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himself, his hounds, and his horses almost to a 

 standstill. 



The hunt servants rarely change, and the names 

 of two at least will always be associated with the 

 sport, Joe Faulkner in old, and Arthur Heal in 

 modern, times. The former died over fifty years ago, 

 but he seems to have had a marvellous aptitude for 

 the chase. His temper was abominable and unre- 

 strained : an old man at Castle Hill, of which he was 

 a native, told me that if things went wrong in the field 

 ' he would damn all the gentlemen except Lord 

 Fortescue ; ' and he was very fond of the bottle. Con- 

 sequently he was continually being dismissed, and as 

 regularly was found indispensable and taken back 

 again, at one time as huntsman, at another as whip. 

 Arthur Heal was his complete opposite in habits and 

 language, though when it came to the sport they would 

 have been on common ground ; nobody quite knows 

 how old Arthur was when he ceased to be huntsman, 

 but it was extraordinary how to the last he retained 

 his quickness and dash, which he could combine on 

 occasion with infinite patience, and always with 

 great sagacity and knowledge. 



Except for a few weeks, the pack has never had 

 more than one whipper-in ; there would often be 

 occupation for three or four, when there are many 



