60 REMINISCENCES, BTa 



CHAPTER IV. 



REBUILDING OF TEDWORTH ; MR. SMITH GOES TO RESIDE THERE IN 

 1830. — DESCRIPTION OF HIS KENNELS AND STABLES. — MORE 

 FAVOURITE HOUNDS.— THE GREAT ANNUAL MEET AT TEDWORTH. — 

 HE REPRESENTS ANDOVER AND CARNARVONSHIRE IN PARLIAMENT. — 

 HIS CORPS OF YEOMANRY REVIEWED BY THE " IKON DUKE." — SOMB 

 ACCOUNT OF VAENOL AND MR. SMITH'S ESTATES IN NORTH WALES. 

 — SLATE QUARRIES OF LLANBERRIS. 



Nec tibi cura canum fuerit postrema. — Virg. 

 Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo. — Virg. 



During the period occupied in the rebuilding of Tedworth, 

 viz., two years (from 1828 to 1830), Mr. Smith continued 

 to reside at Penton. In the latter year he moved his esta- 

 blishment to the new mansion. During the previous season 

 he had commenced his stables and kennels, which were built 

 entirely after his own plan. They Avere spacious, airy, and 

 every way well suited to the purpose for which they were 

 designed. Every hunter had his loose box ; he was never 

 tied up, and thus had plenty of room to move about in. 

 There was also a spacious covered ride, a furlong in circum- 

 ference, for the horses to take their exercise in. Tlie writer, 

 on a visit to Tedworth, in the autumn of 1845, saw fifty 

 horses in the stables, including hunters, carriage-horses, and 

 hacks, all in first-rate condition, and each apparently as 

 familiar with the squire as a pet dog would be.* Among 

 these he recollects that Netheravon and Black Diamond 

 excited his highest admiration. 



The kennels are situated about ten minutes' walk from 

 the house, and close to the Home Farm. They were origi- 

 nally built by Mr. Smith on rising ground above the stables; 

 but owing to the hounds constantly suffering from kennel 



* The name of each horse was in printed letters over his box. 



