250 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



he once jumped the Chearsley Brook when there 

 were no less than eleven members of the field 

 and their horses in it. 



Of Mr Francis Lovell, at one time Master of the 

 New Forest Deerhounds, T have heard much from 

 a friend who used to hunt with him in the 'Sixties. 

 Although a one-armed man, Mr Lovell was, this 

 friend tells me, the most beautiful rider in the 

 Forest. He had a wonderfully strong elastic seat, 

 his body swaying like indiarubber to the action of 

 his horse. He was, too, exceedingly graceful, and 

 a quite marvellous huntsman. His knowledge of 

 hound-work and deer-trickery was unsurpassed, 

 and the sport he showed was first-class. As there 

 were but few deer in the forest at one time, Mr 

 Lovell used to whip hounds ofi* when he ran into 

 his stag, and if the latter was unhurt, he sent him 

 home in a cart, and after feeding him let him go 

 free on his lawn. 



One more horn I must mention, because it recalls 

 to my mind my first day in the New Forest with 

 the deerhounds, when Miss Alma Lovell hunted 

 hounds. When Miss Lovell took her fathers 

 place in the field she showed excellent sport, and 

 on the horn she used is inscribed her maiden name 

 with the date 1870, also her name after marriage 

 — Mrs Francis — and the date 1882. It was an 

 added pleasure when hunting with Miss Lovell in 

 the Forest to hear her splendid voice echoing 

 through the glades. She had an incomparable 



