150 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



dead in the course of a run, as his master was 

 in the act of opening a gate for Lady Theodora 

 Grosvenor. 



Lord Wolverton kept the mastership of the 

 bloodhound pack till the year 1880, and he showed 

 good sport, though, as I have said, there was even 

 more uncertainty about the quality of the hunt- 

 ing than with foxhounds. Like other members of 

 his family, Lord Wolverton was devoted to sport. 

 He had been entered early with the V.W.H, and 

 the Old Berkshire Hounds, and later he was well 

 known with Baron Bothschild and in Essex. After 

 he sold the bloodhounds to Lord Carrington, he 

 hunted the country round Iwerne with harriers. 

 The bloodhounds were not a success with Lord 

 Carrington, and he parted with them after one 

 season to the Comte le Conteulx le Canteleu, who 

 used them for hunting the deer and the wild boar. 

 At the latter sport I believe they were hardly 

 courageous enough to be successful. 



It was evident in the days when the bloodhounds 

 were in the Vale that they required the most 

 careful handling. As the bloodhound does not 

 "pack" naturally, he is inclined to trust too much 

 to himself, and to take no notice of what his 

 fellows are doing. He is shy and nervous, and if 

 rated or struck will turn sulky and refuse to work. 

 It was therefore by his study of the character of 

 his hounds and his individual knowledge of each, 

 as well as by his unfailing patience, that Lord 

 Wolverton showed the sport he did. A character- 



