HOUNDS OF ENGLAND. 



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The Hon. Edward Petre formerly bad these hounds ; and 

 from his hands they passed into Lord Hawke's, who has had 

 them above twenty years. It is a fair hunting country, con- 

 sisting of large woodlands_, on one side of which it is called 

 the " West Country ;^^ on the other, it is very open, with 

 flying foxes, which have generally shown remarkable sport. 

 The hounds are principally derived from the old Pytchley, 

 Mr. Foljambe, Sir Tatton Sykes, Lord Fitzwilliam, and Lord 

 Yarboro's kennels. The quality of the hounds may be fairly 

 estimated from the price lately given for ten couple, by Mr. 

 Henley Greaves, now !Master of the Cottesmore — namely, 

 500 guineas. In the year 1815, Sir Bellingham Graham 

 took the Badsworth, after Mr. Musters. 



Favourite Fixtures.— Bramham Park; Harevvood; Walton; Boot 

 and Shoe Inn ; Cross Roads, Bramham Moor ; Cross Roads, 

 Clifford Moor; Slutton Mill ; Hook Moor ; KippaxPark; Gate- 

 forth Common ; in the West Riding. 



This pack of hounds has been established for a great num- 

 ber of years, and has always been in the hands of the Hare- 

 wood or Bramham family. The country is not a first-rate 

 one — has a great deal of limestone, which seldom holds a 

 screeching scent, and is full of extensive plantations. Lord 

 Harewood, on resigning these hounds to Mr. Lane Fox, last 

 season, was presented with a magnificent equestrian portrait 



