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marquis, one of whom was then Earl Bruce, and the 

 other Lord Ernest Bruce, five hundred a year to hunt it. 

 The late marquis, however, would not upset the old 

 arrangement, and so it was not till after Mr. Smith's 

 death that Savernake, or Marlborough Forest, as it is 

 generally called, with all that side of the country, 

 came into the Tedworth Hunt.^ Mrs. Smith, it must 

 be remembered, gave the hounds to the country, 

 so that it might still continue to be hunted. And 

 so it was that a committee was formed for manage- 

 ment, with Lord Ailesbury as chairman, and nominal 

 master of the hounds. Carter and Caleb Symonds 

 were well known to each other, and it was very 

 natural that when the retired huntsman was looking 

 about for a home, and the verderer had a place to 

 suit him standing empty, that the two should soon 

 come to terms, and so it was that George Carter 

 came to live at Milton. His family consisted of Mrs. 

 Carter his second wife, three daughters and his 

 youngest son Charley, a smart little fellow of about 

 fourteen and a splendid rider. The rest of his family, 

 . and there were very many of them, were all away, and 

 as it is said, " out in the world." Here then old George 



^ I have not entered into any detail of arrangement as to how the 

 forest, &c., has been hunted by the Tedworth hounds, as this is a 

 matter with which the general public have nothing to do. 



