A HUNT IN DURHAM 



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defeat the wiles of the fox on his own ground. 

 Practically a two-day-a-week country, three are 

 often accomplished in the i6o square miles which 

 are bordered on the north by the Tynedale hunt, 

 on the west by the Haydon, and on the south by 

 the North Durham. 



The hospitable shelter of Derwent Lodge, the 

 master's home, was very welcome after a long 





A pack for working qualities. 



day's travelling, and its walls adorned with 

 numerous pictures and old prints, are a record of 

 many an interesting hunting and coaching event. 

 The post of honour is given to the large picture 

 hanging on the staircase, a life-size portrait of 

 Mr Lewis Priestman hunting his hounds, painted 

 by John Charlton and exhibited in the Royal 

 Academy before being presented by members of 

 the hunt to the master on the occasion of his marriage 

 in 1907. The group is an interesting one, and in- 

 cludes Mrs Lewis Priestman mounted on Derwent, 



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