CHAPTER XV. 



With Squire Heathcote's Staghounds— With Mr. Tailby's and the 

 Cottesmore — Frank Goodall as Huntsman : his Artful Dodge 

 and Severe Accident — ^The FitzwiUiam Hounds and Field — 

 Some Eminent Riders. 



T was my original intention when I 

 began to write my experiences to 

 treat of racing and turf doings 

 only. Some of my friends, however, 

 have prevailed upon me to add a 

 chapter or two about fox-hunting, and the runs that 

 I have seen and participated in. It seems a long 

 time, but I have had about thirty-five years' close 

 connection w^ith the pleasures of the chase. 



I began hunting in the season of 1858-59, with 

 the Surrey Staghounds, when Mr. Arthur Heath- 

 cote (the " Squire ") was Master, and hunted them 

 himself. Jem Bentley (who later on trained 

 ' Beeswing,' ' Skirmish,' and other good horses) was 

 whip, and Johnnie Haseman, a very great friend and 



