THE BLACKMORE VALE. 89 



Symes, Spicer, the four brothers Harrington, 

 one of whom did as much with his one arm 

 as most men could do with two ; Osmond, 

 Milox, Harris, Tabor, Claremont, and Stone. 



Mr Digby gave up the mastership of the 

 hounds owing to failing health in 1865, and 

 he made over his whole establishment of horses, 

 hounds, and hunt servants, together with the 

 kennels at Charlton, to his successor. Sir 

 Richard G. Glyn, Bart., of Gaunts House. 

 In the latter years of Mr Digby 's reign foxes 

 were not so plentiful in the country as they 

 are now, and, sooner than disappoint the Master 

 of his loved gallop in the Sparkford Vale, Press 

 has been known to go to a pretended holloa. 

 He would slip off without blowing his horn till 

 he was out of sight of the field, and gallop on 

 for four or five miles, without any one having 

 an idea that his fox was not in front. When 

 Mr Digby could no longer ride he used to drive 

 a team of greys to the meet, and he managed 

 to see most of what was going on. At the 

 age of eighty-five he was still a keen critic of 

 horse and hound, and nothing delighted him 

 more than for a friend to bring his latest 

 purchase to the door of Sherborne Castle, there 

 to be examined, picked to pieces, and admired. 



Sir Richard Glyn, who retained the master- 

 ship from 1865 to the year 1884, was a bold 

 and straight rider to hounds, and he showed 

 most excellent sport. He was presented with 



