1 64 THE MASTER OF HOUNDS 



surpassed their Masters in their knowledge of hound- 

 breeding. With the Badminton tliere were PhiHp 

 Payne and Will Long, with the Belvoir Goosey and 

 Will Goodall ; Jem Hills with the Heythrop ; last, but 

 far from least, Tom Sebright, who was for thirty-seven 

 years huntsman with the Milton pack. These men 

 were noted judges of hounds, but I do not think that, 

 as a rule, at the present day kennel huntsmen can 

 surpass their Masters in knowledge of hounds. During 

 the last few years the custom of Masters hunting their 

 own hounds, z.c, acting as their own huntsmen in the 

 field instead of employing a paid servant, has largely 

 increased in popularity, as the following statistics 

 prove, which I have placed in tabular form for the 

 convenience of reference : 



MASTERS WHO HUNT THEIR OWN HOUNDS 



5 Masters of stag-hounds, out of i8 packs in England 

 52 Masters of fox-hounds, ,, 164 „ ,, 



2 Masters of fox-hounds, 

 18 Masters of fox-hounds, 

 47 Masters of harriers, 



I Master of harriers, 

 17 Masters of harriers, 



,4 Masters of beagles, 



The above statistics are compiled from the supple- 

 ment to the Field of October 18, 1902. 



Now a Master of Hounds who hunts his own pack 

 must necessarily be, to a large extent, cognisant of 

 hound lore ; yet the Peterborough Hound Show has 

 been in existence for forty-three years, during which 



