76 OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 



a gentleman performing the office of huntsman, — 

 and no reason why a man with a good education 

 should not succeed in every thing he undertakes 

 better than a person who has had, comparatively 

 speaking, but an indifferent one, or perhaps none 

 at all. A distinguished nobleman in Yorkshire 

 has hunted his own hoimds uninterruptedly for 

 thirty-eight seasons, with high reputation to him- 

 self, and satisfaction to the sportsmen who hunted 

 with him. 



A gentleman who hunts his own hounds is sure 

 to be fond of the sport, and he will do all in his 

 power (for his own credit) to show it. On the 

 contrary, servants hunt hounds for their liveli- 

 hood ; and I have seen some of them, now and 

 then, more anxious to go home to a two o'clock 

 dinner, than to find a second fox. 



The noble successor to Mr. Corbet, in the War- 

 wickshire country, — a good sportsman, and always 

 anxious to show sport, — would sometimes say to 

 his huntsman, " Harry, Harry, you are thinking 

 more of your mutton chojys, than of your hunt- 

 ing ! " It is very difficult to get a good hunts- 

 man, such as Tom Rose, or Sam Lawley, — the 

 former, the Duke of Grafton's, the latter, the 

 late Lord Vernon's ; Charles King, also, who 

 hunted Lord Althorp's hounds, and ]\Ir, Shaw, 

 were excellent sportsmen. If you could be sure 



