238 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



years, reminds me of the building up of the 

 grand Oakley pack and of his indefatigable 

 helper in the work, Tom Whitemore. The old 

 black-and-white hounds of the Oakley country, 

 which were known as the Oakley magpies in the 

 early days of the Peterborough Hound Show, 

 were chanofed both in colour and character under 

 Mr Arkwright's reign, until year after year they 

 beat all competitors at the show. Tom White- 

 more was always very strong on the point of the 

 excellent working of their prize hounds in the 

 field, and on one occasion pointed out with pride 

 to a hard-ridinof member of the field who had 

 been " crabbing the show hounds," that the win- 

 ners of the first, second, third, and fourth prizes 

 were leading the pack. 



A name I have mentioned in connection with 

 my own experiences with the Queen's Hounds is 

 that of the ninth Earl of Cork, and he, when 

 Lord Dungarvan, was for a time joint Master 

 of the Blackmore Vale country. It was while 

 he was associated w4th Major Stanley and Mr G. 

 Whieldon in the management of the latter hunt 

 that Lord Dungarvan had a narrow escape. He 

 was staying with Mr Whieldon at Wyke House 

 when during the night a fire broke out which 

 completely destroyed the house, and from which 

 the host and his visitor only escaped with 

 difiiculty. 



Back into the old hunting world we are carried 

 by Mr Osbaldeston's horn, which was presented 



