2 HOUND AND HORN ; 



he looked after the pack altogether. This was his first 

 entry. 



We find him next at Mickletown, about the ag^e of 

 twenty, where he had the management of a pack of 

 harriers, kept by the Rev. Mr. Graves, and after about 

 two years' service with this gentleman he laid by the 

 horn for a time, and took to farming. But his heart 

 was still in hunting, and, finding his new occupation 

 not so profitable as he supposed, he again found service 

 in the saddle, donning the red coat and cap in 

 preference to the green, and became whip to the 

 Warwickshire, with Mr. Shirley as " master," and Jack 

 Wood as " huntsman." This was about the year 1823. 

 What may have been his reason for leaving this service 

 is of little consequence, but about 1825 he again 

 returned to harriers kept by Mr. West ; and in 1827 

 he entered the service of his Grace the Dake of 

 Grafton, as whip, under Ned Rose. Here he con- 

 tinued till 1831, when he got his promotion by going 

 to the Honourable Grantley Berkeley, who at that 

 time hunted the Oakley. This was his first appear- 

 ance as huntsman. In 1833 he once more returned 

 to the Duke of Grafton, and here he carried the horn 

 in his Grace's country. 



A continued service of twelve years with such a 

 pack and in such a country soon established his 



