44 THE HEYTHROP HOUNDS. 



the late Asslietoii Smith, and are now called the 

 Tidworth pack^ supported by subscription in that 

 part of Hampshire which Mr. Smith firgt formed 

 into a hunting country by his own indefatigable ex- 

 ertions, maintaining a splendid hunting establish- 

 ment solely at his own expense. Previously to the 

 purchase of the Grafton hounds, Mr. Smith pos- 

 sessed a very clever pack of his own breeding, from 

 some of the best blood ; and with this addition, 

 the Tidworth kennels would bear comparison with 

 any in England. They have also been under the 

 management of Carter, who lived as huntsman 

 with the Duke of Grafton, and who has a high 

 reputation both in the kennel and the field. 



The Heythrop hounds are also part of the Duke 

 of Beaufort's pack, left there when his Grace dis- 

 continued hunting the Oxfordshire country ; and 

 under the veteran Jim Hills they still continue to 

 afford capital sport. Lord Southampton, who now 

 hunts the late Duke of Grafton's country, from 

 Wliittlebury Lodge, has also some very old blood 

 in his kennel, and, I believe, purchased a part, if 

 not the whole pack, belonging to the celebrated 

 Mr. Osbaldiston, having previously, when hunting 

 Leicestershire, become the possessor of the old 

 Oakley pack, which he bought when the Marquis 

 of Tavistock resigned that country. 



