314 



5 TA G-HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS 



120 ; the ' old Goodwood sort,' 121 ; 

 Colonel Thornton's hounds, 121 ; 

 the pointer strain, 122 ; Mr. Mellish's 

 lemon-pyes and the Old Devon and 

 Somerset hounds, 122, 123 ; Lord 

 Wolverton's, 127-130 ; the ' pie ' 

 and ' black-and-tan ' varieties, 130 ; 

 the staghound of the present day : 

 the Queen's, 131-141. Hcc also 

 Hounds, noted 



Staghound of Queen Elizabeth's time, 

 230 ; the effect of forest-hunting 

 on, 168 



Stag-hunting, Royal, 22 ; under George 

 I., 23-26, 30 ; under George II., 

 86-39 ; and George III., 39-50 ; the 

 new school, George IV. 's interest 

 in, 48-57 ; William IV.'s experi- 

 ences, 57, 58 ; breaking up of the 

 Hampton Court stud, 58 ; Charles 

 Davis as Huntsman, 59-81 ; the 

 ethics of the sport, 82-91 ; things 

 necessary for success, 92 ; a run 

 from Hawthorn Hill to Stanford 

 Dingley, 93-95; from Aldershot to 

 Sutton, 95-98 ; mettle and fettle 

 a requisite, 98 ; fox-hunting v. 

 stag-hunting, 99 ; Davis's method, 

 100, 101, hunting tricky and sulky 

 deer, 102-106 ; good deer only 

 should be hunted, 106, 107 ; a run 

 from Cobham, 109 ; in the Harrow 

 country, 142-157 ; in the Forest, 

 158-171 ; the banks and ditches 

 of Bucks and Berks, 172-188 ; 

 masters, 222-243 ; hunting in 

 France : v^nerie and the Valois, 

 244-257 ; under the Empire and the 

 Republic, 258-277 



Staines, stag-hunt in, 41 



Stanhope, Lord, 233 



Stanhope, Mr., 178 



Stanhope, Sir John, 20 



Stanley, ' Ben,' the Whig Whip, 223 n 



Starkie, Colonel Legendre, 122 



Stevens, Nancy, 52 



Strathavon grouse moor, 122 



Strathfieldsaye coverts, 225 



Stratton, Rev. Mr., 84, 88-90 



Strickland, Charles, 185 



Stubbs, his pictures, 42, 70, 120, 122, 

 801 



Sturges, Mr., 196 



Suftield, Lord, Master of the Buck- 

 hounds, 154 n, 243 



Suffolk, Duchess of, and Queen Eliza- 

 beth, 231 



Suii'olk, Lady, 26 



Suliolk and Berkshire, Lord, 235 

 Sully, organiser of State-aided horse 



breeding in France, 294 

 Sutton, Sir Richard, 71 

 Swift, 200 

 Swinley, 45, 93, 131, 235-237, 201 ; 



l^addocks, 106, 106 n 

 Sykes, Sir Tatton, 77 

 Symons, Sir R., 122 



Tailby, Mr., 149 



Talbot, General the Hon. R., 284 



Talbot, Mr., 153 



Talbots (hounds), 130 



Tankerville, Lord and Lady, 27 



Tattersall, Mr., on Black Bess, 182 



Tattersall, Mr. Edmund, 79 



Thackeray, Mr., 46, 55 



Thistlethwaite, Dr., 37 



Thomson, Colonel Anstruther, 63 n, 



68, 72, 240 

 Thornton, Colonel, 30, 117, 121, 130, 



258, 2.59, 270 

 Thrale, Mr. and Mrs., 56 n 

 Throckmorton. Sir Robert, 68 n, 248 

 Titian, his ' Charles V.,' 70 

 Tornabuoni on Francois I., 245, 246 

 Triboulet, M., 288 

 Troultes, Bernard de, 8 

 Tubb, Mr. .John, 126, 127, 157 

 Turberville on staghounds, 115 n 

 Turkish horse in France, 295 n 

 Tuscany, Grand Duke of, 121 n 



Utrecht Fair, 293 

 Uxbridge, the water at, 66 n 



Valon, M. le Marquis de, 266, 267, 



268 

 Vaudemont, Comte de, 254 

 Vavasour, Agnes, 10 

 Velasquez, painter, 28, 70, 230, 244, 



293 

 Vendean hounds, 300 

 Venerie and the Valois, 244-257 

 Venour, Hamon le, 11, 12 

 Vernon, Diana, 32 

 Verulam, Lord, 74 

 Victoria, Queen, her visit to Ascot 



Kennel, 203 

 Vine hounds, 225 

 Virginia Water, 40 

 Vitry, M. le Comte de, 254 

 Vyner, Mr., 201 

 Vyse, Captain (Dicky), 147, 240 



