118 YOUNG HOUNDS. 



went the little horse over the fence into the adjoining 

 lane, and away went the hounds full cry to the dismay 

 of the feeder and the rest of the establishment who 

 were so suddenly summoned by the music of the pack ; 

 however, to conclude my story, they were not stopped 

 until they ran the pony five miles, but without any 

 further damage to any of the party excepting sowing 

 the first seeds of irrevocable wildness whenever an 

 opportunity might offer itself. There is an old story 

 told of the Beaufort hounds when that pack was being- 

 first formed many years ago ; a new draft of hounds 

 which had arrived on the previous day were let out 

 into the paddock to be inspected, when they com- 

 menced running the crows which frequently fly 

 skimming along close to the ground in windy weather ; 

 and as the old kennel man who had the care of them 

 declared, that he believed they would have never been 

 stopped, if they had not by the blessing of G — d 

 changed for a jackass. 



It was not a very uncommon practice in former 

 days to try young hounds, before they were entered, 

 with a drag or train scent. From an old collection 

 of hunting memoranda in my possession, which 

 belonged to an uncle of mine who was a worthy divine 

 and a real lover of fox-hunting, and who passed many 

 a happy winter in hunting with the hounds of the late 

 Lord Yarborougb, I have taken the following extract : 



" Lord Thanet's Gallant and Gameboy were got by 

 Brusher, out of a daughter of Lord Chedworth's 

 Gamester. Crane brought with him the dam of that 

 bitch when he came to Lord Thanet. Brusher was 

 bred by Lord Ossory, and supposed to be got by Mr, 



