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in the sixties. '^ Who that ever saw the pack when 

 in Lord Henry's hands, and hunted by Charley 

 Hawtin, can forget how at the end of the longest 

 day they would cast themselves one or two fields 

 in front of their huntsman, and fling themselves at 

 a gallop in a semi-circle till they recovered the line. 

 ... As regards foxhound blood it was almost a 



Mr. Henry Chaplin, ^I.P. 



national calamity when such a famous pack was 

 dispersed at the hammer. Let those who have the 

 blood value it as priceless, for now it could not be 

 obtained for love or money." 



Yet it is said that Lord Henry Bentinck cared 

 less for large bone than many masters, but was very 

 particular with regard to work, and it is pretty 

 certain that very few of his hounds would have been 

 " looked at " in the ring at Peterborough to-day. 

 Of Lord Henry Bentinck, Mr. J. Neville Fitt relates, 



