MR WILLIAM KENNEDY, 1847-1854 



average of 114 foxes and killed 35. In the seasons of 

 1853-4, in which the number of days' hunting was 

 practically the same, viz. 53, Mr Kennedy found 

 112 foxes and killed 27. 



In the previous but longer season of 1852-3, in 

 which hounds were out 72 days, there were 150 

 foxes found and 51 killed. The finds in this case 

 were not quite equal to Sir John's average, but the 

 proportion of kills to finds slightly better. It must 

 be remembered, however, that Sir John found the 

 country very ill provided with coverts, and left it 

 excellently furnished in that all-important respect, 

 and that his son consequently benefited by a per- 

 manent improvement, which was only gradual 

 during his father's Mastership, and at the first non- 

 existent. 



I cannot better conclude this chapter than by 

 quoting an eulogy of Mr Wm La Touche's care of 

 the breeding and training of the hounds which 

 continued through Mr Kennedy's term and long 

 after, and which that gentleman put upon record 

 when looking through the diary and recalling the 

 stoutness of the pack so convincingly shown by 

 their endurance in the historic run of which he 

 gave so graphic an account. 



" With such hounds as he provided, it was easy 

 for me to account for my foxes; one whole day 

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