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ton '' above-mentioned — of whose pack James Pigg 

 sang : 



That for stoutness, pace, beauty, ou tins side of Heaven, 

 Unrivalled the hounds o'er which Lambtou presides. 



Adding also. 



Then that Sedgefield, our country, all countries outvies, sir, 



The highest top-sparkling bumper decides. 

 That we'A^e foxes can fly, sir, or sinking must die, sir, 



When pressed by the hounds o'er which Lambton ]3resides. 



On Mr. Lambton^s death, the late Lord Londonderry 

 hunted the southern part ; while the north was under- 

 taken by a committee of three, viz., Mr. W. Russell 

 (who looked after the kennel), Mr. J. Harvey (who 

 presided in the field), and Mr. J. Henderson. After a 

 time the Durham Country again reunited, under the 

 management of a committee, with Lord Londonderry 

 at the head. In 1872, it will be remembered, rabies 

 broke out in the kennel ; and the whole of the famous 

 old Lambton pack had to be destroyed. Masters of 

 Hounds, however, responded from all sides ; and, by 

 their generosity, another pack was immediately 

 collected. The following year Mr. Anthony Maynard 

 took the northern division ; and Mr. John Harvey the 

 south. Finally, Sir William Eden^s mastership (which, 

 though brief, had been marked by most generous 

 expenditure and by the building of new kennels at 

 Rusheyford) was last year handed over to Mr. R. Ord, 

 the present Master of the South Durham. 



Small as the country is (a square of thirteen miles' 

 breadth really representing the pith of the ground 

 available) foxes are everywhere so well preserved that 



