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in a great run from Elton New Close. The Shiners 

 have always been celebrated at Milton, a hound 

 bred in 1824 from Lord Yarborough's and Lord 

 Scarborough's kennels. The Oakley and Cam- 

 bridgeshire kennels were at one time stocked by 

 this hound. The Milton and Badminton kennels 

 also appear to have reaped mutual advantages by 

 Sebright's knowledge of breeding, the Fitzwilliam 

 Hector proving valuable to the Duke of Beaufort, 

 as did their Flyer render good service in return. 

 Flamer, one of his sons, was a famous Fitzwilliam 

 hound, said to have shown extraordinary aptitude 

 for hunting when but a puppy, and to have specially 

 distinguished himself in Aversley Wood, much to 

 Sebright's delight. The Ottomans have also been 

 very famous in these kennels." 



George Carter was one of the tallest huntsmen of 

 his time, besides being one of the best at his weight, 

 for if horses could do it, wath hounds he determined 

 to be. It was extraordinary the apparently im- 

 penetrable places he could cram, and the thickest 

 bullfinch had ultimately to yield to his blandish- 

 ments. It was said of him that he rode through, 

 rather than over, a country. That may be, but 

 it was certain after the quickest burst he was sure 

 to be at hand to assist hounds should they require it. 

 As a huntsman, George Carter's position was in- 

 disputably in the first rank, and there is little doubt 

 that he handed down the traditions of a science 

 which Sebright taught him. A writer of his time 

 once said, that his tenderness in handling hounds 

 contrasted forcibly with the rough way he crashed 

 through big fences. George Carter's favourite 

 hounds between 1861 and 1888 (when he retired) 

 were Stormer Somerset, Ringwood, Selim, Sultan, 

 and Finder, and on his skill depended the excellence 



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