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meeting, at which we all subscribed a little money, and I collected 

 hounds where I could : some from my father, who kept a few couples 

 at Edenbridge in Kent, some I bought in London, some near Cam- 

 bridge, and some from an Oxford pack — I believe the Christ Church.^ 



We had no uniform, and hunted all round Cambridge, the 

 Observatory, Harston, Bottisham, and round Shelford. In summer 

 the pack was broken up amongst various frieuds. When I went 

 down I heard no more of the pack for some time, but they came down 

 to Mr. Muggridge one Christmas, and, owing to some misfortune, I was 

 written to and hunted them round Tunbridge Wells for a few weeks. 



I did not even meet " Pat " Currey. I am enclosing the only 

 photograph I have of those days, so please return it. I have hunted 

 with many packs of beagles, but for the last twenty-two years have 

 been Master of a pack of Otter Hounds.— Yours very truly, 



Courtney Tuacey. 



Letter from Dr. Eenwick to T. Holland Hibbert 



Long Framlington, E.S.O., Northumberland, 

 November 15, 1910. 



Dear Holland Hibbert— I am afraid I have been rather long in 

 answering your letter ; and I don't know that I have much " valuable 

 information" to give you. 



What was called " the Foot Drag " existed till (I think) Jan. 1864 

 Very little was known of them, and they were supposed to hunt a 

 drag; but I have reason to believe that they generally hunted hare, but 

 kept matters very quiet as they feared trouble with the farmers. 



However this may be, it was, I am pretty sure, in Jan. '64 that 

 Tracey (now a Master of Otter Hounds) bought the pack and hunted 

 hares with them for the rest of the season, Bagnall whipping in to 

 him. There were only about five or six couple of hounds, and at the 

 end of the season Bagnall bought them from him and also got some 

 fresh hounds, and he hunted them the next season, Lloyd and 



1 The earlier Clirist Church pack, which just about this time were turned into 

 harriers. Qy. Was it when the change was made that hounds were disposed of and 

 some bought for Cambridge ? 



