CONTENTS 



Preface ..... v 



List of Plates ix 



Introduction xi 



CHAPTER I 

 Peterborough and the Fitzwilliam Hunt . . . . i 



CHAPTER II 

 A Hunt in Durham with the Braes of Derwent . . 31 



CHAPTER III 



The Stainton Dale, when a Trencher-fed Pack, and 



One-Horse Hunt 42 



CHAPTER IV 

 Mr Gerald Hardy and the Modernised Meynells . . 54 



CHAPTER V 



Atherstone Hound Notes— A Hunt with Sir William 

 Cooke and the Southwold— Steeplechasing in Lord 

 Harrington's Country 69 



CHAPTER VI 



The Cheshire under the Duke of Westminster's 



Mastership 82 



CHAPTER VII 



Sport with the Blankney Hounds, Sir Robert Filmer 



and Tom Isaac 100 



CHAPTER VIII 



Two Good Runs with Sir Gilbert Greenall and the 



Belvoir Hounds 112 



