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Modern Huntsmen. 



respectful, and sometimes manifested what Beckford 

 would call genius. On one occasion, when he had been 

 running a fox for some time in the Vale of Belvoir, the 

 hounds came to a cover, which the fox had evidently 

 entered : they were soon through it ; and went away as 

 merrily as possible on the other side. But, before they 

 had run far, Shaw stopped them, and led them again to 

 the cover against the opinion of the field ; where, how- 

 ever, he found his original fox and killed him ! A fresh 

 fox had evidently gone away when the hounds first en- 

 tered the cover, and they changed ; of which Shaw was 

 soon aware, and hence we see his reason for returning. 

 Shaw became a huntsman without going through those 

 probationary steps, which generally lead to the office : — 

 he never officiated in the subordinate capacity of whip- 

 per-in. 



I have seen several good huntsmen within the last half 

 score years ; and I am of opinion that few packs of fox- 

 hounds were ever better managed in the field than the 

 Quorndon, a few years ago, when Sebright was the 

 huntsman, assisted by those two very active whippers-in, 

 Richard Burton and Will Head. — They are all light 

 weights, and good riders — Sebright in particular. The 

 latter is huntsman to Lord Fitzwilliam ; Burton remains 

 still at Quorndon with Mr. Osbaldeston ; Head has for 

 several years hunted Sir Harry Mainwaring's hounds. 



Richards, who hunts the Badsworth, seems to under- 

 stand his business ; but, unfortunately for a huntsman, 

 he cannot be called a ligJit weight. He is, however, a 

 good rider, and an active man in the field. In the year 

 1825, 1 visited the Badsworth ; and had thus an oppor- 



