320 HUNTING TOURS. 



W. H. J. North, the present master. Lord 

 Willoughby's unexpected and much-lamented 

 death, in June, 1862, left Mr. North at the 

 head of affairs. Great and glorious as the ante- 

 cedents have been in this truly sporting county, 

 they have never presented more cheering 

 aspects than those which loom in the future. 

 Zealously devoted to foxhunting, Mr. North 

 enters upon the duties of a master of foxhounds 

 con amove, with a determination to become 

 thoroughly conversant with the details over 

 which he is destined to preside. Studying 

 profoundly the pedigrees of hounds, he sedu- 

 lously devotes himself to the cabalistic art of 

 breeding them, with a resolute determination 

 to embrace every opportunity of improvement; 

 and the very great advancement that has 

 already taken place affords pleasing anticipa- 

 tions of what will follow. There is yet more to 

 be added to this: Mrs. North, the respected wife 

 of the master of the hounds, with all the amia- 

 bilities which are so graceful in the fair ladies 

 of England, is as anxious for the success of 

 the pack as her liege lord can possibly be ; and 

 when such felicitous associations take place, 

 there is the greater confidence that the highly 

 popular master's presidence will be lasting. 



