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CodringtoD^ the late Master, living at Evershot hard 

 by. Lord Digby (the chairman and father of the 

 Hunt — and a truly popular sportsman) lives at Min- 

 terne Magna, and lias coverts and woodlands for miles 

 round — with foxes abundant enough for every week if 

 necessary. Lord Sandwich (who is also a well-wisher 

 to the Cattistock Hunt) has ten or twelve thousand 

 acres in a ring fence about Hook Manor House — his 

 principal coverts being Hook Park and Witherstone. 



The Cattistock first started into existence as a 

 separate country about 1861, when Mr J. J. Far- 

 quharson gave up hunting the entire county. Lord 

 Poltimore hunted it for twelve years at his own 

 expense ; and on his retirement Mr. Codrington took 

 it with a subscription. After five years, he gave it up 

 for a single season, Capt. McNaghten taking his place. 

 Resuming it again the next year, Mr. Codrington has 

 held it till 1882, honoured and appreciated. Lord 

 Guildford now succeeds him, undertaking to hunt the 

 country twice a week (with a possibility of more). 

 His pack will consist of twenty-five couple from Mr. 

 Codrington, with a draft from the Kennel of the late 

 Duke of Grafton, and help from other equally good 

 sources. 



To hunt with the Cattistock, Dorchester is a quarter 

 commanding most of the country, and offering equal 

 opportunities of joining Mr. Radclyffe. It is a military 

 station, credited with a battery of artillery and a 

 brigade-depot. The soldiers never fail to attend 

 regularly at covertside parade ; and, as Dorchester is 

 within about four hours of London (Waterloo), it is 

 altogether a popular quarter. Weymouth, too, has 



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