X HUNTING REMINISCENCES 



CHAPTER III 



Season 1870-71 



The Hunting View from Belvoir Castle — Appointment of Huntsman 

 to the Belvoir — Letters of Congratulation — Will Goodall, junior. 

 First Whip — The Institution of the Hound Van — The Kennels at 

 Ropsley — James Cooper, late Huntsman — The Duke of Rutland's 

 Visit to the Kennel — Dick Christian's Story of the Duke's Leap — 

 Tlie Duke as a Master — Mr. George Lane Fox's Letter to Mr. 

 Tom Parrington — Frank's First Entry in the Diary, Aug. 23, 

 1870 — Osbaldeston Furrier — The Belvoir and Cottesmore Hunts 

 join in the Field — The Duke takes a heavy Fall — Mr. Tom 

 Hutchinson picks him up — A Day of Disaster — Sir Watkin 

 Winn's " Royal " and John Walker in his Kennel — A good Run, 

 and Mr, Henry Custance asks for the Brush — H. R. H. the Prince 

 of Wales has a Day^ — Tlie Field out . . , Page 27 



CHAPTER IV 



Seasons 1871-72 and 1872-73 



The Hunt Stud — The Mare that taught Mr. James Hutchinson— 

 Jumping Gates — The Hunters Black Charley and Culverthorpe — 

 Old Tom Chambers — Mr. Ferrand — Sir Thomas AVhichcote's Stud 

 — A Visit from Mi-. Chaworth Musters — A Morning's Cubbing in 

 Flood with Mr. Algernon Turnor only — The Belvoir catch a 

 Blankney run Fox, and two Opinions about it — Colonel the Hon. 

 H. H. Forester — H. R. H. the Prince of Wales at Croxton Park — 

 H.R.H. clears a Prostrate Farmer — H.R.H. apologises — A wet 

 Day in Lincolnshire — A good Day and Mr. George Drummond — 

 Frank Beers from the Grafton — The Hound Grafton Silence 



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CHAPTER V 



Seasons 1873-74 and 1874-75 



Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., in the Field and at Work — Leicestershire 

 Sport compared with Lincolnshire Sport^ — Will Goodall, junr. — 

 Sir Frederick Johnstone and Mi*. " Chicken " Hai-topp — Huutei's 

 Tom Day and Lady Grey — Lord Wilton leads the Field — William 

 Blakesborough, Whip — Death of Lord George Manners — Mr. 

 Richard Norman and Lord Forester — The Empress of Austria 

 has a Morning's Cub-huuting — Her Beagles in Austria — Thirty- 



