BLANKNEY REMINISCENCES iii 



Mr. C. Smith, Mr. H. Morley, Mr. Earl, Mr. G. 

 Pilkington, Mr. B. Caswell, Mr. B. Colson, Mr. J. 

 Tomlinson, and several others. 



Sleaford Wood did not supply a fox, but an 

 outlier was set going in the Ruskington district, 

 running by Roxholme and Cranwell. After paying 

 a hasty visit to Fumards Pits he took a ring out to 

 Brauncewell Grange ; Lord Charles Bentinck, who 

 was riding a bang-tail black horse, handled the 

 pack in masterly fashion, and lifting them to a 

 halloa, had his fox well beaten before reaching 

 Dunsby Gorse, where they killed after a good hunt 

 of thirty minutes. " Who-whoop ! " screamed Lord 

 Charles as he carried the fox triumphantly out of 

 cover; " who-whoop ! " every hound throwing their 

 tongue to swell the savage chorus ! 



Sir Robert Filmer inaugurated his mastership 

 to the Blankney hunt with the puppy show and 

 luncheon during August 1909 ; the judges for the 

 occasion being his uncle Sir Herbert Langham, a 

 famous ex-master of the Pytchley, Ben Capell, 

 huntsman to the Belvoir, and J. Smith, huntsman 

 to the Brocklesby. The " top dog " of the entry 

 proved to be Vandal, by Cottesmore Vandal (^'03), by 

 Belvoir Vagabond ('qq), 



who strained back to Mi' "^ ''^^'"^^^^^^ ^j^^u^i^^"-'^'^'' 

 Lord Lonsdale's ViUager 

 ('84), one of the best 

 hounds at Blankney in 

 his day. The dam of 

 Vandal is Furious, full of l^s^^tr^i^^^M-^'^^ 

 old Blankney blood ; the Taiiy-ho ! 



success of the young hound being a triumph in 

 breeding and selection on the part of the retired 

 master. Lord Charles Bentinck. 



For the post of huntsman Sir Robert Filmer 



