118 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1S00 to 



Chronicle of this year, but I have failed in 

 obtaining any particulars of them. 



is 24. ^ r - ^- Taylor, afterwards Sir C. 



Mr. c. Taylor Taylor of Hollycombe, now had a 



of stock- J •; ' 



bridge. very good pack, and hunted the 



country round Stockbridge, as the country 

 round Hollycombe was very bad for hounds. 

 Mmrod visited Mr. Taylor at his cottage in 

 1825, and, speaking of his pack, says : " There 

 is not much to find fault with in Mr. Taylor's 

 kennel, though they are a little higher on the 

 leg than I like to see harriers, and they are 

 not rounded, which disfigures them in my 

 eye. Being full twenty inches high they go 

 very fast, and run well together, which may 

 be said is all we want, and they are well 

 hunted by a very good servant of the name of 

 Jelly — most appropriate we must allow." 



Mr. Taylor w T as M.P. for Wells. An extra- 

 ordinary run with his harriers from Stock- 

 bridge race-course is reported in the Sporting 

 Magazine, p. 110. 



Mr. Lech- Mr. Lechmere lived at Wilbury, 



in Wilts, but I believe he had a few 



ners. 



meets in Hants by Quarley and Cholderton ; 

 they are noticed by Nimrod in the Sporting 

 Magazine, who said that his " turn out" was 

 good, and that he and his men were well 

 mounted. 



