igo FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



Mr Henry Chaplin, The next mastership of four- 

 teen seasons by Mr Austin Mackenzie is a bright 

 page in foxhound records ; for in that time he estab- 

 hshed a pack whose fame will long be remembered, 

 skilfully blending the Lord Henry Bentinck blood 

 with the Belvoir. Mr W. M. Wroughton purchased 

 Mr Austin Mackenzie's bitch pack, and lent them 

 to the country under the masterships of Lord 

 Southampton and Mr Walter de P. Cazenove. In 

 1903, Mr Wroughton retired from the mastership 

 of the Pytchley and took ofhce with the Woodland 

 Pytchley until 1908, in that time breeding a beautiful 

 pack ; the best of which were purchased by Lord 

 Lonsdale for his private kennel at Barleythorpe. 

 Two hundred guineas was given for Warrenty ; 310 

 guineas for the couple Drapery and Dreamy, by 

 Belvoir Ranter; 260 guineas for Fortitude and Wafer; 

 the whole pack realising 4280 guineas. 



Each successive master to the Woodland Pytchley, 

 when he dons the cap of office, would appear also 

 to take up the mantle of his predecessor by starting 

 to breed a kennel of the first class. It was, therefore, 

 a great pleasure once again to turn to Brigstock 

 during November, 1910 ; and see the present occu- 

 pants of the benches — the beautiful bitch pack 

 which Mr E. A. V. Stanley purchased at recent 

 sales, when much of the choicest hound blood came 

 into the market. 



A sight of the Woodland Pytchley country is 

 sufficient to inspire ambition in the breast of 

 the hound man ; for undulating grass and wood- 

 land meet the eye whichever way you turn. 

 " Brooksby's " verdict, after holding a mastership, 

 is the right one : "A fine hound country and a 

 goodly one to hunt." As is well known, Mr Stanley 

 won his laurels carrying the horn with the Quantock 



