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been, I believe rightly, said by some old 

 sportsmen that the H. H. had better sport 

 during his regime than they had had for 

 some time before. Mr. Pearse had many 

 drafts from Lord Fitzharclinge, and succeeded 

 thoroughly in getting quite the right sort and 

 size of hound for the country. Mr. PesCrse was 

 a good horseman, and had a good knowledge 

 of hounds and hunting. Charles c. Roberts. 

 Roberts, who came from Lord Southampton, 

 proved himself to be a very good huntsman ; 

 he afterwards lived with Mr. Phillips in Ox- 

 fordshire, and Lord Doneraile in Ireland. 

 His whips were John Hickman and Dan 

 Berkshire. The latter came from Dan Berk _ 

 Lord GifFord, and on leaving Hants shire - 

 he went to Mr. Henley Greaves, and then was 

 with the Badsworth and the Quorn ; he is now 

 huntsman to Lord Portsmouth, at Eggesford. 



A dinner was given to Mr. Pearse by the 

 members of the H. H. and the farmers, Fe- 

 bruary 8th, 1854, as a token of their respect 

 and approbation of the sportsman-like manner 

 in which he hunted the country. Lord Ash- 

 burton filled the chair, and was supported by, 

 as vice-presidents, Mr. Marx and Mr. Nichol- 

 son. Ninety-eight sat down to an excellent 

 dinner served by Mr. Rous. After the retire- 



