ii6 THE OLD BERKS HUNT 



shire man and Lowndes Stone split it ; but it was no 

 business of mine .... 



Faithfully yours, 



J. W. Henley. 

 Waterperry, April \Zth, 1845. 



Mr. Parker hunted his own hounds, although 

 he was a very heavy man. He lived and kept 

 the hounds at New House. He was described 

 as being the " best man on a bad horse in 

 England." He is said to have impoverished 

 himself by keeipng hounds. He soon found it 

 impossible to hunt the Old Berks country 

 on the subscription given him ; and he gave 

 up after one season. He left a high reputation 

 as a sportsman behind him in Berkshire, Sir 

 Richard Sutton particularly, thought very 

 highly of him ; but the management in other 

 respects formed too great a contrast with the 

 previous regimes to give general satisfaction. 



Mr. Parker once drove the coach from Wor- 

 cester to Ludlow ; but he was such a daring 

 man that he frightened all the passengers ; 

 until at last no one would ride with him. 



On leaving Berkshire Mr. Parker took the 

 Lincolnshire South Wold country, where he is 

 said to have given great satisfaction. 



An account of Mr. John Parker appears in 

 the May, 1904, number of Bailys Magazine. 

 In it the writer says : — 



