WITH THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S HOUNDS 75 



of 1908, to every one's regret, the Duke of Beaufort 

 took a heavy fall and broke his leg, which kept him 

 out of the saddle for the rest of the season. His 

 Grace will always be noted for having hunted the 

 hounds when they scored the celebrated Great 

 Wood run on February 22, 187 1 ; a run which 

 ranks with the Billesdon Coplow of the Quorn, or 

 the Pytchley Waterloo day, when Mr. Anstruther 

 Thomson was master. It went to prove the ad- 

 vantage of a master being his own huntsman, in a 

 position to note the 

 work done by each 

 hound, because many 

 of the dog-hounds that 

 did briUiantly on that 

 occasion developed 

 into sires of great ser- 

 vice to their kennel. 

 In the opinion of the 

 best judges in England, 

 the Duke of Beaufort 

 is considered " the model of a master who hunts his 

 own hounds." The young Marquis of Worcester, 

 born in 1901, has also shown a remarkable talent 

 for the chase, handling a pack of beagles at a very 

 early age with great skill, and it is a congra- 

 tulation that the future of fox-hunting and the 

 Badminton hounds, have a promising scion of the 

 noble family training on. 



In 1802, when the sixth Duke came into the 

 title, he followed in the footsteps of his father, 

 hunting the Badminton country with Philip Payne 

 as huntsman, who had earned a name with the 

 Cheshire and the Cottesmore. The sixth Duke was 

 known as the '' Blue " Duke — probably from introduc- 

 ing the hunt uniform of blue, with buff facings — 



Rapture ('99). Champion at 

 Peterborough. 



