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blowing his horn, but the old hounds, instead of going back 

 to him, kept trying to get forward, and then when rated 

 remained where they were. " How is this 1" said a sports- 

 man present to Dick, when at last he got them back. " If 

 that was not a fox, sir," was the reply, " I and those old 

 hounds (pointing to Trimbush, Trimmer, Watchman, and 

 Vanquisher) ought to be hung up to the kennel door 

 without judge or jury." It was afterwards remarked to 

 Mr. Smith, that the hounds were a long time coming back. 

 ' Yes," said he, " I see how it is, but it is too late to rectify 

 it." It was very seldom that he showed this want of con- 

 fidence in his hounds.* In the well-known picture of 

 Mr. Smith by Ferneley, Dick Burton appears the pattern 

 of a smart huntsman. 



George Carter came to Mr. Smith with the Grafton 

 hounds, when purchased in 1842. At Ted worth he hunted 

 the young and old hounds on the Wednesdays and 

 Saturdays, Mr. Smith hunting on the other four days. 



'^ George Carter brought up sixty couples of the Grafton 

 hounds. Among these were Sensitive, Saffron, Goneril, 

 and Watchman; Nigel, Collier, and Bertram, were also 

 great favourites. Bifleman and Beginald were two of 

 Mr. Smith's most famous hounds. They were by Sir R. 

 Sutton's Trimmer." t 



" Champion and Chorister, by Banter, were also two 

 noble hounds belonging to Mr. Smith. Saffron was father 

 of. some of his best stock. He was sold to Mr. Morrell for 

 the Old Berkshire." t 



Carter was generally confined to the big woods, Wed- 

 nesday's fixture being always AYherwell Wood, containing 

 upwards of 3,000 acres, in which George said he had 

 passed time enough to qualify him for a settlement as a 



* One of the first characteristics of a good huntsman is to distinguish 

 between difi'erent scents. Dick Burton was always famous for his 

 acute discernment in this respect. 



t **Silk and Scarlet," p. 284. J Ibid. p. 305. 



