142 HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS 



with some faint trace of the modern harrier cross. 

 They are a typical, old-fashioned, English harrier pack, 

 having a grand cry, first-rate noses, and plenty of 

 pace. Kennelled at Hailsham, they are the property 

 of Mr. Holland Southerden, who was for some years 

 Master of the pack, and at present lends his aid as 

 Deputy-master. Mr. Alexander Campbell, the present 

 Master, hunts them himself, assisted by a kennel- 

 huntsman and whip. The pack dates back to 1823, 

 when Mr. R. King-Sampson, of Hailsham, first hunted 

 both hare and fox. Mr. Algernon Pitcher afterwards 

 had them, and hunted hare only. To him succeeded 

 the late Mr. Robert Overy, a yeoman-farmer of Hail- 

 sham, who hunted them many years. In Mr. Overy's 

 time the pack consisted chiefly of large Southern 

 harriers, standing as much as twenty-two to twenty- 

 four inches in height. Mr. Overy relinquished hunting 

 some ten years ago, when Mr. Southerden assumed 

 the Mastership, built new kennels, and with much 

 care and judgment re-modelled the pack upon its 

 present lines. Some of the best sport in Sussex is 

 provided by these hounds, which hunt three days a 

 week. It is a real pleasure to hunt in this Hailsham 

 country, which is full of hares, and where never a 

 hunting-day passes without good sport. The Brighton 

 harriers have been an institution for some generations. 

 At present they are mastered by Major H. V. Welch, 

 who is his own huntsman. These hounds consist 

 of twenty couples of twenty-inch Stud-book harriers. 

 They are fast, show good sport, and upon the open 

 Downs account for a large number of hares. Brighton 

 and its neighbourhood also supports a pack of foot- 

 harriers, the Sussex County, which hunt two days a 

 week. The Brookside, next-door neighbours to the 

 Brighton harriers, hunted an area of about ten square 



