The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt. 73 



The Late HARRY JUDD. 



Having been practically reared among horses, it became the natural 

 ambition of Harry Judd when a boy to become a jockey, and at the early 

 age of eleven he entered upon an apprenticeship in the racing stables pre- 

 sided over by John Day, a famous trainer of that time at Danebury. Being 

 imbued with the necessary determination to succeed in this profession, he 

 soon became one of the feather-weight jockeys of the stable, and he rode 

 in several races, including the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot. At the end of 

 seven years, when his indentures expired, a natural ambition to be with 

 hounds caused him to forsake the stables to go to Mr. Villebois, who was 

 then Master of the Norfolk Hounds. Subsequently Judd served as whipper- 

 in for various terms with the Atherstone, Quorn, Cottesmore and Lord 

 Leconfield's Hounds, going from the latter pack to the North Shropshire, 

 where he was promoted to huntsman. Having been a single season with 

 Mr. Jarvis's Hounds in Lincolnshire, Judd came to the Lanarkshire and 

 Renfrewshire to take up a similar position, which he filled in a highly satis- 

 factory manner for nineteen years. The experience he had gained in 

 kennel management and hound breeding was during this time made manifest, 

 and he realised one of his greatest wishes when he won the Champion Cup 

 at Peterborough Hound Show with " Constance" for Sir David Buchanan 

 in 1890. That he knew his work as a huntsman in every detail was recog- 

 nised by all, and his cheery disposition in the field made him very popular. 

 At the end of a good run his beaming countenance was simply infectious, 

 as will still be remembered by many followers. In 1901 Judd finally retired 

 into private life, and the members of the Hunt showed their appreciation 

 of his long and honourable career by presenting him with a handsome 

 testimonial. Born in 1839, he spent the few remaining years of his life 

 at Houston, where he died in January, 1909. 



