H The Old Surrey Fox Hounds 



The fact may also be placed on record that Mr. Maberly 

 hunted, or proposed to hunt, the hounds himself now and 

 then, and the famous Tom Hills — of whom more anon — 

 whipped-in to him. Tom used to say that Mr. Maberly 

 could hunt them as long as they went straight, but that he 

 soon got into a tangle, when his language was not 

 eminently ladylike. Later, Tom Hills began to hunt 

 them (doing so when about eighteen years old) if 

 Mr. Maberly did not happen to be out. Yet the latter 

 rarely missed a day, except on bitter compulsion. 



It has been thought that Colonel Jolliffe, M.P. for 

 Petersfield, was once Master of the Old Surrey, but 

 that idea is not correct. Starting from about 1820, he 

 hunted a portion of the country (with his own hounds) 

 which lay between the Surrey Union and the Old 

 Surrey. The country he hunted was started by and ended 

 with him. He loved it. Indeed, the Colonel frequently 

 used to say, "Ah, they may abuse Surrey as much as they 

 like, but if they can go straight in some parts of my 

 country they can go straight anywhere." His pack was 

 bought at Tattersall's, at the beginning of the last century, 

 and when he gave up they were purchased by Sir Thomas 

 Dyke. They are described by a contemporary historian 

 as " a wonderfully fine lot of hounds." 



Colonel Jolliffe had, it is also related, a splendid hound 

 voice, and " a great screech with hounds," of which he 

 appears to have been rather proud. He used to drive 

 down to the meet in his gig after being in the House of 

 Commons pretty nearly all night. He was quite one of 



