FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE 

 TO SHIRE 



CHAPTER I 



PETERBOROUGH AND THE FITZWILLIAM HUNT 



The King patron of the Peterborough Foxhound Show — Sport and agri- 

 culture meet in the summer at Peterborough — The ancient history 

 of the Church and the Chase, by Cuthbert Bede — Bishops and Abbots 

 hunting their packs of hounds from parish to parish, iioo — The 

 multitudinous duties of the clergy to-day, 191 1 — The Bishop of 

 Peterborough's sympathy with the chase and Tom Firr's testimonial 

 — King Edward VII. subscribes to a huntsman's worth — Mr Hugo 

 Meynell's hounds matched against the Milton hounds, 1768 — The 

 Fitzwilliam from ]\Iilton win at the first foxhound show held in York- 

 shire, 1859 — Winners again at the Peterborough jubilee show 1909 — 

 The speech on the occasion by Earl FitzwiUiam, D.S.O., M.F.H. — • 

 An opinion on hound shows by Commander W. B. Forbes — The old 

 Milton kennels and huntsmen who have served during the past 140 

 years — 'Mr George C. Wentworth Fitzwilliam the present master, and 

 his ancestors — Mr C. B. E. Wright as a huntsman and hound-breeder 

 at ;\Iilton — Conservatism of the pack — Antony Trollope a follower 

 of the hunt in the 'sixties — Frank Gordon — Alex. Goodman — The 

 Duchess of Hamilton — The Marquis of Huntly — The Woolpack Inn, 

 Connington Lane — Tom Sebright, huntsman from 182 1 to 1861, 

 his method of handling a pack, his strains of blood — What the Druid 

 said about the influence of Milton blood for other kennels — George 

 Carter's, huntsman 1861 to 1888, style of getting across country and 

 his favourite hounds — What Mr G. S. Lowe said about the influence 

 of the ]\Iilton blood to other kennels — Mr George Fitzwilliam's and 

 Will Barnard's triumphs at the Peterborough hound show, 19 10, 

 with Rector and Frantic — The Milton puppy shows and the 120 

 walkers — The names of those who ride with the Fitzwilliam, past and 

 present — Covert owners — Mr J. M. Richardson's 'varsity days with 

 the Fitzwilliam — The late Lord Chesham hunting from the Haycock 

 at Wansford — The part he played in the South African War — King 

 Edward VII. suggests the Imperial Yeomanry helping England in her 

 darkest hour, 1899 — Colonel the Hon. W. A. Lawson's speech — A 

 tribute to Lord Chesham 's noble character — The new grounds for the 

 Peterborough Foxhound Show in Coronation j'ear — The record 

 gathering, and record show — Grafton Rakish the foxhounL! star of 

 Coronation year. 



