02 THE HUNTING FIELD 



Ingram's Huntsman, is or was whipped-in to by his two sons. 

 There is one name, "Jones," that is about extinct in the 

 liuntins; field. Mr. Meynell had a famous cork-legged ^^'hipper- 

 in of that name, who was also a bit of an author, and 

 published some journals of their doings. He was a great rider 

 and a great drinker also. They say he used sometimes to get 

 so drunk that he could not recollect, when he awoke in the 

 morning, where he had left his leg over-night. There was also 

 a Robert Jones, who hunted a joint pack, kept by the late 

 Colonel Wardle and the late Sir Harry Goodricke's father, in 

 Flintshire. The celebrated Tom Crane, afterwards Huntsman 

 to the Fife hounds, came, we believe, from that part of the 

 kingdom, and has left no hunting descendants that we know 

 of. Crane, from all accounts, was a most extraordinary man. 

 It was said of him that one of his eyes was worth two of most 

 other men's, and that his ear was as true as his eye was quick. 

 Crane hunted the Duke of Wellington's hounds during the 

 Peninsular war, and one day in the ardour followed his hounds 

 almost into the enemy's camp. 



Most of these men rose from the ranks, that is to say, from 

 Whipper-in-ships. 



John Winter entered life as Pad-Groom under Mr. Ralph 

 Lambton in Leicestershire, in Mr. Meynell's time, and passed 

 through all the gradations of second and first Whip, and 

 Huntsman Whipper-in, when Mr. Lambton hunted the hounds. 

 Dick Foster whipped-in to Lord Foley, in Worcestershire ; 

 Will Long whipped-in to Philip Payne with the Duke of 

 Beaufort's ; the late Jack Richards, Huntsman to the Bads- 

 worth, whipped-in to Sir Bellingham Graham, in the Atherstone 

 country ; so did Will Staples, afterwards Huntsman to Sir 

 Rowland Hill — Will was by old Tom Staples, once Huntsman 

 to Lord Middleton. In short, most of our eminent men have 

 filled the subordinate offices of Whipper-in, and risen to 



