240 Tallyho, 



Davy, Messrs. Harriot, Mills, Laing, Gebhart, Shool- 

 bred, Cameron, Bolden, Hamilton Osborne, Heysliam, 

 J. W. Morrice, Percival Cooper, Dalglish, and Wilkin- 

 son, Major Pearson, Captain Hazlehurst, Captain 

 Septe, Captain Osborne, Captain Garrett, Admiral 

 Jones and Mrs. Jones, Miss Davy, Mr. Drury Wilkin- 

 son, Mr. T. W. Rhodes, Mr. Samuel Baker and his 

 son Mr. A. Benn, Captain Spilling, Mr. Sheil, and 

 very many more with whom I was unacquainted. 

 Amongst those representing the landed interest the 

 following tenant farmers were present, all of whom go 

 well to hounds : Messrs. Gee, Atterbury, John Cooper 

 and Gilbert. 



I was not so much struck as I expected to have 

 been with the Pytchley pack ; as far as appearances go 

 I have seen several to which I should give the pre- 

 ference • but with respect to their performances, I was 

 told by a friend who hunts regularly with them that 

 they leave little to be desired. Will Goodall is the 

 huntsman, and is a fine horseman. He has two first- 

 rate " whips ^^ — his first, Tom Goddard, who has been 

 with the Pytchley for some years, is a clinker across 

 country, and after a little more experience will pro- 

 bably make a good huntsman ; the second, Charles 

 Isaacs, is a very promising young fellow, who knows 

 his way about. Time being up, we trotted away to 

 Watford Cover, where we soon found ; and the fox 

 breaking away, went in the direction of Crick. 



At the very first fence a lady comes to grief, falling 

 on her back into a ditch, and her groom, following 

 close behind, jumped right over as she lay ; but she 

 was soon up again and no harm was done. It soon 

 came to my turn to try the skill of the five-year-old 



