CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGB 



Preliminary observations. — Birth and parentage of T. Assheton 

 Smith. — Anecdotes of his childhood. — He is sent to Eton. — His 

 fight with John Musters. — Subsequent pugilistic encounters. — 

 Entered at Christ Church, Oxford. — Becomes famous as a cricketer. 

 — Begins to hunt in Leicestershire with Hugo Meynell. — Billesdon 

 Coplow, 1800 1 



CHAPTER II. 



He succeeds Lord Foley at Quorn in 1806, and hunts Leicester- 

 shire until 1816. — Anecdotes of his Quorn career, and of his 

 associates. — Succeeds Mr. Osbaldeston in Lincolnshire, and keeps 

 the Burton country until 1824. — Ceases to be master of hounds 

 for two years, during which he hunts at Belvoir and in the neigh- 

 bouring countries. — Resides in 1826 at Penton Lodge, Andover, 

 and creates a new hunting country in that region. — His marriage. 

 — Takes possession of Tedworth on the death of his father. — 

 Famous run over Salisbury Plain 23 



CHAPTER III. 

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Stud at Tedworth. — Mr. Smith's frequent falls ; his adroitness 

 in encountering them. — Favourite hounds at different periods ; his 

 powers of fascination over them. — His skill in managing refractory 

 horses. — Lord George Bentinck 44 



CHAPTER IV. 



Rebuilding ofTedworth; Mr. Smith goes to reside there in 1830. 

 — Description of his kennels and stables. — More favourite hounds. 

 — The great annual meeting at Tedworth. — He represents Andover 

 and Carnarvonshire in Parliament. — His corps of Yeomanry 

 reviewed by the *' Iron Duke." — Some account of Vaenol and 

 Mr. Smith's estates in North Wales. — Slate quarries of Llanberris 60 



