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Pudsey, who till his lamented death was one 

 of the best preservers of foxes in the Albrigh- 

 ton Hunt. After Colonel Newnham resigned, 

 Mr. Hornyhold, of Blackmore Park, suc- 

 ceeded with a very superior establishment, 

 at the head of which was Kit Atkinson, 

 assisted by John King, with the plucky 

 Joe Maiden, then in his noviciate, acting as 

 second whipper-in. With these hounds I 

 saw the most severe day on the 9th of 

 January, 1822, of which I have any recol- 

 lection. They found in Pudsey's Gorse at 

 five minutes after twelve, and lost their fox 

 on Orton Hills at fifty minutes after three, 

 with few checks, and those not of long con- 

 tinuance. When Mr. Hornyhold's establish- 

 ment was broken up the country Was vacant 

 a short period, but Mr. Parker, who had 

 signalised himself as a fine performer over a 

 country, and also as being well versed in the 

 mysteries of the chclse, zealously supported 

 by the Earl Coventry and his family, soon 

 got together a pack of hounds, with which, 

 hunting them himself, he succeeded in show- 

 ing considerable sport; but the exchequer was 

 low, and they were consequently disposed of. 

 Then came Mr. Clutton Brock, a fine sports- 



