268 HUNTING. 



In the Oxford days of the present writer, we used to look with 

 peculiar veneration at Joe Tollit, who even then could show 

 many a younger man the way to go, for his share in the glories 

 of this great day. 



The speed of horse, the pluck of man, 



They needed both, who led the van ; 



This Holmes can tell, who through the day 



Was ever foremost in the fray ; 



And Holloway with best intent. 



Still shivering timber as he went ; 



And Williams clinging to the pack 



As if the League were at his back ; 



And Tollit, ready still to sell 



The horse that carried him so well. 



But we wander, and must hark back. The Heythrop have 

 plenty of woodland hunting ; Whichwood Forest and Blenheim 

 Park on the south-east, and the woods of Stockley, Kiddington, 

 and Glympton. Hounds are not allowed either in Whichwood 

 or Blenheim till late in the autumn, so the cub hunting has to 

 be done in the smaller coverts. Four days a week is the Heythrop 

 fare, and a frequent by-day, for foxes are plentiful everywhere. 

 The Monday meets range from Chipping Norton, where the 

 kennels are, up to the Warwickshire border, and include about 

 the best of the country'. On Wednesday hounds are alternately 

 on the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire side. Friday is the 

 day for the Cotswolds, and Saturday for the Oxford woodlands. 

 Chipping Norton (about three hours and a quarter from Pad- 

 dington) is the most central quarter ; but both from Oxford 

 and Banbury the Heythrop can always be reached,, though 

 from the former place you have to go some distance to get 

 into their best country. Fast and strong horses and quick 

 jumpers are an essential part of your equipment for hunting 

 with the Heythrop hounds. 



Another pack familiar to all Oxford men is the South 

 Oxi-oRDsniRE, or as they loved best to call it. Lord Maccles- 

 field's. His lordship hunted these hounds from 1857 to 



