 when death released him from his sufferings. 

 Lord Guilford, who was only thirty-four years 

 of age, was president of the Dorchester Agricul- 

 tural Society, and had acted as one of the judges 

 at the society's shows every year during his 

 residence in the county. 



A memorial brass was placed in Walder- 

 share Church near Dover, where he was buried, 

 by his Dorsetshire friends, as a testimony of 

 their regard. It bears the following inscrip- 

 tion. 



In affectionate remembrance of Dudley Francis 

 North, seventh earl of Guilford, who w.is born 1 85 1, 

 and died from an accident while hunting with the 

 Cattistock Hounds in the county of Dorset, 19 

 December, 1885 : This memorial is erected by his 

 sorrowing friends in that county. 



The two succeeding masters remained but a 

 season each. They were Mr. Rupert P. Fether- 

 stonhaugh and Mr. J. Phipps ; but the next 

 master, Mr. Reginald Walkelyn Chandos-Pole of 

 Radbourne in Derbyshire, remained nine seasons 

 with the Cattistock. He had been one of the 

 joint masters of the Meynell, a welter weight, 

 riding 18 stone and having out three splendid 

 horses a day. 



When he took over the country the pack 

 hunted two days a week, but Mr. Chandos-Pole 

 added to the thirty couples of hounds already in 

 the kennel another pack of dog hounds, purchased 

 from the Blankney. When he gave up the Catti- 

 stock he took away some of these hounds and 

 with them hunted the Peak district. Later on 

 Mr. John Hargreaves purchased them in 1900, 

 when he took the Blackmore Vale. In 1897 

 this gentleman, before he became master of the 

 Blackmore Vale, took over the Cattistock 

 country from Mr. Chandos-Pole, and hunted 

 there for three seasons, showing, as did his 

 predecessors, wonderfully good sport. 



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