2 26 The Pytchley Htpit, Past and Present. 



hounds run, tlie Master is mostly at hand to restrain any 

 " young man in a hurry ; ^^ and when necessary^ can ad- 

 minister a suitable amount of verbal correction — always 

 well received, from not being over-frequent. 



In one of his letters. Lord Spencer speaks of the 

 great comfort he experiences in having such a Hunts- 

 man as Charles Payne to " lean upon ; '^ whereby he 

 is saved much trouble and many anxieties. All who 

 remember that accomplished harseman, great artist, and 

 trusty servant, will be able to appreciate his lordship's 

 feelings in this respect. To no- one, however, will they 

 come more home than to his successor, who in William 

 Goodall possesses a Huntsman and servaurt who leaves 

 nothing for a Master to require. Springing from a 

 family to whom ^' hunting a pack of hounds '' comes as 

 naturally as finding game does to a setter, in him we 

 have an instance of the brilliant Whip — losing none of 

 his brilliancy when called on to carry the horn. The 

 son of one who for nearly twenty years hunted the Bel- 

 voir hounds, and who met his death by falling upon his 

 own horn, which he bad thrust into the side-pocket of 

 his coat, his first experience in stable-work was with 

 Sir Thomas Whiehcote, Bart., of Aswarby House, near 

 Sleaford. He then " entered '^ to hounds as second 

 Whip to Carter, who had succeeded to the post 

 held by his (Goodall's) father, and for one year 

 (1866) served with Roake and Firr, under Captain A. 

 Thomson. 



After a spell of four years with Lord Henry Bentinck, 

 he returned to the " Belvoir,'' from whence he was selected 

 by Lord Spencer, in 1874^ to be Huntsman to the ^' P.H.^' 

 Twelve years have elapsed since he first occupied the 



