286 SPORTING REMINISCENCES [1845 to 



hounds, which were hunted by a man who 

 was allowed to be one of the most scientific 

 huntsmen of the clay, Dick Foster, assisted by 

 Sawyer as first whip, an equally clever hand 

 in his way as whip. An extraordinary anec- 

 dote is related of these two men quarrelling; 

 and although they never spoke to each other 

 excepting formally upon the business of hunt- 

 ing for three years, they worked on together 

 in the field without the slightest appearance of 

 jealousy, and killed their foxes together in as 

 workmanlike a style as if they had been the 

 best friends on earth. 



" At the time of Mr. John Villebois' death, 

 his pack, which he left by will to his brother, 

 Mr. Frederick Villebois, were taken into the 

 Craven country, from which stock the present 

 Craven hounds have descended. 



" Amongst the sportsmen so well known for 

 many years in Hampshire, I had almost for- 

 Coionei gotten to mention Colonel Frederick, 



Frederick. i t i p n ... 



who cued a tew years ago from injuries 

 received from a bad fall from his horse two 

 years before his death. This fine old sportsman 

 was in his eightieth year, and although suffering 

 great pain, used to ride hunting to nearly the 

 very last. Independently of his being a first- 

 rate sportsman, he was a most agreeable com- 



