LORD KINTORE lor 



Camoys ; Mr. T. Howard, of Yattendon ; Mr. 

 Cobham, of Shinfield ; Mr. R. Pocklington, a 

 Suffolk man, and many others, so that they 

 filled Abingdon with servants and horses, and 

 made the place quite alive. 



The following letter shows that different 

 parts of the country were hunted at different 

 times, the only way in fact so large a country 

 could be hunted at all. 



Wadley, 12-30-1829. 

 Dear Sir, — I regret very much two nights of 

 black frost have prevented us to-day from meeting at 

 Coxwell. Next week I am going into Sussex to buy 

 Southdown ewes to send into Scotland but hope in 

 ten days to be at work again. 



The hounds will hunt the East country in the 

 autumn. 



Yours very truly, 



KiNTORE. 



About 1829 Lord Kintore became doubtful 

 about continuing the hunt, and Mr. Thomas 

 Duffield, who from the retirement of Mr. 

 Codrington, had acted as President of the 

 Hunt Committee, asked Mr. Pryse Pryse, of 

 Buscot, to take the Mastership, which elicited 

 the following reply : — 



Buscot Park, Deer. 2nd. 



Dear Duffield, — I feel most flattered at being 



considered by yourself and my brother members of 



the V.W.H. as worthy to succeed the Earl in the 



management of the hounds, and I thank you for your 



