HOUNDS OP ENGLAND. 



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NAME OF COUNTRY 

 OR HOUNDS. 



HUNTSMAN. 



DAYS OF 

 HUNTING. 



The Hursley, 



Mr. Cockburn. 



Mr. Cockburn. 



Mon., Fri. 



Favourite Fixtures. — Monday — Crab Wood; Ball Down; Rook- 

 ley Pond ; Parnell. Friday — Badsley Common ; Cranbiiry Park ; 

 Stoneham Park. 



At Rookley Pond, the property of Mr. Alley, yeoman, eleven 

 foxes were found in one season (1847-48), and nine out of the 

 eleven killed. Mr. Cockburn^s system is to trust to the 

 sagacity of the hound : Avhen that is at fault, he is very quick 

 in giving his own judgment. Like the famous Mr. Villebois, 

 he commenced with harriers ; and when he had the luck to 

 find a fox amongst his Honiton Hills, in faith the wild ani- 

 mal had to look sharp for his life. 



Mr. Sheddon succeeded Mr. Wyndham, successor to Mr. 

 Nicoll, who, if I mistake not, came after the celebrated John 

 Ward, the father of fox hunting. 



