14 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



grandfather said of Mr. Meynell, so it might be said of 

 the fourth Earl of Yarborough : '* His manners are so 

 essentially those of a gentleman, that no man would wil- 

 fully or willingly offend him." 



Lord Yarborough married, in 1886, the Hon. Marcia 

 Lane Fox, eldest daughter of the twelfth Lord Conyers, 

 and in 1888 she succeeded as Baroness Conyers in her 

 own right, and so represents a very ancient barony. Lord 

 Yarborough's family consists of three sons, Lord Worsley 

 and the Hon. Sackville and Marcus Anderson-Pelham. 

 The present Countess of Yarborough does not ride herself, 

 and her tastes may be considered to be more literary and 

 artistic than sporting ; but the puppy-walkers in the 

 Brocklesby country know how she is always ready to 

 welcome them at their annual gathering at Brocklesby 

 in the summer, and she always takes a warm interest in 

 the doings of the pack in the field, frequently driving to 

 the meet, and seeing what sport she can from the road. 

 No one is more pleased than Lady Yarborough that her 

 sons promise to be as fond of sport as their predecessors 

 have been. 



It was a terrible wrench to part with the dog pack 

 in 1895, and every hunting man in the Brocklesby country 

 must have felt it as keenly as the master. But bad times 

 with the farmers mean bad times with all good landlords ; 

 and with the manifestly unfair death-duties in view, it 

 became imperative to reduce the establishment. The dog 

 pack was sold to Lord Lonsdale, who in turn sold them to 

 Mr. Merthyr Guest, and it is no exaggeration to say that 

 the Brocklesby hounds made the highest prices when the 

 latter gentleman gave up the Blackmore Vale country and 

 disposed of his pack. Nor is it surprising that Will Dale, 

 Lord Yarborough's old huntsman, and the man who bred 

 them, should secure some of the best for the Duke of 

 Beaufort, and some of the daughters of Brocklesby Harper 

 are amons the most honoured matrons in the Badminton 

 kennels to-day. 



After three seasons Lord Yarborough commenced to 



