The Hertfordshire, 349 



THE HERTFORDSHIRE.* 



Another of the home countries is the Hertfordshire. 

 And if munificence of expenditure could have raised 

 it to the top of the tree the Hertfordshire would be 

 one of the uppermost shoots of foxhunting growth. 

 It aspires, however, to no prominence as a ^^ fashion- 

 able '' country. On the contrary, it rather aims at 

 obscurity, by declining to advertise beyond the 

 columns of a local paper. It is near enough to 

 London to tempt a crowd, and it prefers that the 

 crowd should find scope elsewhere. But if it suits 

 you to hunt with the Hertfordshire, few obstacles are 

 likely to be put in your way. With fifty- three couple 

 of hounds in kennel, they take the field four days a 

 week, viz., Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 

 and are easily reached from St. Pancras on the morning 

 of hunting' — the Kennels at Luton (in the very centre 

 of the country) being less than an hour from London. 

 You have the option of disembarking also at St. 

 Albans; or of taking the Great Northern to Hatfield 

 or Hitchin ; or, again, of quartering yourself at 

 Leighton and varying your time with Mr. Selby- 

 Lowndes and the Baron. 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheet 16, and Hobson's 

 Foxhunting Atlas. 



