400 The Hunting Countries of England, 



THE DUKE OE GllAETON'S.* 



To be reached from anywhere^ and especially acces- 

 sible to tlie Londoner — a good country, managed 

 liberally, smartly, and practically — no wonder the 

 Duke of Grafton^s is a popular and a leading Hunt. 

 It bas a great deal of fine ground of its own ; abuts 

 on some of the choicest of the Bicester, the Warwick- 

 shire, and the Pytchley ; and is backed up by the 

 Whaddon Chase (or, as it is better known, Mr. Selby 

 Lowndes'). You may hunt at most of its meets by 

 means of the morning train from Euston- square ; you 

 may run up to it from Rugby; or down from 

 Leigh ton, &c. You may be one of the few lucky 

 soldiers quartered at Weedon ; or you may find it 

 convenient to establish a small stud on the spot, and- 

 eke out the week by work or play in Town. It is not 

 a country to which many men bring a long string of 

 horses for a solid six days a week. Such gluttons 

 are more often found just over the border; they 

 accept his Grace's liberality once or twice a week; 

 and make up the rest from the varied fare spread 

 around. For the northern corner of the Duke of 



^Vicle Stanford's "Hunting Map," Sheet 15 and Hobson's 

 Foxhunting Atlas. 



