32 MR. MEYNELL INGRAM'S PACK 



Mitton Park. These four packs are, I believe, the oldest 

 which have been maintained without interruption in their 

 respective families, and from them the great majority 

 of the kennels throughout Her Majesty's dominions are 

 descended. 



Mr. Meynell Ingram, grandson of the celebrated Mr 

 Meynell, now residing at Hoar Cross House, has also some 

 very old blood in his kennel, and in appearance I know no 

 hounds which look so truly thoroughbred as his, especially 

 the bitches, many of which, for symmetry and length of 

 frame, with fine necks and shoulders, and capital legs and 

 feet, cannot be surpassed ; and although I have lately 

 seen the Belvoir and other first-rate kennels, I should feel 

 inclined to select some of these bitches to run a match 

 against any pack in England. The dog-hounds are also 

 very clever, and the Squire of Hoar Cross Hall may feel 

 justly proud of his pets. 



Fox-hunting countries have changed masters so fre- 

 quently during the last twenty-five years, that it is no 

 easy task to trace packs of hounds, formerly well known, 

 through so many variations. The late Duke of Grafton's 

 pack, of considerable antiquity, became some years since 

 the property of the late Assheton Smith, and are now 

 called the Tedworth pack, supported by subscription in 

 that part of Hampshire which Mr. Smith first formed into 

 a hunting country by his own indefatigable exertions, 

 maintaining a splendid hunting establishment solely at 

 his own expense. Previously to the purchase of the 

 Grafton hounds, Mr. Smith possessed a very clever pack 

 of his own breeding, from some of the best blood ; and 

 with this addition, the Tedworth kennels would bear com- 

 parison with any in England. They have also been under 

 the management of Carter, who lived as huntsman with 



