THE PYTCHLEY HUNT, 

 PAST AND PEESENT. 



CHAPTER I. 



Preliminary — John Bright and the Pytchlpy Hunt — X\r. B. Disraeli 

 as a hunting-man — Sir Walter Scott, Dandie Dinijiont's and the 

 Pvtchley packs — Alwin the hunter at Pytchley village, tem^J. 

 William I.— Old Hall at Pytchley— Abbot of Peterborough a 

 fox-hunter, temp. Richard II. — First pack of hounds ; Lord 

 Arundel's, 1670-1700; Hugo Meynell's, 1782; Earl Spencer's, 

 1750.— The hounds and Club at Pytchley— " Order of the White 

 Collar" — Earl Spencer, J/a^z'er, 1783-1796 — Members of the 

 Hunt in 1782.— Mr. Buller of Maidwell, Master, 1796 

 — Diary of Thomas Isham, of Lamport — Mr. John Waede, 

 Master^ 1797-1808 — Lan& Family— Various dispositions of 

 hounds — Lord Althorp, Master, 1808-1817 — Letters to his 

 father — Club at Pytchley re-established — " Rapping " — Three 

 and four-bottle men — Jem Wood — Mr. Elwes and Mr. Small, 

 great dandies — Mr. Davy — Mr. Nethercote of Moulton — Mr. 

 Cook of Hothorp — Lords Jersey and Plymouth — Mr. Peter and 

 Colonel C. AUix — Mr. Lucas — Mr. Bouverie of Delapre — Colonel 

 Bouverie — Mr. Curwen — Mr. John Stevenson of Northampton 

 —The Rev. John Whalley— Lord Waterford— Mr. Elmore— 

 Mr. Andrew of Harleston — Charles King and his hunting-diary 

 — Hunting better in old da3's — Sport-spoilers — Excellence of 

 Sywell Wood — Lord Althorp resigns the Mastership. 



It may be safe to assert that no institution, sporting or 

 otherwise, ever received a more unintentional and 

 marked tribute to its popularity, than in the laughter 

 which greeted the ears of Mr. John Bright when one 

 night in the House of Commons he called " the Pytchley 

 Hunt '^ " the Pitchley.'^ Honourable Members seemed 



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