220 GOOD SPORT 



Lincolnshire is a great sheep country and there- 

 fore not very well adapted for the chase of the hare, 

 when hounds are inclined to hang about longer than 

 wanted in the district. As a school for riding, 

 harriers have proved themselves a capital institu- 

 tion, and amongst Lord Exeter's following, whether 

 riding in Lincolnshire or Northamptonshire, there 

 were always a large contingent of farmers to be 

 seen. The master himself is always to the fore in 

 the full enjoyment of a ride, and amongst his stud 

 of hunters generally has two or three grey horses 

 which carry him well. The kennel huntsman, F. 

 Summers, has been with Lord Exeter all the time, 

 and came from the Bedale, where he was second 

 whipper-in, amongst his stud being a chestnut, and 

 a roan with a Jorrocks-like head and tail. Both 

 horses are everlasting and able to get anywhere. 

 Every sort of country is hunted, beginning with his 

 lordship's own extensive property round Stamford, 

 much of it light, arable land with stone walls and 

 not the best of scenting ground. Practically through 

 the season the pack hunt two days a week by in- 

 vitation in Mr. George Fitzwilliam's country, much 

 of it deep woodland, and some heavy plough, 

 strongly fenced. Hunting in the Bel voir country 

 between Aswarby and Rauceby, the going varies 

 from strong wet clay to light barley-land — capital 

 hunting ground well foxed. 



Amongst typical days' sport was one after meet- 

 ing at Sapperton, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Cecil Rudkin, in November 1902, Lord Exeter 

 having sharpened up his pack with some purchases 

 of Peterborough winners. Handhng them beauti- 

 fully, they made rings in the Lenton Brook district, 

 rather a formidable obstacle to cross and recross 

 during the progress of the chase. Led by his lord- 



