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was master, and stayed with that hunt eight 

 seasons ; he then went to the Meath, and Lord 

 Doneraile, in Ireland, and back to Hampshire 

 with the Hambledon in I860. George Cox 

 went to the Vine with his brother, and then to 

 the Eaby. Both brothers are excellent servants. 

 1842. On the death of Mr. Codrington, 



Shedden Captain Shedden took the N. F. H., 



master of -, -, -, i , i 



the x. f. h. and when he was elected master, on 

 October 15th, he had neither horses, hounds, 

 servants, nor even kennels. A temporary build- 

 ing was hastily put up at Woodlands. Horses 

 were bought, and a pack of hounds, which 

 were chiefly drafts from the Quorn, were ad- 

 vertised to meet on November the 15th ! At 

 this time there were about five thousand fallow 

 deer in the Forest, from which the hounds had 

 to be broken. In April, 1843, Captain Shedden 

 bought the whole of the Hursley pack. He 

 bred but very few, as it was difficult to get 

 walks for them. After Mr. Assheton Smith 

 had chosen his puppies out of the eighty couple 

 he annually bred, he let Captain Shedden have 

 from twelve to fifteen couple, so that ultimately 

 the hounds became entirely of Mr. Assheton 

 Smith's breed. 



There being no kennels in the New Forest 

 country, several members subscribed, in shares 



