1 HUNTING TOURS. 



quired some time to bring- them about. The 

 dispersion of these hounds in lots affords an 

 instance among many others of the sad havoc 

 occasioned when an established pack becomes 

 disbanded. Many of the most celebrated 

 often fail to distinguish themselves among 

 fresh associates ; and those of moderately 

 fair pretensions commonly invoke disappoint- 

 ment, and condemnation is the consequence. 



Mr. Holyoake continued the mastership till 

 1 848, when the Earl of Stamford and War- 

 rington, much to the satisfaction of all 

 good sportsmen in the neighbourhood, under- 

 took to hunt the country, and engaged 

 William Staples as huntsman; but, greatly to 

 the regret and disappointment of the neigh- 

 bourhood, at the end of the first season, inti- 

 mated his intention to resign, and the Hon. 

 Arthur Wrottesley became his successor, re- 

 taining Staples in his former appointment. 

 Mr. Wrottesley presided till 1852, at which 

 period Mr. Hellier was installed, but he only 

 continued two seasons. Mr. Baker had them 

 a moiety of that time, when North War- 

 wickshire offering great attractions, a vacancy 

 occurred, and the Earl of Stamford and War- 

 rington took the country a second time, but 



