KECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE CAETER. 71 



There are few men who can recall the names of 

 hounds which have distinguished themselves in any 

 particular way in different countries and through a 

 number of years, but George Carter never forgot a 

 hound, and in many instances, as has been already 

 shown, could give his or her pedigree. Exactly in the 

 same way he had a wonderful recollection of runs, and 

 could recount the doings of his pack, even though it 

 were the Grafton, or Oakley, or previous to the date of 

 his having been with either, with the greatest accuracy 

 He was essentially a hound man, and though he some- 

 times mentioned some of the horses he had ridden, 

 and could give many particulars about them, he rarely 

 spoke of his own performances in the saddle, or of the 

 animals that had carried him. 



Whenever anything appeared in public print in 

 reference to former times in which his name occurred, 

 and it was by no means an uncommon incident, I always 

 alluded to this in some way on my first visit to 

 him afterwards, and tried to draw him out; and 

 if I failed in this, I read him the account itself, 

 and after he had listened most attentively to the 

 recital, his answer to my inquiry respecting it was 

 not unfrequently — 



" I beg your pardon, sir, 'tis nothing but a lie ; people 

 must live somehow, and some does it by writing, and 



