92 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



is thus described by a contemporary in the 

 Sporting Magazine : — 



His lordship has brought his own hounds from 

 Scotland, a distance of 500 miles. In this as in 

 everything else he undertakes, I wish him from my 

 heart success ; for I know that a more liberal, hospit- 

 able, warmer hearted man than his lordship breathes 

 not ; and this without any fear of being accused of 

 flattery by those who know him. What his judge- 

 ment and talents may be in the field I profess myself 

 unable to decide, for I never met him in the field at 

 the head of his own hounds ; but if voice may be 

 considered as any requisite in a master of hounds, his 

 cheery halloos over the mahogany are a proof that 

 he is not deficient in that respect, as those can 

 witness who were present some time ago at a public 

 hunt dinner, and heard his " Yoicks, Lambton, for- 

 ward Ralph, my boy ! " 



He took Wadley House from the trustees 

 of young Mr. Thomas Mills Goodlake, and 

 brought his hounds there ; his windows looked 

 out on the old White Horse, and he always 

 called his country " The Vale." 



A run during his first season is thus described 

 by " Venator," in the Sporting Magazine for 

 1827:— 



Sir, — On Thursday the 7th of February, I was one 

 of a field of nearly one hundred, who met at Stanford, 

 to enjoy a day's sport with Lord Kintore's hounds, 

 which have hunted the vale of Berks and Wilts during 

 the present season. The morning seemed propitious, 

 the hounds looked gay, the country a grass vale, and 

 all united to inspire with hope and expectation a lover 



