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being vacant in the sporting county of Salop, 

 he was appointed to hunt the hounds for 

 Mr. Morris ; which he continued to do till 

 the period when he engaged with Mr. Tailby. 

 As a huntsman he is cheery with his hounds, 

 and their very excellent condition is a sure 

 test of his attention to the kennel depart- 

 ment. At the close of the season, 1863, 

 Goddard left these hounds and made an 

 engagement with Mr. Clowes to hunt the 

 Quorn, when he was succeeded by Frank 

 Goodall, from the Cottesmore. 



Mr. Tailby's country, consisting almost 

 entirely of small coverts, is ill adapted for 

 cub-hunting; in fact, that is the only thing in 

 which it is defective, there being so little 

 opportunity to work young hounds. The 

 lateness of the harvest, too, delayed the com- 

 mencement of operations in the year 1862, 

 till the middle of September, but when they 

 did begin they found a fine show of foxes, 

 and during 'the month of October scent was 

 favourable, affording some good gallops over 

 the open. The morning on which I went 

 from Leicester to meet these hounds, at 

 Stanton Wyville, was bright in the extreme, 

 the dewdrops glittering on the sprays, ill 



