LORD NAAS, 1857-1862 



said it would be injurious after such a run to the 

 hounds not to give them blood. To which the old 

 colonel in his dry way replied, ' If you kill that fox 

 I'll never hunt again/ The rejoinder was, ' That is 

 quite enough, Sir, you have saved his life.' 



" During that season every time we drew 

 Longueville we were sure to find ' Spanking Jack ' 

 waiting to give us a day's sport. He was lost twice 

 after, and saved three times. The third time he 

 waited like a dog to be picked up. ' You see my lads,' 

 said the colonel, ' what it is to take an old fellow's 

 advice; you have all the run clear of the cloth.' 

 But as everything must have an end, in the spring 

 of 18 12, poor Jack, having no one to intercede for 

 him, was accidentally killed by a pack of harriers. 

 He was known by the marks on his ears, they having 

 been slit each time he was saved. We never had 

 less than twenty-five English miles at him. He often 

 seemed not to know where he was running to. I well 

 recollect his changing his ground from Longue- 

 ville (as we supposed from being so often disturbed 

 there) to Ballyclough Park, about two miles distant, 

 whence we had but one remarkable run, and when 

 drawing again, we heard of the accident that befell 

 poor Jack." 



To conclude our glance at the records of long 

 runs, there is an account in the Gentleman^ s Maga- 

 zine of an extraordinary instance of the endurance 

 of foxes and hounds which was illustrated by the 



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