156 HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS 



and mastered by Mr. Edward Bennett, of Glany- 

 rafon, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. They number 

 eleven and a half couples of eighteen-inch pure harriers, 

 which hunt three days a week. The country consists 

 of " bleak hills, intersected by cultivated valleys." 

 Wire exists, but it is well marked. The country is 

 innocent of foxhounds. Mr. Lloyd Price's hounds, 

 which hunt in mid and northern Carmarthenshire, 

 have been in existence since 1853, when they were 

 established by the late Colonel Jones, of Velindre, 

 who hunted them for thirty-seven years. Upon the 

 death of Colonel Jones, in 1890, Mr. Lloyd Price bought 

 the hounds and has mastered and hunted them ever 

 since. The pack consists of seventeen couples of 

 eighteen-inch pure harriers, which are kennelled at 

 Bryn Cothi, Nantgaredig, South Wales, the residence 

 of the Master. They hunt two days a week. The 

 country comprises pasture, much moorland, a little 

 plough, and a considerable area of woodland. Hares, 

 which are very stout, are short in number, and wire 

 is unpleasantly abundant. Mr. Lloyd Price has 

 instituted a number of wickets, however, which allow 

 passage through the hateful obstacle. 



The Merthyr Old Court is a small private pack of 

 Welsh harriers, seven couples in number, which hunt 

 twice a week from the Chase, Merthyr Tydvil, where 

 the Master, Major L. P. Jones, resides. The Mostyn 

 and Talacre is, I believe, a new pack, established at 

 the beginning of the season, 1902-3. Certainly it has 

 never before appeared in any harrier list. Lord 

 Mostyn and Sir Piers Mostyn are joint Masters, Lord 

 Mostyn carrying the horn. Thirteen and a half couples 

 of seventeen and a half to eighteen-inch harriers com- 

 pose the pack, which is kennelled at Mostyn Hall, 

 Mostyn, North Wales. The Mostyns have always 



