THOMAS' HUNTING DIARY 1905^1906. !/• fC EDITED BY WALTER M. MAY and ARTHUR W. COATEN. ILLUSTRATED BY MISS DOROTHY HARDY. Price 2/6 Net. PUBLISHED AT "THE COUNTY GENTLEMAN AND LAND AND WATER" OFFICE. 4 AND 5 DEAN STREET, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. "i»>iiii.i^ ii;ii CO Telegraphic Address: " BROWBOUND, LONDON." Telephone: 78+ MAYFAIR. Huntiiig Hats TO H. M THE KING Herbert Johnson, ^"T"% 38 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W. ^^^^>«00ro^^ B .ou'^^f^o^^^ H.R.H. The H.I.H. The H.R H. The H.R.H rriiK CAMBROyE I7A:CC\RK es of Denmark, i Frederick Leopold of Prussia, lias of Greece. ie of Clarence and .Avondale, K.G. etc., etc. Htmtiitg and 1{i(Jing Hats. {Yiarhcd success obtained in the fitting of Cadies' Riding I^ats. nylleasuri-s of /lead tal^en by a ne-w method •xhich has proved highly successful in the most difficult eases. ( ii ) ^^■ ^^ IBv lU'pomtmcnt to ?; V V >o^ ^' >>"-" "-^f. '■!', '^., iS?' '^O HIS MAJESTY THE RING, md H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Benson & Hedges,ltd. Importers of Havana Cigars IN ALL THE LEADING BRANDS. (A LARGE VARIETY SUITABLE FOR HUNTING PURPOSES). Manufacturers &f Importers of Oriental Cigarettes Special Brands: CAIRO (ClUidcl Trcldc iMark) EL KAHLA EL HOUSSOUN MAGNOLIA NEW YORK 17 West 31ST Street 509 Fifth Avenue 74 Broadway LONDON 13 Old Bond Street W. MONTREAL 183 St. James Street 4- 1 SOS . NOVEMBER. DECEMBER. 5 M T \v '!■ F s s M T w T F s 309 5 310 « 311 7 3Ui 1 312 8 306 • > 313 9 3U7 3 314 10 3US 315 11 33.". 1 342 8 336 >> /v 343 9 337 3 333 4 339 5 340 341 4 316 12 317 13 31S u 3)0 u 3 I'll lU 321 17 18 3U 10 345 11 346 12 347 13 34S 14 349 15 3.i0 10 31-3 19 334 :»0 31'j 21 326 32- 23 32S 24 320 25 3,-,l 17 3.-,2 18 353 19 3.".4 20 3.'..i 21 356 357 23 330 26 331 37 332 28 333 29 334 30 — — 3:.s 24 36^ 31 359 25 360 20 301 27 362 28 363 29 364 30 ' ... ... ... * 1906 . JANUARY. FEBRUARY. MARCH. 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THOMAS HUNTING DIARY 1905^1906. EDITED BY WALTER M. MAY and ARTHUR W. COATEN. ILLUSTRATED BY MISS DOROTHY HARDY. PUBLISHED AT "THE COUNTY GENTLEMAN AND LAND AND WATER" OFFICE. 4 AND 5 DEAN STREET. HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W C. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL] (COPYRIGHT Editoria Diary Hunt Buttons The Art of Riding to Hounds, by A. E. Burnaby The Duty of Foxhunters towards the Fariuer. by Richard Ord On a Knowledge of Hounds, by "Maintop" Dress for the Hunting Man On the Care and Folding of Hunting Clothes Hints on Cleaning Hunting Things Ladiesin the Hunting Field, by "Quornite" Ladies' Hunting Kit, by Moira Heath Hints for the Hunting Field, by \V. H.A.Wharton The Hunts of the World \ Div's Hunting in the South Islands of New Zealand, by J.- -- ■■ Stiigand Foxhounds, their Masters, Kennels, &c Harriers, their Masters. Kennels, &c. Beagles, their Masters Draghonnds, their Masters A Practical Guide to some of the Best Hunting Countries and Centres Hunt Subscriptions and Capping ... Horse Repositories of the United Kingdom Societies and Institutions Winners at the Peterborough Hound Show Railway Arrangements for Hunting Men... The Liverpool Grand National Steeple- chase— Winners and Placed Horse? since 1880. — I. N. H. S. Committee. — National Hunt Committee 86 89 90 92 99 lor 103 104 107 pal Amateur Cross-Country Riders.— Scale of Weight-for-Age.- )int-to- Point Steeple-chases Rules for 'Principal Illustrations ' With a quick shortened stride " ' But hark ! That's a whimper" ' Youth will be served " * Ah ! how shall I in song declare Coloured Plates. 31 " Onward we struggle " ... facing 24 49 " Bridle roads bringing them " ... facing 40 59 " Fashion in everything " .. facing 5fi 91 "Thicker and faster" ... facing 70 (3) Editorial. THE flattering welcome which hunting; people accorded to last year's Edition has encouraged the proprietors, Messrs. Thomas / AND Sons, of 32 Brook Street, W., to issue this Diary in its present enlarged and more complete form. Its scope has been widened, and several new features have been added which we feel certain will be of interest to our readers, and perhaps of practical advantage to many of them. In adhering to our object of making THOMAS'S HUN IING DIARY a sort of " Whitaker " of the hunting field, we have endeavoured to increase its value as a source of information and means of reference by presenting details of hunting establishments and sport bevond the seas. In our " Hunts of the World " we have broken fresh ground, and we have brought together facts and figures which have never been so collected before. We hope that this new feature will be appreciated, not only by hunting men at home, but by lovers of the sport in our Colonies and in other places abroad where the English language is spoken. Again we have been fortunate in securing the assistance of a number of writers of experience and authority, whose ideas regarding the promotion and maintenance of the best of British sports should be helpful to the rising generation of hunting men and women. Of late a good deal has been heard about the decadence of fox-hunting. Yet a careful and general study and practice of the precepts laid down in these pages might go far to remove the causes of the prevalent fears as to the lasting welfare of our leading winter sport. Ve^- ( 4 ) ' The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey.' Wednes. Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday^ Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. ( 5 ) Meet. Time. 1 ^ Wednes. Thursday' Friday l|i- Saturday • \ Monday' « Tuesday Wednes.' ■f Thursday Friday Saturday Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. Meet. 20 Monday khtU A. Thursday* / / 2i Wednes. I 23f I Saturday < p J-^^^^J;^ Time. //. /.^'V'' Notes of the day's sport. K // 2:^Monday' ^ Tuesday Wednes. W/^/ /^'ff ^ Thursday Iom^^ Horses ridden. L '"■^^ . >S.^vl4_- ^I7jc i^^ l^^i/Vc^^^^ 'Tis hard from the saddle so soon to be parted— So soon to be counting the days we have lost." i» ^ k Friday Saturday Monday dT'Wednes. Thursday ' Meet. Time. // \ai^y r,Cy\,Ui>^ Tuesday Y^iMZZ^l^IZ. ryid:t: // // /^/vr Notes of the day's sport. ha^ X %yL ^ CT Horses ridden. U^ C^'^tyf-i^^ ^c^^ A— <— . „./ /i^^^^^^ — y ^a^fi( ( 8 ) Meet. Friday j^>^<4-^»u^/i-^-^— 9 Saturday ' 1^ Monday li Tuesday Time. // 12_Wednes.' ' jL [l^tL^ \\ Thursday \%L Friday l^Saturday vL Monday Notes of the day's sport. Iz^- 't^^^ 6- '(^ "^V-t-^ ^- Horses ridden. Jw4— ■Cw^t/^ ^ Jip Friday 22..Saturday f- 26 ^ aftr (^ Wednes. Thursday' Mo'nday^ Tuesday We'd nes. Thursday Friday Saturday Meet. Time. li^i ^v^6«-i-*v-^<; h.^,^ Notes of the day's sport. ■^1 I -fc ^, J^ ll^^ ^>.^ (JT iuii^ ft^ ^. ^ 5 ;^. I ^ 6a Horses ridden. ^^..^U^ (^ . lO ) J/^KDAHY I ' Nor huntsman's horn, nor music of the hounds Is borne upon the wintry breeze." 31 Us Monday Tuesday ' Wednes. Mee;. Time. 1/5. i^ Thursday' Friday Saturday ' 1^ /^.4 Monday' // // Notes of the day's sport. ^i-^-o- ■r / J/^ r^X^^^--^C (^wf^ — ' — • Horses ridden. 1 -^-V c ^ -ju^ 'I L. > y i/-rr- L-r Monday y^ ► ¥".< Thursday ' Friday / ^ •^ l/^'^^ — • • w/o^ - >»-. (o^^'7 Uc^'^ ( 12 Meet. 20 Saturday Time. 22 Monday 23 24 Tuesday Wednes.' Notes of the day's sport. i^v TY'/t" i ./ //.">t 25 Thursday 26 Friday 27 Saturday fyJ^^i\X^ *» -^/^v. .<:i "ZT 29 Morvday 30 Tuesday 31 Wednes. Horses ridden. 13 ) fI:3nu/^l\y .-^.Z y-'Wu „.,^>..<..>»^\" " Faith in himself, and the good steed that carries him." 1 2 3 5 Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday * Wednes. Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. 6 7 Thursday Friday .. . 10 Saturday 12 Monday 13 Tuesday 14 i Wednes. 15 Thursday 1^ Friday Meet. ( 14 ) Time. Notes of the day's sport. \ li Saturday fic^ Horses ridden. ( 15 ) n Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Monday Tuesday /f < ^^v^k/^c^^^ L^^- 2C Wednes. 2^ I Thursday X /y. ^^i /< ^. 'Zc/y^/t^h 2j.J^riday 2| 2& Saturday m^ — //. Monday ^^j^^^^ 71. v-^ 2J^i Tuesday' Wednes. PJmAc^ f-C^.^ ^^ ^'l.' Horses ridden. ^'Vt-^4— •O / -/ ^ La^^ '^ /* ( i6 ) ^ 'J^^^i^r-km iKm,'/:/ /vi'j?r ' Get to him, my lads ! And teach him the use of his pads." Thursday Friday ^--Saturday -f Monday /r Tuesday Wednes. Thursday Meet. ^^ -J Time. Notes of the day's sport. V P p. r--'- / Horses ridden. ,^ ci 1 7 ( 17 ) 10 12 13 14 15 16 Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednes. 17 Thursday , Friday Saturday 19 Monday Meet. Time. Notes of the clay's sport. Horses ridden. 20 Tuesday ( i8 ) 21 Wednes. 22 Thursday 23 24 Friday Saturday 26 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednes. 29 Thursday Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. 30 Friday 31 Saturday APRIL yjjt/-- "A chosen few alone the sport enjoy.' Monday 3 Tuesday Wednes. Thursday Friday Saturday Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. ( 20 ) 10 11 Monday Tuesday Wednes. 12 13 14 Thursday Friday Saturday 16 i Monday 17 Tuesday 18 19 Wednes. Thursday Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. ( 2. ) 20 21 23 24 25 Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednes. 26 27 28 30 Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Meet. Time. Notes of the day's sport. Horses ridden. 22 ) JJi'V Albrighton. (Evening dress: red, white facings.) Amory's, Sir J., Staghounds (Silver). Atllersluilc. (White collar. Evening dress: red, grey facings.) Badsworth. (Evening dress: red. red facings ; white silk facings for old members.) Hunt "Buttons. THIS feature of THOMAS' HUNTING DIARY having become so well-known and popular, we again reproduce facsimiles of the Buttons of the principal Hunts in the United Kingdom. This year the list we place before our readers is more complete than any previously published. Silver buttons are so marked. The list of buttons will prove useful for reference, con- taining as it does additional information regarding the hunt uniform in those cases where it is distinctive. Particulars of the evening dress are also given where it has been possible to supply them. In some cases, no doubt, plain buttons are in use, but there are a few Hunts with the design of whose buttons Messrs. Thomas & Sons are not familiar. In these cases the Editors would be glad of information in view of future issues of the Diary. Beaufort's, Duke of. (Blue coat, blue collar, buff facings. Same dis- tinctive features for evening dress.) Bedale, (Hunting coat for ser- vants only, black velvet collar. Evening dress : red, black velvet collar, white facings, white waistcoat.) Belvoir. (Crimson velvet collar for servants.) Berkeley (Lord Fitzhardinge's). (Yellow coat for hunt servants. Evening dress: blue coat, cerise facings,] Berkeley, Old, East. (Collar for Hunt ser- vants only, yellow cloth. Evening dress : scarlet, yellow facings.) ( 23 ) The "Thomas Legging This is, without doubt. THE NEATEST, SMARTEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE LEGGING YET INTRODUCED 0 0 0 To put on, it is only necessary to unlace the top one or two holes when the Legging can be easily pulled over the foot, and the boot put on afterwards. It is therefore also the quickest adjusted Legging. The Finish and Shape of the Legging is quite the best obtainable 0 Made in the Finest Pigskin, or Russia Calf, either Black or Brown, Price, 30/- per pair. Thomas ^ Sons, 32 BROOK STREET, LONDON, W. (24) r TURNBULL, ASSER & CO. Sporting I) osiers Ready to Tie. 71-72 JERMYN STREET, S.W. I Five Doors from St. JAMES S STREET). •PADDYWHACK, LONDON." Telephone : 4628 Gerrard. =4 3 O -Q 3 O 10 5 c -2 00 gue in the hunting field, which, I believe I am correct in saying, was in the time of Mr. Hugo Meynell, Master of the Quorn, all countries were not so cut up with railways ; there were fewer bridges and means of crossing rivers and canals ; many parts of England were not so enclosed, and barbed wire had not been invented. Consequently in those days the only requisite in getting to hounds was the ability to go quite straight, swim any river you came across, and negotiate any bottom or disused watercourse or die in the attempt (more probably your horse died instead !) But nowada}s if one did not take ad\antage of the improved means of negotiating all the obstacles that modern times have brought into existence, such as bridges over rail and river, hunt gates, etc., one would stand a poor chance of seeing the end of a run, considering the greatly increased pace at which hounds now travel. Wind and Water. Some years ago I can well remember that for a man to have jumped in and out of a railway was considered as a feather in his cap. One or two men of my acquaintance bear the mark on their faces to this day of unsuccessful attempts to jump out over the railway gates — more difficult on account of the slippery take-off than jumping in. Nowadays one seldom dreams of doing anything of the sort, although to say that such feats are never attempted is, perhaps, going too far, for only last winter I saw a follower of the Cottesmore Hounds jump a five-railed creosoted fence with only just room to land between it and a brook, furthermore his horse landed him safely over the water — I cannot say elegantly, but the feat was done, and many were the " bravos " the performance elicited from the onlook- ing field. My object in mentioning these matters is to point out that, although a good rider to hounds must have a certain amount of the thruster in him at times, it is nowadays very much less requisite than it was in former times. As for riding up or down wind, anything is better than riding on the very sterns of the pack, and undoubtedly there are times when a man rides up or down wind, if he has the opportunity of making a choice in the matter. But the Finished Article is not always thinking of these matters — prima facie he must get to hounds, and this he does irrespective of the direction of the wind, unless they are running very slowl}'. Keep Going but never be in a Hurry. Is he always in the "air?" No; but sometimes he does a great deal of jumping and takes some big places, but he does not pick them out for choice. It is just the reverse ; he only goes at them when necessary. Neither is he always galloping. On the contrary, when once going he is never really in a hurr)-. Yet he must gallop for a start, not only in the fashionable countries, but in all countries ; and it is because he gallops for a start and gets quick off the mark, that he is able to go at his ease during the rest of the run without hurry. Does he go down roads ? Of course he does when it is the best thing to do ; and also he uses a bridle-road when it is in his line, but he does not go out of his way to get on to the bridle-road unless he deems it probable, nay, almost certain, that hounds will turn that way, for reasons for which his knowledge of venery assure him to be valid and sound. The main thing about the Finished Article is that he keeps going on, irre- spective of anything and everything. But he does not do it jerkily and b)' fits and starts, but smoothly and quietly, even when he pulls up he does so quietly ; and whereas the thruster is only thinking of the immediate fence before him, the Finished Article takes advantage of his capacit}' to look a field or two ahead. In short, the Finished Article Ihiiiks. 27) IlUformed Judgments. A mail's abilities in riding; to hounds, or a woman's either, are not so easy to criticise as would appear offhand. I have often heard people assert with positive assurance that " So-and-So is the best man to hounds down here" after the}' had had only a short stay in that p;irticular country. There are so many sides to the question as to who is or is not the best man to hounds in any country that a quickly-arrived-at decision such as this cannot be a fair or reliable one. How many chances there are that may prevent a man from exhibiting his true qualities in a short time. There is the chance of a delay in helping a man who has met with an accident, whilst a bad start which all of us must get at times is impossible to recover when hounds run really straight and fast. Then there is the incompetence of the critic to judge simultaneously the capabilities of the respective leaders of the three divisions invariably formed when hounds are running, viz., right, left, and centre, /or he cannot be in all three. If he is attending to his own riding, more- over, he will be unable to notice more than a few who happen to be in his own immediate entourage. An Object Lesson. If we put ourselves in the place of a young man starting hunting, full of determination to keep the flying pack in sight, and recall our own experience of this probationary period we may perhaps be able to illustrate some of the difficulties to be surmounted before anj'thing approaching the right method is arrived at. We go on scrambling over a countr)', taking on an average at least a couple of falls a day, going home regularly with a dirty coat and sometimes hatless, until some day when hounds check, run hard, and check again just before reaching a boundar)' fence into a large enclosure, and then hover before settling to the line on the far side we notice a man, who seldom appears to be in a hurry, making a dash through the crowd for the only negotiable place in the fence. He secures in a moment such a position that none can jump it before him. He goes on and gets a start. We decide to follow him. Our pilot, we note, has now time to choose all the negotiable places as the fences come. No one can pass him without over- riding hounds, yet he never makes sharp turns, but keeps going on, and if hounds swing to him or away he still keeps the same distance from the pack. When he jumps into a field he seems to make straight for the spot where he is going to get out of it, and the hounds always appear to be going in the same direction. Now he stops to open a gate ; anon he takes an ox-rail in his stride, but in the majority of cases all the places he jumps are easy and the take-oft" sound. And so when at last hounds run into their fox after twenty-five minutes of the best we still have our hat on, our coat is not soiled, and we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. In short, we come to the conclusion that at any rate this is riding to hounds. Perseverance and Practice. Blankney. (Evening dress : red, white satin facings.) 15raes ol 1 lerwent. (Black velvet collar. Evening dress: scarlet, black velvet collar.) Bramham Moor (Silver) . Well, the next thing is to try and do it for ourselves ; but many seasons elapse before we accomplish anything that can really be said to resemble it to our com- plete or partial satisfaction. At times we do not feel our fittest, and do not get a start. At others we feel well, get a start, but in the next field hesitate, and so lose all our advantage. Then again, when hounds swing sharply away from us, we sometimes, instead of going on and making a wide bend with them, turn, so as to get in behind them — only to find a whole host of people between us and the pack. On another occasion hounds turn very short towards us, and we, in the middle of them, only realize the enormity of the offence when the Master and others shout at us to "hold hard." Upon one occasion at least we roll over one of the best hounds in the pack as they turn sharp under the fence in the field we are jumping into. Often we fail to notice the railway or the canal in front of us, and do not realize where the bridge is in time, and thus we find ourselves at the tail-end of a long line of horsemen, who had been behind us, but who had thought, and had got Browne's, Mr. Scott. (Evening dress : red, Eton blue lining and facings.) ■mfy. Buccleuch s, Duke of (Green collar. Evening dress: red, eau-de-Nii collar and facings.) ( 28) Burstow. (Green collar. Evening dress: scarlet, green facings, white waist- coat.) Burton. (Evening dress : red, white silk facings.) ' Cambridgeshire. (Evening dress: scarlet, scarlet lacings, yellow Carlow. (Evening dress: scarlet, white silk facings.) Carmarthenshire. (Black velvet collar for master and servants only. Evening dress : scarlet, black velvet collar, cream facings.) there before us. Occasionally we go on for a field or more when hounds have flashed over the line. But we are learning- lessons every day, and with all our experience in different countries (we have hunted with o\er thirty packs of hounds) never a day passes without our being able to learn something fresh, if we only have the sense to grasp it, which will help us to improve our riding to hounds. There are times, however, when we are fortunate — at least, more fortunate than at others. Those are glorious days when everything seems to come naturally. We are quick off the mark, our horse is jumping well, and we manage somehow to see our way out of every field before we jump into it. Eyes and Ears. For no apparent reason the best men appear to know when hounds will run or not. How they do so I cannot say, but just as a man whose ancestors have been constantly in trade finds that he has no capacity to lead the life of a country- gentleman, so possibly it is that this instinct — I can call it nothing else — is inborn. The hunting man should always endeavour to keep a look-out for anything on the n-iove, such as sheep, birds, etc. He should have an eye for distant objects ahead, such as a pedestrian, or a wagon or trap which might have turned the fox from his line. Thus he will be prepared when hounds check to swing one way or another when they recover the line. When possible always try to watch the leading hounds, and be careful to keep your eyes on the pack when they cast themselves after a check, especially when on tjie far side of a fence, for usually they run parallel with it when they hit off the line. How much depends on a man's ear, and how many a gallop is lost by men not listening to the music of the pack in cover ! Great as is the difference between the sound of hounds running in and out of covert how few men there are who even listen for it, let alone know the distinguishing sound ! But it is the fine ear which gets man}' a man a good start, and enables him to tell which way hounds are turning in covert, and often when they change. How many of the gallant horsemen and women ride to hounds? Very few. Most of theni ride " after " them. A large percentage of the field ride to points. How fatal ! The fox nine times out of ten is going in an opposite direction. Nerve, Temper and Horsemanship. Perhaps the first consideration before attempting to compete in the hunting field is to have a good horse, fit, and properly bitted. I say properly bitted, as hunting is not steeplechasing even in the Shires, and one is constantly pulling up. A handy horse will get vou much quicker to hounds than a galloping puller, and there are few days throughout the year when one wants a very fast horse. The difiiculty is that there are ver)' few men, and still fewer women, who can make their horses gallop, and (shall we say ?) let them do so. To be able to gallop, of course, is imperative if you are to be in the front rank. To sum up, then, nerve, decision, the ability to be quick off the mark, and an unlimited store of perse- verance are the main essentials for successful riding to hounds. Then, strange as it may appear for anyone to say so, 1 do not think that a really good man to hounds can be a very Isad-tempered man. There are tempers and tempers. Every- one should have a bit of temper if there is anything in him at all. But a nasty- tempered man, one who loses his ternper without cause or reason, will never make a good man to hounds. He imparts his bad temper to his horse. \'ou can observe him jobbing him in the i-nouth and hitting him over the head on every possible occasion. Is it likely that an honest horse, who may ha\e faults which his owner should have discovered before he bought hini, will do his best for a man who punishes him unfairly through bad temper or from faults of his own? Most certainly not. One seldom sees a good i-i-ian over a country quarrelling with his horses. There are a few men who can get a bad horse over a country, but there are a great many rnen who do not know a good horse from a bad one. You must be able to do this to be successful in the hunting field or you will eat your heart out at the bottom of many a ditch and up and down many a hill. ( 29 Foxhunting Blood. Is it dying out? As I have said the art of riding to hounds is to a certain extent bred in some men, but even so, their ancestors must have made a start at some time, and there is no reason why any young man with no foxhunting forefathers to strain back to should not in the course of time ride with the best of those who have had tiiat advantage. I may be wrong, but it appears to me — and I say it with sincere regret — that in the rising generation of foxhunters fewer young men are to be found who really go in heart and soul for riding to hounds such as they used to, even fifteen or twenty years ago. Quite the old keenness does not seem to be there, and when they come out hunting they do not compete. Let us hope that this is a mistake on my part, for if our young men begin to lose their eagerness to ride well to hounds it will be a bad dav for the United Kingdom. Ca (Evenin tti^tuck. g dress: plain red.) ' WhO-WHOOP ! IN THE Ol'EN THE VETERAN DIES.' ( 30 ) 'piOMAS s? 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(By Richard Ord. ) In the Good Old Days. kIME was — alas ! now many years ago, for we have to take our memory back to the seventies of last century — when agriculture, the mainspring' it may be truly said of all commercial enterprise, and the quondam foundation of our national wealth, was in the flourishing condition which befits so vast and important an undertaking ; when the landlords of this country were in a pecuniary condition to fulfil to the letter the varied duties of their position ; and when the tenant-farmers knew that they were certain to reap the fruits of the toil and labour bestowed upon the land. In those good old davs Foxhunting stood upon a very different footing from what it does at the present moment. Then it may be said to have depended solely upon the support, and wishes of the landowners, who supplied the sinews of war ungrudgingh", and regarded the sport almost exclusively as their own. The dimensions of the " field," too, were comparatively limited, composed as it was for the most part of men whose entire interest lay in the land, and who hunted, not because it was the proper and becoming thing for a sportsman to do, but because they had been brought up from boyhood in the very midst of foxhunting associations, and were imbued in a truly remarkable degree with all the best and truest traditions of sport. Tlicn, of course, subscription packs existed, but the number of private packs of hounds was larger than it is at the present day, and no one can gainsay the tact that the great majority of the followers of the hunt in those days were far better judges of the noble science of foxhunting than nowadays, when the whole sport is of a much more artificial nature. Tempora Mutantur. Times have indeed changed, for better or for worse, and it behoves all whose pleasure lies in the grand old pastime to endeavour to realise to the full the altered conditions under which they pursue their favourite sport, and to make the best of 33 ) those conditions, by giving- the principles which govern them their loyal and undivided support. It has been shown that until the advent of the last quarter of the nineteenth century the landlords of the United Kingdom constituted the " sinews and marrow " of foxhunting ; at the present moment the tenant-farmers, who formerly played but a minor part in the Game, are responsible for a fair share of the "backbone." It behoves, therefore, all whose heart is in that sport which surely has done more than all other sports and pastimes combined to develop all the finest traits of the Anglo-Saxon character, to recognise this to the full, and to do all in their power to promote the best possible feeling between three classes of people, viz., the landlords, who, impoverished though they are, still make great sacrifices on behalf of the national sport ; the tenant-farmers, through whose courtesy and instinctive love of legitimate sport hounds are still welcomed almost everywhere ; and those who participate in the chase, whose first thought should ever'be to do the least possible damage to the property and feelings of those upon whom they are so dependent for their enjoyment. Avoid Unnecessary Damage. Assuming this to be a correct proposition, our first duty seems to lie in a protection of the interests of the tenant-farmers, who are undoubtedly not so prosperous as they were half a century or less time ago. This can be done in a multitude of ways, each perhaps almost trif}ing, and infinitesimal in its cost, and dependent more upon the natural grace and manner in which it is carried out, but all working towards one great end — the promotion of a cordial feeling between all classes whose support is necessary for the proper maintenance of foxhunting. All who follow the hounds no doubt instinctively know that it is their duty to their fellow creatures to avoid doing any unnecessary damage, but many are, unfortu- nately, carried away in the excitement of a good gallop, and at times do things which they would certainly avoid doing in their calmer moments. A few words judiciously spoken by the master, or some person in authority, will generally ha\e the effect of restraining the ardour of these individuals who, in addition possibly to causing friction with those over whose land they have been careering, have most probably been instrumental in spoiling the sport of everyone else ; but this is a matter that need not be more than merely referred to here, and can always be well left in the hands of the master or his deputy. Cleveland. (Dark blue cloth collar. Evening dress: dark blue coat, white silk facings, with gold hound on collar.) Clifford's, Lord de. Cornwall, East. (Dark blue collar. Evening dress : scarlet, white facings, dark blue collar.) Buy Forage and Supplies at Home. Very important is it that, so far as lies in their power, all purchases of food or forage, whether by master or stud groom, should be made directly from tenant- farmers residing within the limits of the country. Of course, instances may occur where this is impossible, but it is well that it should always be the first thought of a hunting man to procure everything he reasonably can at home. Corn, hay, straw, and horses, too, if the country is a horse-breeding one, and his require- ments can be reasonably met. True it is that tenant-farmers are at times apt to ask rather exorbitant prices for their supplies, but a little tact on the hunting man's part will generally result in a fair bargain being struck, especially if the demand is likely to continue. In many hunting countries the honorary secretary can supply a would-be purchaser with a list of the farmers who have forage, etc., for sale, and this arrangement is to be commended, tending, as it must do, to bring loxhunters and farmers into closer relationship. That the system is perfectly feasible we can warrant, having never found it necessary, during a period of close on 30 years, to purchase a single parcel of hay. corn, or straw outside our own country, and the results have never proved unsatisfactory. Support the Local Shows. Another great duty of foxhunters seems to be their loyal support of all the local agricultural shows in the country which is peculiarly their own. And an opportunity here occurs of preventing the spread of birbed wire (the greatest Cornwall, North. (Evening dress : white facings ) Coshmore and Coshbride. (Evening dress ; red, primrose facings.) 34 County Down Stag Hunt. Cotswold. (Green collar. Evening dress : red, green velvet collar, red silk facings.) Cotswold, North- (Primrose collar. Even- ing dress: red. primrose collar and facings ) enemy foxhunting has ever had) b}' offering prizes for competition only by tenant- farmers who have no barbed wire in their hedges. This is a very important factor, Tnd when several prizes, with these or similar conditions, are subscribed for from 3ear to year, a spirit of unfriendly feeling, almost amounting to animosity towards the cruel pest, is imperceptibly created in the country, and the farming element becomes so imbued with this feeling, that they begin to look upon everyone who erects it as an interloper, and inflicting an injury upon themselves. This is a feeling which all hunting men should try to encourage, and when once started and carefully nursed the esprit dc corps so engendered is of incalculable benefit to a master of hounds. What has been done in one country can with a little tact be carried out in any other. Promote Hedge=cutting and Ploughing Contests. Hedge-cutting and ploughing competitions are also to be promoted, especially the former, which benefits alike farming and foxhunting. As a rule, the two competitions are worked together (at any rate in the North of England), and nothing pleases a tenant-farmer more than to find that the "gentlemen of the hunt " are associated with him in any scheme in which he has an extensive and practical share. Yet another point worth consideration : it is important, especially in a horse-breeding country, that the occupiers of land should be supplied with a suitable thoroughbred stallion for getting hunters, and this can generally be arranged through the generosity of the master, or some other influential person in the country, or, if necessary, by a "round robin" amongst those who hunt regularly there, either on the terms of a trifling payment for the services of the stallion, or possibly gratis. Perhaps a small charge is to be preferred, as in many countries tenant-farmers do not seem to appreciate a thing so much if it entails no expense upon them whatever ! In any case walkers of puppies should be the first to whom the privilege should be extended, for they do much in a thoroughly unselfish manner on behalf of sport, and it is well that their exertions in this direction should be recognised and rewarded. In the carrying out of these suggestions no great amount of money is required ; it is the spirit in which they are done which pleases the tenant-farmer, who is by nature obstinate when opposed, but grateful for any seeming concession on his behalf, and be it always remembered, much more easilv led than driven. Cottesmore. (Evening dress : red. usually red silk facings, white waistcoat.) Craven (Silver). (Evening dress ; red, white facings.) Entertain the Tenant=Fariners. Puppy=Walhers, etc. At the end of each hunting season an opportunity should never be missed of collecting all the leading tenant-farmers, earth stoppers, and puppy-walKers together, and addressing them on foxhunting topics, and for this purpose a luncheon may be provided for the men, and tea for their wives and daughters, on the occasion of the Hunt Steeplechases, if such are held, or at an agricultural show, or on some other suitable occasion. Never has the master a grander opportunit}' of increasing his stock of puppy-walkers, and dealing thoroughly with the barbed-wire question, than bv making a few happy and tactful remarks, full of good humour, and interlarded with a spicy joke or two, to men who have enj d to the fill the good things set before them. No foxhunter will begrudge his scription to any fund for this purpose, and a total of ^loo, collected in small s .ns, of, say, one or two pounds, will provide an ample and first-class luncheoii for upwards of 500 friends of the hunt, and tea for 250 of their wives and daughters. The Foxhunter's Duty Summed Up. Our duty, then, as foxhunters, towards the tenant-farmers may be summed up concisely, as follows : — Avoid doing any unnecessary damage when out with the hounds, particularly when they are not running. Shut all gates when returning home after a day's hunting, and give your second horseman particular instructions always to do the same thing. ( 35 Never "lark" home ; you are most probably doing unreasonable damage, and run the risk of injuring a valuable horse, 7iihil.<;f you get no sympathy froin anyone. Make all your forage purchases, if possible, in your own country. Support all the local agricultural shows, and don't forget to offer a special barbed-wire prize if you can possibly afford it. Subscribe, if requested, towards the purchase of a suitable thoroughbred stallion to cover farmers' mares, at a low figure, or gratis. Don't forget those who have in any way contributed voluntarily towards your sport at the end of the season, and throw a few shillings away at times to level crossing gate openers, farmers' lads who open hunting wickets, and, indeed, any others who assist the noble sport in any trifling way. Every little helps to make one " Summum Bonum,"and the "Whole Good " is made up of infinitesimal trifles in this way, but it is a mighty and irresistible power, and you can soon detect its influence if you hunt in a country where attention is paid to these trifles. Crawley and Horsham (Evening dress : white silk facings.) The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Lastly, but not leastly, do not forget that there is such a charity as the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, for the benefit of distressed farmers, and their wives — men and women who have seen better days, and have struggled, many of them gallantly, against reverses over which they could have no control. Many of them are foxhunters at heart, who have cheered on the hounds as they -crossed their land, and thrown their leg across the old pony to join in the chase. Remember these poor fellows now only exist — we still live, and as long as we live let us do all we can to try and make a little less hard and irksome the unutterably sad lot of their mere existence. Croome. 'flh\l. * " Then shog along homeward, chat over the fight, And hear in our dreams the sweet music all night." ( .^f' ) JI>oro^t4 y^at-du ' The hunter's an animal purposely bred After the pack to be ridden, not over: Foxhounds are not reared to be knocked on the head ' Cumberland. (Evening dress: red, French grey facings.) Dartmoor. (Evening dress : red, white facings, white waistcoat.) On a Knowledge of Hounds. (Bv "Maintop.") THERE is very little doubt that the love of "hunting" is declining in these days. The great sport of England — foxhunting — on the contrary, is more popular than ever. There are more hounds, more horses, more men in boots and breeches, and also more foxes every year as time goes on ; and there are some who prophesy that the popularity of the pastime will eventually cause its ruin, because of the increasing crowds and the damage they do. Vet before Xmas-time has come we shall hear and read com- plaints, that also yearly are on the increase, to the effect that runs are being spoiled daily in every hunt where the fields rule at all large, by the over-riding of hounds, the noise of a crowd at a check, and the general ignorance displayed by those who come out to hunt the fox of the manner in which that hunting should be carried out. What used to be. Devon and Somerset Staghounds. In the earlier part of the nineteenth century foxhunting was an institution in the rural parts of the land, and was recognised by all as the pastime in which everyone could join ; and the hounds, so often then the private property of a county magnate, were welcomed by all but a few malcontents here and there throughout the length and breadth of the land. When fox-/nii!//>io- was talked of, written about and toasted in those days, when songs descriptive of the pleasures of the chase were composed in its honour, the theme was not the riding of the men but the chase of the fox, his shifts to escape, and the clever working of the hounds in pursuit. The favourites were named, and their individual merits described in laudatory terms. In the "crack countries" in the English Midlands hounds have no doubt been over-ridden ever since " fashionable " hunting came into vogue, and Nimrod's " g'o along — there are three couples of hounds on the line" was long ago subjected to scathing rebuke by Mr. Surtees, who used Jorrocks as his mouthpiece. 37 But foxhuntiiii^, though all do not go to Melton to indulge in the sport, has nowa- days become so very much " the thing to do," that it brings people out who have no real liking for the actual pursuit of the animal by the hounds, but who join in tlie chase because everyone hunts ; and, taking not the slightest real interest in hounds or their work, give them little chance of showing their wondrous instinct and sagacity. How the Love of Hound=worh was Fostered. It has been sug;gested that the want of interest displayed by the present generation in hounds and their work arises from the fact that the dog is no longer used for sporting purposes to the same extent that he was by their ancestors. Formerly the kennels of every country house contained at least a couple of brace of pointers or setters, a spaniel or two for the hedgerow and rough shooting, or a couple of rabitting terriers. Nowadays one very often indeed finds the old kennels occupied by two or three retrievers only. One of these may be the favourite of his master, and travel with him to various "shoots," but the others are probably only worked by the keepers when the guns go out. Formerly the work of the pointers or setters was noted with the keenest interest and formed perhaps the chiefest of the pleasures of country life in the autumn. Boys grew up with a knowledge of the " points" of the animals who found their game for them. They looked for the shoulders, the loin, and straightness of limb that give the even, untiring action ; the well-sprung ribs and muscular quarters that betoken consti- tution, endurance, and activity, and the head that shows wisdom and intelligence. The breaking and early training afforded the deepest interest, and by keeping their eyes perpetually on their dogs when at work the 3'outh of a past generation knew what every movement meant from the moment the couples were taken off and they began to range. They watched them sink the wind, and cross and recross in front of them with lashing sterns ; by the carriage of the head and the alteration of their stride they knew they had the taint of game in the air though yet afar off. At once they noted whether the scent was good, bad, or indifferent, and knew how to make allowance for the behaviour of their dogs in consequence. These lads had little to learn about the work of the hounds they followed when they grew up. They could see when the pack were not served by a good scent, and refrained from hurrying them by riding too near, as they would have held back on the moor when they noticed by the alteration in their action that Grouse and Bang had "got the birds," but couldn't quite decide in what exact direction to "draw." They took heed of everything done by hounds, and didn't consider them only animals to be ridden as near to as possible, but caine out with the idea that they were going to hunt a wild animal by his scent. Nowadays I know lots of young men who have never seen a pointer or setter at work, and many more who are quite ready to tell you that they never want to do so. Not to the Manner Born. Of course there are man)' more men hunting at the present day than formerly who are not country bred, whose forebears were citizens, of credit and renown no doubt, but who had no opportunity of leading a country life or taking an interest in the habits and instincts of any of our fauna or the animals that are used in their pursuit. Yet some of these men turn out our very best sportsmen — strange though it may appear — our best riders, shots, and polo players. All is new to them ; they take sports and pastimes up with a zest and thoroughness that is pleasant to see ; the)' set to work to learn, to studv, and to train ; they make more of a business of it than those to the manner born ; they possess the sporting instinct and the means to gratify it, and they succeed. But their success gives them many imitators, and many take up sport because others do, and without much thought of what they are setting about. I heard it remarked the other day that more than half the men who now shoot grouse never saw the egg of the bird in their lives ; and that many members of " shooting syndicates" in England couldn't tell the egg of a pheasant Devon, East. (Evening dress: red, brown tan facings.) Devon, Mid. (Blue plush collar.) Devon, South. (Buff collar. Evening dress: red, buff collar and facings.) Dorset, South. (White collar. Evening dress: red, white collar, red facings.) Duhallow. (Evening dress : red, coat, white facings, white vest, black trousers.) (38) Dumfrieshire. (Black velvet collar for Master and hunt ser- vants. EveninK dress : red, black velvet collar, whitecashmere facings.) Durham, North. (Black collar. Evening dress ; red, black velvet collar, red facings.) Durham, South. (Dark blue velvet collar. Evening dress: red, dark blue silk collar and facings.) €11 Eastbourne (Evening dress; red.] Eggesford. (Black velvet collar. Evening dress : scarlet coat, black veU et collar.) from that of a partridije if they were paid for it. \'et the ignorance of these o-unners does not prevent their beint^ able to shoot the bird when he comes o\er them, tliough they may know Httle about his incubation. Hovy Educate the Modern Foxhunter ? Hut on the other hand the ignorance of a certain modern type of foxhunter about hounds is often sufficient to account for his inability to ride to them hke a sportsman, or to behave like one in the hiniting-field. The question then arises how is such a man to be educated ■' How is he to be persuaded to take an interest in the hounds he follows. Hunt Secretaries have in some cases made a brave endeavour in the matter by printing cards or circulars containing little rules telling the recipient what he is tio/ to do ; but I have never seen any advice printed suggesting that it would be well to notice hounds a little more, to find out some- thing about them, to learn a few of the names of the celebrities, and generally to cultivate an interest in their proceedings. There are some hounds and some families of hounds who become shy of horsemen and nervous on a bad scenting day ; and an old huntsman has told me of hounds that always sulked when men who had ridden over them were out, and could hardly be persuaded to leave his (the huntsman's) horse on such days. There are certain wild, stormy days that a huntsman dreads, and on which he has a perfect loathing for a crowd. On such days scent is generally catchy. Hounds cannot hear each other ; men cannot hear the hounds ; there is generally a stampede, an overdose of holloaing from horse- men and foot-people ; hounds become wild ; sometimes take days to recover it ; and ought to be very tenderly treated by the field for the rest of that day at all events. The Individuality of Hounds. Well-bred foxhounds are full of individual cliaracter, as anyone who watches the pack may detect for himself when on the way to the meet, or going from covert to covert, but most of all perhaps when coming home from hunting. And the sportsman who is thus observant may be sure that if he mentions what he sees to the huntsman he will hear many tales of sagacity and peculiarity of temperament that will create much interest and give much food for reflection. His attention will be drawn to individual hounds, and he will obtain a personal knowledge of many members of the pack which may stand him in good stead during the season. In the works of" The Druid" will be found many of the short, intense paragraphs, which are so telling, concerning the deeds of favourite foxhounds in the brave days of old — of Sir Thomas Mostyn's Lady, of Mr. Corbet's great hound who "jumped the park wall and killed his fox by himself in that memorable style which still makes the Shropshire roof-trees ring again in response to ' One Cheer more for the blood of Old Trojan.'" In "Silk and Scarlet" we read how Mr. Farquharson's Splendour quite took the palm for obstinacy and "resolutely refused to leave the huntsman's heels for three years, and then felt what a pickpocket would style ' the uncontrollable influence' " — how also Vanquisher "baffled Kit Naylor for a whole season and a cub-hunting, and then suddenly spoke to it on a flagged footpath, of all places, as he was casting down a lane." Read the Druid Series. "The Druid" tells us also of Heythrop Nathan, whose science as a road- hunter was so wonderful, and who transmitted it to his progeny, for his son Xobleman "carried it down a road for a mile-and-a-half. The others following had faith, but would not speak to it ; and Jem (Hills) trotted behind, strong in the belief that 'he never told a lie in his life yet.' Still he wavered in his allegiance, when a woman with a sickly child sitting under the side of a hedge vowed that nothing had passed that way, but Nobleman knew better, and another nose was added to the Heythrop store." This great road-hunting sire Nathan was put to a very extraordinarv brood bitch named .\flfahle, who fell blind from distemper and was never entered. She was bv Assheton Smith's Ruler, who came from Lord (30) Ducie, and looked such a miserable object but turned out such a wonder, that he caused Mr. Smith to utter his dictum that " no one ever can know them till they're two." The blind Affable bred 43 couples in all, and when she got hold of a fox's head seemed to go crazy and would tear it to pieces. Her son Ranter, by Rocket, and all the other Rockets were amazingly fond of carrying the head. Lord Dillon had Affable and sent her home to whelp, " but she did not admire her change of quarters, and made a well-meant attempt to carry her puppies back to Ditchjey. By crossing the brook, and thus avoiding the village, she got four young Plunders safely deposited on the common, and she had carried one on and was leaving it on the Steward's doorstep when she was discovered. They also say that she was as good as the blind guide on the Eastern Counties line, and that a ladies' maid who had got lost in the wood coming from Chesbury, would have been left out all night if she had not met her rabbit-hunting, and submitted to her pilotage." It seems to us that tales such as these so graphically related should arouse interest, and I recommend to the notice of sportsmen "the Druid Series" — a capital reprint brought out not long ago by Vinton & Co., the publishers of our old friend, Bailvs i\Iagnsi}ic. The Sins of iSome Ladies. Last season there were many complaints by Masters of Hounds about the unintentional harm done owing to the ignorance displayed by ladies in the hunting- field ; and some very ungallant expressions of opinion w-ere used. Something that appeared in print on the subject from the pen of the present writer caused him to receive quite a large budget of letters of thanks from Masters of Hounds, some of whom were entire strangers. But the picture has its reverse. The writer was "tackled" in quite a different fashion by one fair dame, whose conscience surely must have given her a very bad time, for she informed him with asperity that "ladies were not supposed to know anything about dogs" ; the reply that "they ought not in that case even to think of coming out hunting " was of course obvious, if not soothing. It was not over-riding of hounds on the part of ladies (whose presence in the hunting-field is always much appreciated by the wielder of this pen) that was complained of last year by indignant M.F.H.'s, so much as over-riding of new grass and " wheat" — the generic term for all grain in the hunting-field — but most of all they found fault with the chatter at the covert-side after the fox is found, and the clamour of silvery tongues when hounds check ; at which time ladies never seem to think it necessary to stand still. "Hen cackle! I call it," wrote one furious M.F.H. who hunts his own hounds. Such a good fellow, too, and so much liked by the fair sex ! He who wouldn't say a word to them (if he could possibly keep it in) no matter what they did, yet writes imploringly "to keep at them, give it them hot and rub it in." "The women are the worst at a check^^/rt/- the ivorsf," writes another Master, and so many seem to be of the same opinion that we suppose it must be so. Why Ladies are loften the Offenders. Why in the sacred name of Diana should this be? Go with a party of ladies to visit 'a kennel or look at a puppy show, then the reason will become apparent. " Ladies are not supposed to know anything about dogs"! In the present day, when in some countries they compose more than half the field, that early V'ictorian opinion had better be forgotten as speedily as possible, and ladies who hunt should be assured that the more they know about hounds the better. The knowledge that is requisite does not amount to an ability to pass an exam, on the Foxhound Kennel Stud Book, but much may be acquired by reading the works of Surtees, Whyte-Melville and other sporting authors who wrote about ^^ hunting" and not only of the jumping of fences in pursuit of hoimds ; and still more by talking over the matter contained in this trifling article with the sportsmen of their acquaintance who are competent to advise them. i07ti delight in noting the dashing work of the hounds, the quick wheeling and spreading of the pack, the glorious cry as — " all together again "--the)' press onward and stretch themselves out over the green pastures. This new pleasure, too, would probably banish the thought of jealousy of others of the sisterhood, which has occasionally been accused of possessing that little failing, not a very deadly sin, perhaps, but one that is certainly not conducive to the sport of foxhunting. Know the Hounds and you ^vill Kno-vv^ the Rules. A knowledge of hounds — some knowledge at least — is what is required then by the foxhunters who are about to take the field this season if the preventible injury to the sport is to cease. There are rules for every game that is played, and all the players should know the rules. Those who take an interest in hounds will know the reason for each rule, and why, above all things, we should '^ stinid sii/l when hoiittds have checked, g'itv ihem plenty of room and keep silent." Maintop. M' Dress for the Hunting Man. The Wearing of Scarlet. EN and manners change, and fashions with them. But one fashion of the fox-hunting- world lias happily remained unaltered since those early days when the chase first became a recognised sport. We refer to the wearing of scarlet, that touch of colour which so gladdens the eye as we watch a field of keen riders gallantly making their way over plough and pasture. As we write, the cubbing season is at its height, and the picture at the covert side is drab and grey and comparatively uninteresting. A welcome change comes over the scene on the opening day of the regular season ; mufti is discarded by all who give two thoughts to their appearance, and the " panoply of the chase" blossoms out in its full glory. This is as it should be, because not only does it show a proper respect for the Master and the Hunt of which you are a member to come out properly attired, but it pleases the farmer to see the scarlet coat and the hunt button. The Farmers' Vie-w. " How are we to tell who are the regular supporters of the pack and who are not," said a farmer in rather a big way to the secretary of one of the leading packs in the West Midlands, "excepting the master and servants, you all seem to be dressed the same, more like a lot of horse dealers than proper hunting gentlemen. We are always glad to see the members over our land," he continued, "for most of them have something in common with us, but we don't feel the same towards those men who pay nothing to the Hunt and come down here with as much bounce and assurance as if the land belonged to them." The farmer, the true sportsman as he is at heart, must always be allowed his little " growl," but in this instance it was perfectly justified, and his blunt words ought to be echoed through every hunting district where an endeavour is made to uphold the traditional dignity of the chase. This is not the first time the subject has been alluded to in Thom.\s' Hunting Diary, and several Masters of Hounds have written since last year expressing their approval of the plea which we then made for the more general observance of regulation costume. "The countryman reaps very few advantages from the sportsmen who invade his district," says one of Fitzwilliam (Silver). (Green collar. Evening dress ; red, darli green velvet collar.) Fitzwilliam's, Earl.* (Green collar. Evening dress: red, dark green velvet collar, white facings and waistcoat, silver buttons.) [ ■ A plain button is now being used.] (4^) Flint and Denbigh. (Evening dress: red, red velvet collar, red silk facings.) Four Burrow (Black velvet collar.; Gahvay County. (White collar for ladies. Evening dress : red, white silk facings.) Galway, East. (Yellow collar. Evening dress: red, yellow facings.) Galway s, Viscount. (Evening dress : red, white facings.) the best-known men in the Shires, "and we might, therefore, at least give him the benefit of a respectable show. It is to otir interest and to the interest of hunting- generall}- that the sport should remain popular amongst those whom circumstances prevent from taking- any active participation, and we may be sure chat popularity would quickly wane were the scarlet coat to become a thing of the past." A Question for the One=horse Man. It is not always from carelessness or mere indifference to the unwritten laws of hunting that followers of hounds neglect to put themselves into pink. For the rnan who keeps his four or five hunters and sends a substantial subscription to the hunt secretary, there is no sort of difficulty. Scarlet is unquestionably the correct wear for him, and he is one of those to whom w^e look primarih- to turn out faultlessly equipped in the matter of dress. But there is the one-horse iiian and small subscriber, who asks himself whether it would really be the right thing to appear in scarlet. In some countries he would not be expected to do so, but why this is the case we cannot imagine. Really, there is no earthly reason why he should not hunt in pink if he feels so disposed. Not long ago this \-er\' niatter was in discussion, and though there were a few who considered that our one-horse man would be unwise in sporting a scarlet coat, we for our ciwn part thoroughly agreed w'ith the authority who said, "Why shouldn't he? If the horse is good, the man good, and he subscribes to the hounds, surely he is as much entitled to wear pink as the biggest man in the Hunt." In provincial countries hunting folk seem to think they can wear just what they please, but it should always he borne in rnind that the larger number of scarlet coats and silk hats seen at a meet on a fine hunting morning the greater is the credit redounding to the Hunt concerned. Old Styles and New. Anyone who cared to trace the changes that have occurred in tlie niatter of hunting costume since the time of Hugo Meynell, would find it a most interest- ing occupation. The old hunting writers tell us what was worn a hundred years ago, but one derives a much better idea of the bygone fashions from the pictorial art of the early part of the last century. In these old prints and engravings, so keenly sought after nowadays by collectors, one sometinies sees the ■' neck to ankle " hunting coat of the eighteenth century. What a sensation would be caused if a sportsman enveloped in one of these cumbersome garments were to "join the glad throng" at a lawn meet of the Pytchley or Cottesmore to-day. Imagine a coat nearly touching the ground, with voluminous skirts and big sleeves, buttoning very low in front, and surmounted by a big roll collar. Get this picture in your mind, and then contrast it with the neat and stylish swallow- tailed coat which has been so rnuch worn during recent j'ears in those places where a man must be smart or nothing, or with the Beaufort shape coat now so popular, which takes the form of a Master's frock coat with the skirts slightly rounded in front. The old-time garment doubtless will appear very absurd, but I doubt not that our forefathers found it very comfortable. In those days they did not have much necessit}' for hunting aprons — by no means an unmixed blessing in a gale of wind — and the introduction of these was probably contemporaneous with the disappearance of the heavy skirts. At that time of day there was no barbed wire to be encountered, otherwise we fear the skirts would have suffered. Curiously enough, the roll collar of the ancient hunting coat would seem to be coming into vogue again. At any rate, Mr. Alfred W. Thomas, who contributed an interesting article on the history of hunting dress to the Badminton Magasine last year, says that the old type of collar, cut low in front in order to show the stock, is sometimes re\-erted to in scarlet coats of the latest make. Changes in Hunting Coats. As the popularity of fox-hunting- increased, and hounds and horses were bred to travel faster, and the whole business of the chase was placed on a less leisurely footing than forn-ierly, no room was found for the old full-skirted coat. Hunting nien went from one extreme to the other, and the fashionable wear became the extremely tight and verv short frock coat, short-waisted, and 43 with high collars rising' to the ears. Eventually came the cut-away tail coat, which has never quite lost its popularity, though the huntsman's frock coat has always been much liked, and is now becoming quite popular again, and was at one time even more generally worn than at present. This coat has been a favourite with those who have not the figure, tall and slim, which shows off a swallow-tail to the best advantage. These types of coat are practically the only ones which the hunting tailor has to offer you at the present time, and such ample variety is offered by the three that they are likely to remain in fashion for a long time to come. Correct Wear for the Present Sea<8on. But as we are now dealing with the hunting coat of the present day, a closer examination of the precise styles will doubtless prove acceptable to the average hunting man, and especially to the young Nimrod who finds tlie question of equipment a far wider one than he had bargained for. We always recommend anyone who asks our advice on hunting clothes to place himself in the hands of a well-known hunting tailor, and then he cannot go very far wrong. But there are many who are not content with this advice, and want to know for themselves exactly "what's what." It may be explained, therefore, that for the past two or three years the skirts of all hunting coats have been cut shorter than formerly in order to show more of the breeches. Swallow-tail coats, with their eminently " dressv " appearance, are still "all the go" with smart people in the fashionable countries. But not so many of them are found outside of the Shires or the fashionable Irish countries, and the ordinary Beaufort Coat referred to above is the wear Mr. Thomas would advise for the average provincial country. The latter garment has the advantage of suiting almost any figure, and when such a coat is well made and skilfully fitted, one really cannot wish for anything more elegant. The skirts of this shape coat are being rather more rounded in front than last season. As everybody knows, the Master of Hounds and hunt servants wear a frock coat which is cut quite square in the skirts, and those sportsmen, who are not officials, yet prefer this type of coat generally have the corners rounded off in front in order to give them less of an official appearance. In spite of the custom which has come about of leaving the frock coat mainly to the Master of Hounds, the comfort and utility given by its length and warmth cannot be denied. For those who do not ride in scarlet, grey coats seem to have become almost as popular as black. The greys are of many shades, and the coats themselves are cut in many shapes. Butcher boots have come to be largely worn with gre\- coats, made of either patent or blacking leather with patent leather tops. With regard to cubbing things, the long sac coat, close fitting in the waist and skirty, is still popular, but more Beaufort shape coats are now worn for mufti and cub-hunting than last season. A 'Word on the Waistcoat. Although it is a matter which sometimes escapes attention, it is just as important for the correctly-attired hunting man to have a suitable waistcoat as a smart coat. The double-breasted waistcoat, so popular half-a-dozen years ago, is never seen now on a well-dressed hunting man. Single-breasted ones are exclusively worn, and the step-collar waistcoat of a plain buff" or yellow is very fashionable. In selecting a flannel or woollen waistcoat, care should be taken in the matter of its pattern. Some men seem to be able to carry oft' well a clieck which on other men would strike the eye offensively, and the latter contingencv must of course be avoided at all costs. The modern tailor takes special care to give us a waistcoat with a back long enough to protect the loins, an important consideration truly in these days of lumbago. The Art of Breeches=MakinB. Breeches, like the hunting coat, have not escaped the changes of fashion. Indeed, men have gone to just the same extremes in regard to them. In Beau Brummel's time, the hunting tailor who could make his breeches to fit the tightest won the most patronage, and doeskins to cover the legs like a second skin were the order at this period. The men apparently wanted to look as though they had been " melted down and run into leathers," as Lord Alvanlev remarked, and Garth. (Evening dress: red, white facings) Gerard's, The Hon. R Glamorgan. (Black collar. Evening dress: red, red collar, primrose facings.) Grafton. Hambledon, East and West. (Evening dress: red coat, white waistcoat.) Hampshire. (Evening dress: dark blue coat, buff waist- coat.) ( 44 ) Thomas & Sons LACE-RNEED BREECHES 0 V ^m\ .3' TESTIMONIAL. m From the Earl of Rosslyii To Messrs.Thomas i~Sons, Breeches Makers, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. IP- «"5'D 1 i Ml TAT IONS '4 TESTIMONIAL. ' " Pretoria, July 5th, 1900. " To Messrs. Thomas. " Dear Sirs, — It will interest you to know that I have never had a better pair of breeches in my life than those you made for me on going to S. Africa. I shall be glad if you will make me a similar pair of the same stuff as quickly as possible. " Yours faithfully, " ROSSLYN." The above were Lace-Kneed Breeches. " Sirs, — I should be much obliged if you would send me another pair of breeches like those you made for me last October, they wore \'ery well. I wore them regularly while we were in Cape Colony for three months, and the whole march from Orange River to Bloemfon- tein.when I had leather strappings put on. "W.CD." " 6th Dragoon Guards, Field Force, South Africa." Have proved a great success and can be thoroughly recommended where occasional expansion or contraction is required. Gives an even graduating pressure at the knee, unobtainable with buttons. Several other Novelties on view and in preparation. Thomas & Sons Jiunting Outfitters 32 Brook Street, London, W. Telephone No. 4652 Gerrard. Telegrams: " Sportingly, London." (45 woe to the tailor who could not fit his customer to the last half-inch. Fortunately for the sartorial artist — thoui;h this is a fact not generally known- the niakins;- of tight breeches is not a matter of supreme difficulty, and, as Mr. Thomas has said, the servants' close-fitlintj leathers as seen to-day are comparatively eas)- to deal with, but loose-thighed breeches are most baffling of all to the ordinary tailor who tries to cut them. His difficulty is to get the loose stuff in the right place and keep it there. Unless this is done, the breeches will not be a success — and oh ! the misery of an ill-fitting pair. Only those who have suffered in this way can truly appreciate the niceties of breeches turned out by a really expert firm. Indeed, it is a mistake to go to any other people than experts whose long- and special study has been the building of this particular garment. Breeches-making is an art in itself, and all experienced hunting men know this. If a couple of hundred men in the Shires could be questioned on the subject, we doubt whether the names of more than four or five favourite London firms would be mentioned. It takes many years of specialising to gain a reputation of this kind, and it is not surprising, therefore, to find that Mr. Alfred Thomas and the heads of other leading firms give their personal attention to this important department, even though the names of those firms are as household words among well-dressed hunting people. The History of Leathers. But we had intended to give some account of the changes that have occurred in the fashions of hunting breeches, and have gone off at a tangent into the subject of making them. Leathers, as we have said, were the regulation wear when Brummel led the way in these matters, but we find that by the year 1820 buckskin had quite lost favour in fashionable hunting countries. They were considered "slow," and gave way to white corduroys. Then the cords had their day, and not for a number of years did leathers (which had never been entirely cast off in the provinces) come into wear again in Leicestershire. Their revival, however, proved a lasting one, and most people to-day are ready to admit that there is nothing like a good pair of leather breeches, tan, perhaps, being most in vogue at present. There is no doubt that for comfort and appearance, combined with hard wear, they are difficult to beat. A School of Valeting Suggested. But the same troubles that have rendered leathers unpopular in the past have not yet been overcome. We refer, of course, to the difficulty in getting them properly cleaned and their discomfort in wet weather. The latter, perhaps, can scarcely be avoided, but the first ought not be an insuperable difficulty. How frequently one sees badly-cleaned leathers spoiling what could otherwise be termed a faultless costume. One's valet may be good and smart enough in the ordinary way, but nine times out of ten he breaks down at white buckskins, and turns them from their original appearance of driven snow to a muddy or bluish complexion, with the texture of cardboard. This really ought not to be so. In our opinion it is all a question of experience ; if a valet starts with the wrong notions as to how to care for leathers he usually retains those notions for as long as he remains a valet. In the course of a conversation we had with Mr. Thomas on this subject recently, he gave us an idea which we think ought to be followed up. "Why not a school of valeting?" he said, and we agreed with him that it would be an excellent institution, and would save a great deal of disappointment to people who hunt. A diploma might be issued, and persons desirous of obtaining situations should be required to produce this, which would carry more weight than an ocean of references, often unreliable and given with the well-meant though misguided notion of "getting the poor chap another place." Mr. Thomas' suggestion certainly seems to offer a solution of the difficult)', and would obviate the precarious fashion in which the average valet acquires his experience. We are ourselves unable to say who would start such an institution, but once started we think it would be a success. Moleskin and Cords. Harrington's, Earl of. Herefordshire, North. (Dark green collar. Evening dress for Here- fordshire Hunt Club : red. white satin facings, dark green velvet collar, white waistcoat.) Herefordshire, South. (Dark green velvet collar.) Hertfordshire (Silver). (Evening dress: red. red satin facings, white waistcoat.) In place of leathers the hunting-man of to-day has at his disposal a remarkably good substitute in the shape of white washing moleskin. This is deservedly a Heythrop. (Green plush coat with red waistcoat for servants.) 4b Holderness (Evening dress ; red, red facings) Hursley (Silver). (Black collar. Hurworth. Kent, East. (Buff cloth collar. Evening dress: red, buff silk collar, white silk facings.) Jed Forest. most popular material on account of its good wearing- qualities, its smartness, and its easiness to clean. Messrs. Thom.as tell us that among their new materials this season they have a moleskin cloth which is more elastic and leathery in appearance than anything they have hitherto been able to obtain. Bedford cords are also much worn nowadays, and they want a lot of beating for bad weather. For years past the hunting man has agreed on plenty of fulness above the knee and a close fit below as the most comfortable style of breeches, though quite lately it has become customary to wear them smaller in the thighs, and closer just above the knees. There is a prevailing tendency among smart young men to wear the buttons of the breeches quite on the inside of the shin bone. Mr. Thomas says that from a practical point of view this is a mistake. It may have its advantages for polo in keeping the buttons out of the way, but it is difficult to make the thighs of breeches lie as well as when they are cut for the buttons to be worn in their usual place down the front of the leg. Boots. Headgear, and other Details of Equipment. Having provided himself with well-fitting breeches and the other hunting garments mentioned in this article, there still remain a few more items for the consideration of the voung hunting-man. It is important for him to obtain boots in harmony with the rest of his attire, a suitable hunting hat, and a neat white stock that must be carefully tied, for hunting dress is a comparative failure unless perfectly finished in all details. With regard to boots, one has to record that the soft-legged variety are now distinctly the most fashionable, and one records it, too, rather with regret, for the soft boot provides nothing like the protection from kicks and hard knocks from swinging gates that the old stiff boot did, although they are distinct Iv more comfortable. The colour of tops nowadays is left entirely to individual fancy. One can run the gamut from white to pink and from lemon yellow to burnt sienna. The tall silk hat is now virtually the universal wear in well-dressed fields, the velvet cap, once widely popular with the average Ninirod, being left for the Master and hunt servant. The custom of the old fox-hunting squires who merely changed their boots for slippers and dined in the clothes in which they had been hunting may be said to have died with them, and nowadays the hunting man's kit is incomplete without an evening coat made in accordance with the rules laid down by the hunt of which lie is a member. Every hunting club of any importance has its distinctive details as to evening dress, and full information concerning these are attached to the reproductions of hunt buttons appearing in the pages of the Di.\rv. For Motoring to the Meet. A covert coat — now seldom worn out of the saddle — must be found in the wardrobe of the well-equipped hunting man, who in the event of using a motor car as covert hack must also be provided with something substantial in the shape of a great coat. This requirement is met by the modern " Motocote," a happy- combination of coat and apron, or by the Cuirass Coat, a new coat Mr. Thomas has designed for this purpose, and of which we give an illustration. It is so named from the speciality of its construction, which consists of a stout cloth flap, in the nature of a breast-plate, which is permanently attached to one side of the coat, and is fastened by tabs to the other side when the motorist puts it on. Over this the double-breasted front of the coat buttons, so that three interlocking layers of cloth are placed over the fore part of the body, making a completely wind-proof garment. The coat is not only waterproofed by a new metallic process, but has an additional interlining of impervious sheeting across the seat, thus avoiding the danger which arises when heavy rain creates pools on the cushions. Finally we have only to say that having completed his equipment the rest must be left to the Nimrod himself and his servants. One must obviously get well into one's clothes for them to be seen to the best advantage, and equally obvious is it that care must be taken with them when sport is over. Some advice that will prove useful on the care and folding and cleaning of luniting things will be found in succeeding articles. (47) (48) On the Care and Folding of Hunting Clothes. Kent, West. (Black velvet collar, with silver piping. Same on red evening dress coat, with white facings and silver buttons ) Kildare. (Evening dress : re white facings.) Kilkenny. (Evening dress : red, cherry-coloured facings) Lamerton. (Dark green collar, Evening dress: red, dark green collar ) Lanarkshire and Ren- frewshire. (Silver.) (Black velvet collar. Evening dress : red, red silk facings.) M ANY hunting; men look untidy from the simple reason that their clothes are never properly put away after they are done with, or are left to the tender mercies of a valet who fancies he knows how to fold a coat or breeches properly, but really does not. The secret of the whole matter is, after all, contained in the old adage, "a place for everything, and everything- in its place." A coat put away damp and badly folded will, on its next appearance from the wardrobe, be a mass of lasting creases and a source of dis- credit to the tailor, who is really not the culprit at all. As a matter of fact, a coat should never be folded if it can be avoided, but should be placed across a shoulder and hung in a suitable cupboard or hanging wardrobe out of the dust. In this way, any coat out of a number can be easily recognised, and got at without tumbling or disturbing all the rest, the shoulders of the coat are by this means protected and no creases are formed. When a coat has to be folded for packing, it should be laid flat on a table, with the inside down and the collar turned up, the sleeves should then be brought up to the top of the collar to protect it, the fronts cf the coat laid over the sleeves, the two sides folded together, and the coat afterwards doubled. If carefully laid out in this way the coat will travel without creasing unduly, and the slight creases can be easily removed by placing it on the back of a chair in front of a fire. Waistcoats should be folded flat, and not placed under the coat on the hanger, but should have a drawer or drawers to themselves, and those most in use placed at the top. By this means the weight of one waistcoat above the other after a rest of a few days, will restore its primitive newness and keep them in good order. Breeches should not be folded like trousers by placing the two front brace buttons together, as in that way an unsightl)' crease is formed down the front and the graceful round of the thigh flattened, hut the right hand should hold them at the junction of the four seams in the fork, and with the left holding the breeches at the top of the seat seam, they should be folded with their fronts outward and laid flat in the drawer which is to contain them. For packing purposes each leg should be doubled under at the knee and the breeches placed as flat as possible in the trunk. Trousers should be folded in the way described above by placing the two front brace buttons together and laying them flat in their old front and back creases, and they should never be doubled more than once. In this way they will regain their shape after a rest of a few days without the aid of trouser pressers or stretchers which frequently only pull the shape out which the tailor has carefully put into I hem. » » » The largest wardrobe can be easily managed and each article readily got at if arranged systematically in this way. The tie for each suit should be folded carefully and placed in an envelope in the breast pocket of the coat ; this saves a lot of trouble in sorting out the right tie, and it is never left behind in travelling. It should be borne in mind that second-rate and ill-fitting clothes get out of condition quicker and more easily than the best class of garments, and owing to the lack of internal workmanship, they cannot be renovated in the same way. ( 49 o X ( 50 ) HOMAS P^^ SONS' "Breccb=nick$" {Regisfe red) THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN KNICKERBOCKER BREECHES T HE FEATURE in tliis Improved Cut of Knicker-Brceclies is the dispensing of tlie seam uiidct tiie knee sinews. In otlier respects tliey arc the same type of garment for which THOMAS & SONS are renowned. I)unting and Sporting Clothes OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, IN EXCLUSIVE STYLES & OF THE FINEST MANUFACTURE Skeleton Continuation to Breeches {■Patent No. 38.870) Gentlemen having large calves and small knee bones find it difficult to get Breeches to fit them nicelv without the aid of Continuations, and as these help to fill up the boots, and to make the leg look clumsier still, this impro\ement has suggesteil itself to Messrs. THOMAS Cf SONS, who are always to the fore with iniprov ements of practical utilit\- to the Sportsman. THOMAS ^ SONS, 32 Brook St., London, w. Telephone No. 4652 Gerrard. Telegraphic Address: " Sportingly, London." (51 ) Hints on Cleaning Hunting Things. White Buckskin Breeches. First, well sponge off the dirt from the soiled breeches, taking care not to make the leather too wet. Make a solution of Thomas & Sons' Nonpariel Breeches Paste with warm water to the consistency of cream, and apply it with a sponge to the leather, rubbing it well in. When this has been done put them in a warm room to dry, not too near the fire. Turn them inside out when quite dry and rub them well, using a stiff brush afterwards ; this will make the leather nice and soft. After this apply another coat of Paste ; and when dry rub with an old silk handkerchief lightly. For White Cloth or Bedford Cord Breeches. Lay the breeches on a clean board and well scour them with Curd Soap and lukewarm water, using a hard brush, and taking care to brush them down, and not up. .'Xfter this they should be well sponged so as to get them as dry as possible to prevent shrinking. Dry them slowly before the fire, and when nearly dry, apply Thomas & Sons' Paste in the same way as for leathers. White Moleskin or Cantoon Breeches. Well wash with hot water, containing a little soda and good yellow soap, and rinse out in cold water with a dash of blue. If any obstinate stains remain they can be removed with a little chloride of lime, but great care should be taken in using this, otherwise the breeches may become rotten and drop into holes. Wring them as dry as possible (but not in a machine, as this will break the buttons at the knees, and the broken buttons cut holes in the breeches) and then place them outside to dry. When nearly dry iron them carefully. Tweed or Cloth Breeches. These should be well brushed, and the leather strappings cleaned with Thomas & Sons' Cleaning Powder, applied according to directions ; or if strapped with cloth, " Quillia " will remove the stains. Ledbury. (Brown cloth collar. Evening dress : red, chocolate velvet collar, straw silk facings.) Limerick. (Green collar. Evening dress: red, green collar.) Linlithgow and Stirlingshire. (White collar.) ( 52 ) Llangibby. (Green collar ) Loulh. (French grey collar for ladies. Evening dress : red, French grey lining and facings, white waistcoat.) Ludk Meath. (Evening dress: red. sliy-blue silk facings.) Meynell. Scarlet Hunting Coats. First, brush the coat thoroughly with a stiff brush, and if the skirts are Hned with Thomas' Patent Waterproof Lining, spong;e off the mud and sweat from the tails. Then with a stiff brush scour the parts stained with Thomas & Sons' Scarlet Cleansing Fluid until all the stains are removed, afterwards sponge off with clean cold water, and hang across the back of a chair or on a tailors' shoulder, a little distant from the fire to dry. Clean the buttons. Care should be taken not to use unre- liable preparations for removing the stains as they may remove the dye as well, or otherwise injure the cloth. The coat should occasionally be sent to the tailor to be pressed up, as constant wetting tends to take the shape out of it. Black or Grey Melton Hunting Coats. Thoroughly remove the mud and dirt with a stiff brush, and if the skirts of the coat are lined with Thomas & Sons' Patent Waterproof Material, sponge the mud and sweat oft' the inside of the skirts. If the stains are not all removed in this way, mix a little ammonia with a small quantity of cold water, and with a stiff brush go over the coat lightly and place over the back of a chair to dry. If the rider should have the misfortune to get into a brook, the coat should be put into a tub of warm water and thoroughly washed and dried and afterwards sent to the tailor to be pressed. SilK Hunting Hats. If badly rubbed or soiled the hat should be washed with cold water, using a soft brush or sponge, but great care should be taken not to use too much water. When quite dry, well brush the hat and smooth with a silk handkerchief or pad, then carefully iron it, taking care not to touch the band or binding, and finish oft" with the silk handkerchief rubbed over the warm iron. If only slightly rubbed, well brush the hat and iron it as above. The various prepara- tions advertised for imparting a gloss should be avoided as they give a greasy appearance, to which dust readily clings, and quickly destroys the hat. All the implements should be thoroughly cleaned. ( 53 To Clean Boot Tops. Wash the dirt well off, and remove any stains with a little oxalic acid on a piece of old cloth, taking care not to use it too strong. When dry, apply the powder sold by the leading top boot makers according to directions. Wrap the tops in paper put the boots on trees and rub them over with a piece of lemon ; use the best blacking obtainable and plenty of "elbow grease" and a satisfactory result will be obtained. A good boning improves the surface of the leather. Patent leather boots should be put on the trees and the dirt sponged off ; when dry an application of Meltonian Cream rubbed in with a piece of flannel and finished off with an old silk handkerchief will effect a good polish. When the boots fail to take a satisfactory polish under this treatment a good boot varnish should be used ; but as all varnishes, which are composed more or less of spirits of wine, tend to destroy the leather they should be avoided as long as possible. Brown Buckskin Breeches. Sponge off the dirt with a little cold water, care being taken not to make the leather too wet. If there are any saddle or other stains remaining they can be removed with a weak solution of oxalic acid, rubbed in lightly with a piece of flannel. Then make a paste of Thomas & Sons' Cleansing Powder and apply it evenly all over the breeches. When dry, brush them well inside and out with a stiff" brush so as to remove all the powder from the leather. If they do not give satisfaction repeat the process a second time. Brown buckskin gloves can be cleaned in the same way. Box Cloth Leggings. Well brush all the dirt off with a stiff brush and then scour with soap and water, brushing downwards. If stained use a little of Thomas' Sportsman's Cleaning Powder in the form of a paste and then let it dry on, and when thoroughly dry beat all the dust out with a stick or hard brush. Pigskin Leggings. Should be cleaned with saddle soap only, any stain used on these only cause a patchy appearance, and the nice nut brown shade should be acquired in a natural way by cleaning in the manner described. If^m'*^ — ^ J — "ilKiiil M.KS.H Mid-Kent Staghounds. Monmouthshire. (Dark blue velvet collar. Evening dress : dark blue, black velvet collar, cherry-coloured facings, white waistcoat.) Morpeth. (Evening dress : dark blue coat, light blue facings.) Muskerry Hunt. (Light blue cloth collar. Evening dress : light blue silk collar and facings. New Forest. (Green collar. Evening dress ; red, green velvet collar, white facings and waistcoat.) 54 ' Going their own Line." Newmarket and Thurlow Norfcilk, West. (Evening dress: red, white silk facings.) *r^ .u> Northumberland and Berwickshire. (Green collar. Evening dress: red with prim- rose facings.) Ladies in the Hunting Field. (By " QUORNITE.") The Modern Hunting Lady. THE position of ladies in the hunting field has altered considerably within the last 15 to 20 years, and, I think, for the better. They are now recognised as regular followers of the chase, ready to compete on an equal footing with the sterner sex, and in many cases are quite as competent to do so. They are capable of making their own arrange- ments, and when necessary, of choosing and buying their own horses. They can find their own way to covert, and finally, after having participated in the day's sport, back to their own homes, possibly by intricate bridle paths with endless gates to open. This the hunting lady of the present day can accomplish unaided. A few years back few ladies could get on to their horses without help, and now it is not a strange sight to see them get up unassisted. Some ^o or 40 years ago, at Melton, which is the acknowledged Metropolis of hunting, only one lady was ever known to follow the hounds after they had found their first fox ; and nowadays — certainly in the Shires, and also in many Provincial countries in which I have hunted — there are as many women out as men. Women Keener than Men. In my opinion women as a whole are much fonder of hunting than men. This is perhaps because girls brought up in the country hear the sport more discussed than their brothers who are at school, and not being able to take part in football and other winter games their energy is in consequence more directed towards hunting. Certainly the majority of young girls ride much better than their brothers of about the same age. Appearance in the Saddle. A woman starting hunting has much to learn, however keen she may be about the sport. The first consideration is her appearance in the saddle. Let us see for a moment what this should be. As a woman, I maintain that however straight (55) one may sit in the saddle, and with whatever ease and elegance one may surmount the obstacles, one of the chief considerations which go to promote happiness during the day's hunting of a grown-up woman is that her hair should remain tidy and firm. Many reading this may be inclined to assert that those who ride the best will be better able to maintain their neat appearance at the end of a day's hunting than those who, by bumping about in the saddle, naturally disarrange their coift'ure, etc., and, not only that, distress their horse in like proportion. Nerve without Judgment. Most women are possessed of nerve, that most necessary adjunct for those about to compete in a day's hunting ; in fact, the majority have rather too much of it, without the necessary judgment or the knowledge of where to go and what to do. It is thus that they are, with very few exceptions, able to enjoy a day's hunting much more by following a good pilot than by going their own line. I am inclined to think that from the way a woman sits on her horse she is compelled to ride with a more or less long rein, and this may account to a great extent for the fact that women on an average take fewer falls than men. By riding with a long rein they do not interfere so much with their horse's mouth, or, as perhaps a man would consider, help their horse so much. There are very few women that can make a bad horse go, but there are many women that can let one go, or to put it in other words, by not interfering with him let him do his best. Riding Behind a Pilot. As 1 have already stated, a lady must select a pilot ; having done so, she must stick to him to the best of her ability. .A woman should be so close to her pilot as not to leave room for someone else to cut in between him and her in following him o\er the obstacle, or for that matter, in galloping across a field. Nor should she be too close, as, in the event of his horse making a mistake, she is thus able to stop herself from jumping on him. Although it is very easy to put this down in print, in practice it is not so easy a matter, as if hounds are really running fast, and the whole field converge to one point, such as a gate or bridge, it becomes difficult for a woman to stick close behind her pilot in a crowd of people. If she is not close to her pilot when he gets started again she finds it very hard to make up lost gfround. Oakley. {Evening dress : red, red facings,) Ormond. (Yellow waistcoat. Evening dress: scarlet, yellow collar and facings.) Oxenholme Staghounds. Riding Ab ilily There is no doubt that most women cannot gallop as fast as men, and, in fact, many women cannot make a horse really .gallop ; that is to say, the majority of ladies must ride a more or less temperate horse, and they cannot extend him. Were they to ride a free-going horse they would not be strong enough to control him. There are of course some exceptions to these remarks, as I know women who are capable of riding animals that many men would not get on with. Although women until lately were looked upon as merely an ornament to the hunting field, in many cases they know all there is to be known about a horse, and the sport in general ; and are, moreover, first-class judges of horseflesh. It would be quite impossible for me to enter into the subject of the horse suitable to every woman. Suffice it to say that shoulders are essential on account of the position of the side saddle, and equally a strong back, as all the weight of the rider is thrown back. [Editorial Note. — The lady who prefers to veil her identUy under the pseudonym '^ Qiiornite" is one of the best-known followers of hounds in the Shires. Her thorough experience of the best fox-hunting makes her opinions, as expressed in this brief but informative article, of exceptional interest and value. In another article the separate subject of "■Ladies'' Hunting Kit" is treated.] O.Nfordshire, South. (Evening dress: red, white facings.) Pembrokeshire. (Evening dress : dark blue coat, dark red facings.) (56 Percy. (Evening dress : red, blue collar, buff waistcoat.) rortman's, Viscount. (Evening dress : plain red.) Puckeridge. Pytchley. (White collar. Evening dress: red, white collar.) ,' , if Ladies* Hunting Kit, d. (By Moira Heath.) What Fashion Decrees. THE first unalterable dictate of the many which fashion levels upon our hunting' habit is that of perfect cut. Fortunately, the rawest recruit has come to recognise this imperative essential in her equipment, and no scope is now-a-days allowed to the crank and the revolutionist. Fashion, so lenient of late years in many ways, would appear to have concentrated her severities upon the details which determine the perfectly turned out hunting woman. And the happiest result is a recognition of the false economies of the unpractised tailor. No better advice can be given to one preparing for the coming hunting season than to place herself without restriction in the hands of a first-class habit maker, who will be content enough to allow her scope for the exercise of individuality in the minor details of her outfit. This is made possible, because the modern tailor has been forced to recognise the importance of the subjection of uniform styles to individual requirements. He is able to determine at a glance the precise st3'le best suited to the figure, but he can attain his end, this season, even with the most generous allowance for individual variations. The latter is possible, because all the severities of fashion are exhausted in the matter of cut and finish ; the rest is but a matter of taste. And, therefore, this season it is predicted we are to expect many minor innovations, the chief of which may be summarised in the range of cloths to be used for habits, stripes and even checks being quite the vogue, the elaboration of the hunting waistcoat, and some prophets even aver in the shape of our hunting hats. Habits of To=day. Quantock Sta. T. Davii.s, P. Davies. Secretary : Mr. J. Francis, Myrtle Hill, CaiToarthen. Kennels : Traveller's Rest, Carmarthen. Convexient Centres: Carmarthen, St. Clears, Llanelly. CATTISTOCK i65 couple).— Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and occasional Mondays. Masters and Huntsmen : Rev. E. A. Milne, Chilfrome, Dorchester, and Mr. W. F. Fuller, Cattistock, Dorset. Whips : George Roake, Levi Kimble. Secretary : Mr. T. A. Colfox, Coneygar, Bridport. Kennels : Cattistock, Dorchester. Convenient Centres: Dorchester, Weymouth. Bridpnrt. CHESHIRE (56 couple).— Alondays, Wednesdays, Tliui-sdays, Saturday?. Ma-^ter : Mr. H. M. Wilson, The Hermitage, Holmes Chapel. Huntsman : F. Champion. Whips : W. Toucroe, J. Brown. Secretary : Mr. Hugh Wilbraham, Delamere House, Xorthwich. Kennels: Sandiway, Norihwich. Convenient Centres: Northwich, Tarporley. CHESHIRE, SOUTH (30 couplei.—Tuesdays, Fridays. Ma-^tek and Huntsman : Mr. Reginald Corbet, Adderley, Market Drayton. Whips: A. Earp, K.H., E. Tyrrell. Secretary : Mr. W. Starkey. Marbury Hall, Whitchurch, Salop. Kennels: Adderley, Market Drayton. Convenient Centres: Nantwich, Crewe, Tarporley. CHIDDINGFOLD i32 couplet.— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. G. H. Pinckard, Combe Court, Witley, Surrey. Huntsman : Mr. A. G. Sadler. Wbips : W. Cobb, W. Hemmings. Secretary: Mr. A. G. Parson, Church Hill, Haslemere. Kennels: North End, Chiddingfold. Surrey. Convenient Centres: Guildford, Godalmiug, Haslemere. CLEVELAND (47 couple).— Various. Master and Huntsman: Mr. W. H. A. Wharton, Skelton Castle, Cleveland, Yorkshire. Whips : W. Rees, K.H., W. Scott, J. Corner. Secretary : Mr. E. K. Fox. Xunthorpe Hall, Nunthorpe. Kennels: Skelton, Cleveland. Convenient Centres: Guisborough, Saltburn, Redcar. CONISTON (9^ couple).— Various. Master : Rev. E. M. Reyn ilds, Meadowbank, Ambleside. Westmoreland. HCNTSM.4N : H. Lancaster. Whip : One of the Field. Kennels : The Green, Ambleside. Convenient Centres: Ambleside, Grasmere, Coniston. COQUETDALE (15 couple).— Two days a week. Master and Huntsm^^n: Mr. Lancelot Fenwick, Dancing Hall, Whit- lingham, R.S.O. Whip : T. Wilcox. Kennels: Callaly High Houses, Whittingham. R.S.O., Northumber- land. Secretary: Mr. B. Clayhills, Dancing Hall, Whittingham, R.S.O. Convenient Centres: Rothburv, Harbottle. CORNWALL, EAST (26 couplei.—Tuesdays. Fridays. piasters : Mr. W. N. Connock Marshall, Treworgey, Liskeard : and Mr. W. Philipntts Williams, 7, Carwinion Terrace. Liskeard. Huntsman: Mr. Marshall. Whips: Mr. Phillpotts Williams, R. Henwood. Secretary : Lt.-Col. E. L. Marsack, Haye, Calliugton. Kennels : Trewoigey. Liskeard. Convenient Ckntres : Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard. CORNWALL, NORTH (26 couple). — Mondays, Thursdays, occasional bye. Master and Huntsm.\n : Mr. H. M. Fitzherbert. St. Breward, Bodmin. Whip: W.Williams. Secretary: Dr. Salmon, The Chestnuts, Bodmin. Kennels: St. Breward, Bodmin. Cona'enient Centres: CameUord. Bodmin, Liskeard. GOTSWOLD (50 couple). -Mondays. Wednesdays, Saturdays, occasional bve. >Laster : Mr. H. 0. Lord, Lilleybrook, Charlton Kings, Gloucester. Huntsman : Charles Travess. Whips ; C. Beacham. H. -\dcock. Secretary: Mr. G B. Witts, Hill House, Lcckhampton. Kennels: Whaddon Lane, Cheltenham. Co?rvENiENT Centres- Cheltenham, Cirencester. GOTSWOLD, NORTH (36 couple).— Five a fortnight. Master and Huntsman : Mr. C. McNeill, Kilsant Hoase, Broadway. Whips ■ D. Reid, K.H., J. Scott. Secretary : Mr. H. A. Sandford, The Court House, Broadway. Kennels : Broadway, Worcestershire. Convenient Centres: Cheltenham, Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh. COTTESMORE (55 couplet.- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays. Saturdays. M \-iKi: : Mr. Evan Hanbury, Braunston House, Oakham. Huntsman : Arthur Thatcher. Whips : J. Boore,.T. Goddard. Secretary : Mr. H. R. Finch, The Croft, Mantou, Oakham. Kennels : ,\shwell Road, Oakham. CoN\'ENiENT Centres: Melton, Oakham, rppin;:ham. CRAVEN (50 couple). —Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; occasional Thurs- days. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Peter Ormrod, Walcot, Kintbm-y, Berks. Whips: Fred Funnell, Dick Aldren. Secretary : *'olonel G.C. Ricardo, Donnington, Newbury. Kennels: Walcnt. Kintbury, Hungerford. Convenient Centres: Newburv, Hungerford, Marlboroiigh. CRAWLEY AND HORSHAM i50 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Thurs- days. Saturdays. Master : Colonel C. B. Godman, Woldringfold, Horsham. Deputy Master: Mr. W. A. Calvert." Huntsman : R. Kingsland. Whip: George Dean. Kennels: West Grinstead, Horsham. Convenient Centres: Horsham, Worthing. Steyning. CROOME (50 couplet.— Tuesdays. Thursdays. Saturdays. Master : Mr. G. D. Smith, Strensham Court, Worcester. Huntsman: Tom Davis. Whips ; W. Kilrainster, H. Loman. Secretary : Mr. Herbert Peel, Callow End, Worcester. Kennels : Croome, Severn Stoke. Convenient Centres: Worcester, Tewkesbury, Malvern. CUMBERLAND (24 couple). — Mondays, Fridays and occasional byedays. Masters : Mr. H. C. Howard, Grejstoke Castle, Penrith, and Mr. C. J. Parker. The Laithes. Penrith. Huntsman : Mr. C. J. Parker. Whips: W. Kennett, K.H., H. Norman. Secretary; Viscount Morpeth, Dacre, Penrith. Kennels: Roe Hill, Dalston, Carlisle. CoN^^:NIENT Centres: Cai-Iisle, Penrith, Cockennouth. CUMBERLAND, WEST (18 couplet.-Tuesdays. Saturdays. Master and Huntsjun : Mr. J. H. Jefferson, Hundith Hill, Cocker- mouth. Whips : H. Stokes, K.H., Mr. G. Dalzell. Secretary : Mr. C. F. Watson, Greysouthen, CockermouUi. Kennels : Little Mill, Cockermouth. Convenient Centres: Keswick, Whitehaven, Aspatria. CURRE*S, MR. r28 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. W, E. C. Corre, Itton Court, Chepstow. Whips : J. Winter, J. Hunt. Kennels: Itton Court, Chepstow. Convi:nient Centres: Chepstow, Usk, Monmouth. DARTMOOR (54 couplet.— Tuesdays, Wednesdays. Saturdays, occasional bye. Master and Huntsman : Mr. W. Coryton, Pentillie Castle, St. Mellion. Whips : J. Higman, K.H., S. Barter. Secretary: Mr. George Crake. 11 Lockyer Street, Plymouth. Kennels : Woodlands. Ivybridge. Convenient Centres: Ivvbridge, Plvmouth, Brent. DAYIES', MR. (19* couple).— Uncertain. Master and Huntsman: Mr. David Davies, Plas Dinan, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire. Whips : C. Greenhow, K.H., D. Tilsley. Kennels: Plas Dinan, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire. Convenient Centres: Newtown, Llanidloes, Welshpool. DEVON, EAST (25 couplet.- Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Lieut. -Col. J. A. T. Garratt, Bishop's Court, Exeter. Huntsman : D. Power. Whip : F. Leach. Secretary : Major L. C. Garratt, The Rectory, Clyst St. Mary, Exeter. Kennels: Clyst St. Mai-y, Exeter. Convenient Centres: Exeter, Exmouth, Sidmouth. DEVON, MID (25 couplet.- Mondays, Thursdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Gilbert Spiller, Chagford, Newton Abbot. Whip : Tom Par-ons. Secret.vrv: Mr. J. D. Prickman. Okehampton. Kennels : Cha^rford. Newton Abbot. Convenient Centres: Chagford, Okehampton. DEVON, SOUTH (40 couplei.—Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. W. M. G. Singer, Steartfield, Paignton. Huntsman : Mr. W. Rendell. Whips : W. Cole, K.H., H. Thompson. Secretary : Mr. L. G. Vicary, Churchills, Newton Ablwt. Kennels: Pulsford, near Denbury. Convenient Centres: Newton Abbot, Totnes, Torquay. DORSET, SOUTH (25 couple).— Mondays. Thursdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. J. Ashton Radcliffe, Tolpuddle, Dor- chester. Whips : Mr. Atherton Parke, W. Maiden, K.H., W. Miller. SECRET.AJtv : Mr. F W. Scott, Henbury Manor, Wimborne. Kennels : Bere Regis, Wareliam. Convenient Centres: Dorchester, Blandford. ( 8o DURHAM, NORTH (23conplel.— Mondays, Thursdays. Master : Mr. J. E. Rofierson, Mount Oswald, Durlmro. Huntsman: R. Freeman. Whips : J. Sraailes, A. Cooper. Secretabiks : Mr. A. Greenwell, Old Elvet, Durham, ami Mr. Krank liell, Northend, Durham. Kennkls: Viewley Grange, Durham. CoNVKNiENT CENTRES: Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle. DURHAM, SOUTH (30 couplei.— Mondays, Wednesdays. Fridays. Master and Huntsman: Hon. G. W, Hamilton-Russell, Hardwick Park, Sedye field. Whips : W. Goodall, K.H., A. Holland. Secretary: ]\Ir. Richard Ord, Sands Hall, Sedgefield. Kennels: Hardwick Park, Sedsefield. Convenient Centres: Stockton, Darlinpton. EASTBOURNE (25 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. I\Iasterk : Col. W. A. Cardwell, The Moat Croft, Eastbourne. Huntsman: E. Brooker. Whip: J. Turner. Secretary: Mr. R. Kirby Stapley, De Roos Road, Eastbourne. Kennels : Green Street, near Eastbourne. CdNVENiENT Centres: Eastbourne. Hallsham, Seaford.' EGGESFORD (25 couplei.- Mondays, Thursdays. Master and Huntsman : Jlr. A. W. Luxton. Brushford, Wembwortby, N. Devon. Whip : ,T. Lyne. Secretary: Major R. H. Dunning, Winkleigh, N. Devon. Kennels: Wembwortby. N.Devon. Convenient Centres : Barnstaple, South Molton, Exeter. ERIDGE (25 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master: Lord Henry Nevill, Eridge Castle, Sussex. Hi^ntsman : Fred Hills. Whips : A. Sheppard, T. Manning. Secretary: Mr. F. W. Staturdays. Masters: Mr. F. Coryton, ]\Ianor House, ttrratlnuu, neiir Liss, and Mr. A. J. E. Jervoise, The Grange, Herriard, IJasingstoke. Huntsman : J. Cooper. Whips: J. Brown, A. Chandler. Secretary: Major R. E. Pole, Westfields, Wrecclesham, Farnhara, Surrey. Kennels : Ropley, Alresford, Hants. Convenient Centres: Ah*esford, Aton, Winchester. HARRINGTON'S, EARL 0Fl71 couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Thursday-;, Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Earl of Harrington, Elvaston Castle, Derby. Whips : G. Shepherd, K.H., W. Batchelor, E. Jolland. Secretary: Mr. C. S. Wright, Cranraer House, Nottingham. Kennels: Gedling, Notts. Convenient Centres : Nottingham, Newark, Mant-field. HAYDON (30 couplel.— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. C. T. Maling, Chesterwood Grange, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. Huntsman : Geo. Holland. Whips: Will .\rcher, Ned Archer. Secretary: Mr. C. F. Jackson, jun., The Parle, Haydon Bridge, Northumberland . Kennels: Cli-^sterwood Grange, Haydon Bridge. Con\'enient Centres: Hexham, Haltwhistle. HEREFORDSHIRE, NORTH (35 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays, Satur- days. Master: Sir William Cooke, Bart-.^ockleton Court, Tenbury. Huntsman: Walter Morgan. Whip: Ted Hope. Secretary: Capt. E. L. Heygate, Buckland, Leominster. Kennels : England's Gate, Bodenham, Leominster. ConveniI'.n [ Ci NTiLES : Hereford, Leominster, Bromyard. HEREFORDSHIRE, SOUTH (30 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays alternate Tuesil:iv>, 'I'linrsdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. F. G. Fry, Hoarwithy, Ross-on-Wye. Huntsman : J. Brown. Whip: Tom Morgan. Secretaries : Captain Symons, How Caple, Ross, and Mr. F. R. Green, Turnastone, Vowchurcli. Kennels : Wormdow, Tram Inn, Hertford. Convenient Centres: Hereford. Ross, Monmouth. HERTFORDSHIRE (56 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays Master : Mr. T. Fenwick Harrison, Kingswaldcn Bury, Hiteliin. Huntsman : W. Wells. Whips: E. Jones. J. Davis. Secretary : Sir A. J. Reynolds, Digswell House, Welwyn. Kennels: Kennesbourne Green. Luton. Convenient Centres: Harpenden, Luton, Hatfield. HEYTHROP (52 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Mas I'Eu : Mr. Albert Brassey, M.P., Heythrop, Chipping Norton. Hi'NTSman: Charles Sturman. Whips ; S. Morris, H. Adcock. Secretary : Mr. W. M. Foster Melliar, North Aston, Deddmgton, Oxon Kennels: Chipping Norton, Oxon. Convenient Centres: Chipping Norton, Stow, Banbury. HOLDERNESS (.50 couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. C. Brook, The Kennels, Elton, Beverley, Yorkfl. Whips: H. Rowston, K.H., H. Compstnu, W. Pittaway. Secretary : Mr. J. Simons Harrison, Hurn Lodge, Beverley, Hull. Kennels: Etton, Beverley, I'orks. Convenient Centres: Beverley, Driffield, Hull. HURSLEY (25 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. F. C. Swindell, The Cottage, Pitt, Winchester. Whips : E. Bailey, K.H., J. Sheffield. Secretary ; The Hon. G. Hewitt, Field House, Hur^ley, Hants. Kennels : Pitt, near Winchester. Convenient Centres : Winchester, Southampton, Rorasey. HURWORTH (46 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. W. Forbes, The Hall, Hurworth, Darlington. Huntsman : Frank Bishopp. Whips : F. Land, J. Ranee, junr., W. Keen. Secretary : Mr. W. Williamson, Sockburn Hall, Darlington. Kennels : Hurworth, Darlington. Convenient Centres ; Darlington, Northallerton, Croft, ISLE OF WIGHT (27 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Col. Howard Brooke, Faircroft, Ryde. Huntsman : ('aptain H. Collingwood Bertram. Whip : Tom Payne. Secretary : Mr. G. Young, East Standen, near Newport. Kennels : Marvel, Newport. Convenient Centres: Newport, Ryde, Ventnor. Shanklin. KENT, EAST (50 couple). — Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Saturdays. Master and Huntsman ; Mr. H. W. Selby Lowndes, Fox LodgCt Lyminge, S.O. Kent. Whips : Will West, J. Grant, P. Firr. Secretary : Col. Martindale Vale, Prosi)ect House, Lyrainge. Kennels : EUiam, Canterbury. Convenient Centres: Canterbury. Ashford, Folkestone. KENT, WEST (45 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. W. Gore Lambarde, Bradbourne Hall, Sevenoaks. Whips : E. Boxall, K.H., David Davidson. Secretary : I\Ir. J. C. H lyward, Charton, Farningham. Kennels : Otford, Sevenouks. Convenient Centres: Farningham, Sevenoaks, Maidstone. LAMERTON r.i5 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Masteu and Huntsman : Mr. Edmund Henn-Gennys, Townleigh, Lew Down, Devon. Whip : C. Tucker. Secretary : Rev. C. V. P. Keene, Willestrew, Tavistock. Kennels : Townleijjh, Lew Down. Convenient Centres : Tavistock, Launceston. LECONFIELD'S, LORD (TjO couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays, Tliursdays, Saturd;iy>i. Master : L rd Leconiield, Petworth House, Sussex. Huntsman : John Olding. Whips : H. Truss, T. Perry. Kennels : Petworth, Sussex. Convenient Centres: Midhurst, Pulborough, Horsham. LEDBURY (50 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Master : Mr, R. C. Forster, The Upper Hall, Ledbury. {Acting Master: Mr. C. W. Bell, Eastnor.) Huntsman : S. Burtenshaw. Whips: S. Kilbourn. E. Wells. Secretary : Mr. A. Stokes, Pauntley, Newent. Kennels: Ledbury, Herefordshire. Convenient C'entres: Newent, Gloucester, Malvern. LEDBURY, NORTH (20 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. J. M. Curre, Fernie, Whitbourne, Wor- Whips : Mr. J. F. Twinberrow, A. Mason, K.H. cester. Secretary: Mr. A. Stokes, Pauntley, Newent. Kennels : The White House, Suckley, Worcester. CoN^■ENIENT Centres: ^lalvern, Bromyard, Worcester. LEWES'S, CAPT. T. P. (14 couple).— Tuesdays. Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : ('nptain T. P. Lewes, Ffosrhydgaled, Llanfarian. Whip : David Davies, K.H. Kennels : Ffosrhydgaled, near Aberystwith. Convfnient Centres: Aberystwith. Aberayron. LLANGEINOR (15 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Wm. Lewis, King's Head, Oginorc Vale. Whips: Evan James, I. James Secretary : Mr. J. T. Salathiel, Hardy House, Pencoed. Kennels : Pentre Baily, BlackmiU. Convenient Centres: Bridgi-nd, Llantrisant. LLANGIBBY(2r. couph).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Mr. H. A. Williams, Penarth House, Llangibby. Huntsman : Charles James. Whip : Lewis Bevan. Secretary : Mr. Evelyn Waddington, Beech Hill, Usk. Kennels : Llangibby, near Usk. Convenient Centres: Usk, Newport. Pontypool. LUDLOW (42 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, occasional Mon. Master and Huntsman: Sir W. M. Curtis, Bart., Caynhaiu Court, Whips : C. Johnson, K.H., J. Lawrence. Ludlow. Secretary: Mr. R. J. Dansey, The Sheet, near Ludlow. Kennei.s: Caynham, near Ludlow. Convenient Centres: Ludlow, Tenbury, Knighton. MARTINDALE'S, MR. (12 J couple).— Two days a week. Master and Huntsman : Mr. J. J. Martindale, High House, Kirkbride, Carlisle. Whips : John Todd, James Johnston. Kennels: High House, Kirkbride, Carlisle. CON\"ENiENT Centres: Carlisle, Abbey Town, Silloth. MELLBRAKE |12 couple).- Two a week. Master : Mr. John Benson, Cockermoulh, Cumberland. Huntsman : J. Banks. Whip; A. Barnes. Kennels : Hieh Park, Loweswater, Cockerraouth. Convenient Centres: Cockcrmouth, Keswick. MEYNELL (55* couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays. Thursdays, Satm-days. PIASTER : M"r. Gerald Hardy, Foston Hall, Derby. Huntsman: Fred Gosden. Whips : Wm. Orvis, J. Hewitt. Secretary : Mr. F. Cooper, CuUand Hall, Brailsford, Derby. Kennels: Sudbury, Derby. Con^t:nie;nt Centres: Derby, Burton, Uttoxeter, ( 82 MIDDLETON'S, LORD (50 couple).— Mondays, Wednesciays, Fridays, Satunlays. Master: Lord Middleton, Birdsall House, York. Huntsman : Geo. Leaf. Whips: Arthur Urackley, Arthur Ash. Sf.(~hf,tauv : fjiptain Unett, HuHtinfjdon Hall, York. Kk.n.mls: ]'.ini-;ill, York. ('iiN\ KMiN !■ (I NTiiES: Maltou, York, SearborouRh. MONMOUTHSHIRE (A5 couple).— Mondayw, Thursdays. Master : Lt.-Col. E. B. Herbert, Plus Derwen, Abergavenny. Huntsman : J. Atkinson. Whip: F. Gooding. Secretary : Capt. R. P. Rees, Hoelgerrip. Abergavenny. Kennels: Coldbrook Park, Abergavenny. Convenient Centres: Abergavenny, Monmouth, Usk. MORPETH l5H couple).— Tuesdays. ThurHdays, Saturdays. M \sikr: M'r. F. B. Atkinson, Gallowhill Hall, Morpeth. Huntsman: Frank Dare. Whips : E. Solesbury, George Smith. Secretary : Mr. W. C. Sample, Tritllngton Hall. Rrorpfth. Kennels: River Green, Meldon. Convenient Centres ; Morpeth, Newcastle-un-Tyne. NELL'S, MR. (-23!^ couple). — Two days a week. Master: Mr. Herbert W. Nell, The Cottage, Dyrham, Chippenham. Huntsman : Fred Medcalf . Whips J. Ball, H. Grange. Kennels: Marshtield, Chippenham. Convenient Centre: Chippenham. NEUADDFAWR (20 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. piaster : Mrs. T. H. R. Hughes, Neuaddfawr, Lampeter. Huntsman : David Jones. Whip : Daniel Davies. Kennels : Neuaddfawr, Liirapeter. Convenient Centres : Lampeter, Llanbyther, Aberayron. NEW FOREST (45 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. H. Martin Powell, Wiiverley Park, Lynd- Whips : James -lones, K.H., W. Primmer. hurst. Secretary: Mr. E. L. Wingrove. Langley House, Totton. Kennels : Furzy Lawn, Lyndliurst. ( I'WKNiENT Centres: Lyndhur>t. Suuthaiupton. Brockenhurst. NEWMARKET AND THURLOW (28 couple). -Mondays, Thursdays. Master and Huntsman : Sir William Hyde Parker, Biirt., Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk. Whips : H. Goddurd, K.H., E. Pearce. Seui!ETARY : Mr. T. Purkis, Barham Hall, Linton, Cambs. Kennels : Great Bradley, Newmarket. Convenient Centres; Haverhill, Newmarket, Clare. NORFOLK, WEST (45 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. M \s [Ell : Mr. A. Collison, Mileham Hall, Litcham, Norfolk. lliNisMAN: C.Grant. Whips : J. Rowe, K. Woodward. Secretary: Mr. Somerville Giirney, North Runcton, King's Lynn. Kennels: Rnugham, near Swaffham. CONVENIENT Cp:ntres: King's Lynn, East Dereham, Swaffham. OAKLEY (55 couple). - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. ■Ma-h^r: Mr. EHra6 Arkwright, Sharnbrook House, Sharnbrook, Beds. Huntsman: Joe Lawrence. Whips: R. Lawrence, W. Jones. Secretary: Mr. T. H. Barnard, Kempston Hoo, Bedford. Kennels: Milton Kriiest, Bedford. Ci'NVENJENT Centres: lielfurd, St. Neots, Olney. OXFORDSHIRE, SOUTH i35 cuple).— Mondays, Fridays, occasional Wed- nesdays. Master : Mr. W. Henry Barber, (.Uilham Court, Henley-on-Thames. Huntsman : W. Keyte. Whips : A. Elliott, W. Higman, Secretary : Mr, J. Thomson, Woodperry House, near Oxford. Kennels : Stadhampton, Wallingford. Convenient Centres: Oxford, Thame, Wallingford. PANTGLAS (25 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master and Huntsman: Capt. Cecil Spence-Jones, Pantglas, Golden Grove. Carmarthenshire. Whips: J. Jones. K.H., Lewis Williams. Kennels: Pantghis, Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire. Cunvknient Centres: Carmarthen, Llandilo. PEMBROKESHIRE (:^5 eouple).— Mondays. Wednesdays, Friday.^. Master and Huntsman: Lord Kensington, St. Brides, Little Haven. Whips : J. Hobbs, K H., W Grirtiths. Secretary : Mr. W. G. Eaton-Evans, Avallenan, Haverfordwest. Kennels: Slade, Haverfordwest. Convenient Centres; Haverfordwest, Milford Haven. PERCY (.".0 couple). —Mondays, AVedneFdays, Fridays, Saturdays. jMaster and Huntsman ; Mr. Alex. Browne, Callaly Castle, Whittingham. Whips : C. Murkin, K.H., W. Skinner. Secretary: Col. A. Marshall, Annstead, Chathill. Kennels : Greenrig, Lesbury. Convenient Centres : Alnwick, Rnthbury, Belford. PLAS MACHYNLLETH (10 cimplni, -Mondays, Thursdays. ^Master: L^rd Herliert Vane-Teuipest, Plas Machynlleth. N. Wales. Huntsman : David Hughes. Whip: William Hughes. Secretary : Mr. R. D. Gillart, Llynlloedd, Machynlleth. Kennels: Llynlloedd, Machjnlleth. Convenient Centres : Machynlleth, Aberystwith, PORTMAN'S, VISCOUNT (48 couple).- Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Masiek : Visciiiint Purtman, Bryanston, Blandford. Huntsman : S. Dickinson. Whips : A. Povey, W. Tonilinson. Kennels: Bryanston, Blandford. Convenient Centres: Blandford, Shaftesbury. PUCKERIDGE (654 couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays, and alternate Wednes- days, Fridays and Saturdays. Master : Mr. Edward E. Barclay, Brent Pelham Hall, Buntingford, Herts. Huntsman : E. Short. Whips: R. Gardiner, W. Hale. Secretaries : Major H. A. Anderson, Aspenden. Buntingford, and Mr. G. W. H. Bnwen, lekleton Grange, Great Chesterford. Kennels : Brent Pelham, Buntingford, Herts. Cunvenient Centres: Buntingford, Bishop'.-i Sturtford, Stevenage. PYTCHLEY (574 couple). — Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Master : Lord Annaly, Holdenley House, Northampton. Huntsman : John Isaac. Whips: George Walters, C. Morris. Secretary: Capt. C. A. Pi lliam, Brixworth, Nortliamjiton. Kennels; Brixwiirtb, Nurthampton. <'nN\ i.NiENT Centhi.s: Nitrtluimpton, Rugby, Market Harborough. PYTCHLEY, WOODLAND lir, euuple).— Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. W. M. Wn.nghton, Brigstock, Thrapston. Huntsman : T. Carr. Whips: C. Deaue, George Gulliver. Secretary : Capt. Sowerby, Sudborough, Thrapston. Kennels : Brigstock, Thrapston. Convenient Centres: Kettering, Market Harborough. QUORN (50 couple).— ]\Iondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Master : Capt. F. Forester, Saxelbye Park, Melton Mowbray. Huntsman ; Tom Bishopp, Whips : P. Farrelly, Jack Mo'yneux. Secretary: Mr. G. Tempest Wade, Birstall, Leicester. Kennels: Quorn, Lou^hliorough. Cunvenient Centres: Melton :\Io\vbrav. Leietster, Loughborough. RADNORSHIRE AND WEST HEREFORDSHIRE (40 couple).- -Mon- days, Wednesdays, Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. F. Milbank, Dunfield, Kington. Whips : Fred Reeves, K.H., J. Joseph. Secretary : Mr. A. Temple, Kington, Herefordshire. Kennels : Titley, Herefordshire. Convenient Centres: Kington, Leominster. Presteign. ROLLERS, THE HON., MARK (32^ couple).— Mondays, Thursdays, occa- sional bye. Master : The Hon. Mark Rolle, Stevenstnne, Torrington. Field Master and Huntsman: Mr. D. Horndon. Whip: Charles Comins. Secretary: Eev. J. Dene, Horwood, Bideford. Kennels: Rotheron Bridge, Torrington. Convenient Centres: Barnstaple, Bideford, Torrington. RUFFORD (50 couplel.— Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master: Earl Manvers, Thoresby Park, Ollerion. Huntsman : Tom Ashley. Whips: George Travess. Fred Capon. Secretary: Mr. F. Armstrong, Mansfield. Kennels; Wellow, near Newark. Convenient Centres: Mansfield, Ollerton, Newark. SHERBROOKE'S, MR. (26 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. Penn C. Sherbrooke, Douthwaite Hall, Kirbymourside, Huntsman : Mr. R. Hill. Yorks. Whips : R. Sherwood, K.H., J. Sherwood. Secretary : Mr. W. T. Brown. Yew Court, Scalby, R.S.O., Yorks. Kennels : Snainton. R.S O., Yorks. CnNViCNiENT CENTRES: Scarborough, Malton, Pickering. SHROPSHIRE, NORTH (52 couple).- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridavs. Master: Mr. Frank Bibby. Hardwicke Grange, Shrewsbury. Huntsman : Hirry Morley. Whips : H. Jones, 8. Speed. Secretary: Sir Walter Corbet, Bart.. Acton Reynahl, Salop. Kennels : Lee Bridge, Preston Brockhurst, Salop. Convenient Centres: Shrewsbury, Wem, Whitchurch. SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH (30 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays, occasional bye. :Master and Huntsman: Mr. J. Dun Waters, Plaish Hall, Church Stiettt.n. Whips : Charles West, K.H., F. Roake. Secretary: Sir Walter Sniythe. Acton Burnell, Salop. Kennels : Plaish, Church Stretton, Salop. Convenient Centres: Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Much Wenlock. SILVERTON (16 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. F. W. Cuming, Parklands, Bradnineh. Whip : J. Daire. Secretary : Mr. H. I*'. Cavr. Piuhoe, near Exeter. Kennels; Bradnineh, Collompton, Tiverton, F.xeter. Convenient Centres: Exeter, Tiverton. SINNINGTON |26 couplei.—Mondays, Thursdays. M \s'i ER : Viscount Helmsley, Tbe Grange, Nawton, Yorkshire. Huntsman: W. Henly. Whip; F.Thompson. Kiccretary: Mr. Alfred Pearson, Helmsley, Yorkshire, Kennels : Kirbymoorsidc, Yorks. Convenient Centres ; Pickering, Helmsley, Kirbymoorside, 8.1 ) SOMERSET, WEST (40 couplel.— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. :\I.\sii:i!: Mr. Dennis F. Boles, Watts House, Hishops Lydeard, near Taunton. Huntsman: William Tame. Whips: J. Burge, C. Back. Sechetarv: Mr. Henry T. Daniel, Park House, Over Stowey, Bridg- water, Kennels: Bowesliayes, Carhampton, Taunton. Convenient Centres: Bridgwater, Dunster, Taunton. SOUTHDOWN (45 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. M.\sTi;it : Mr. R. W.McKerRow, Twineliam Grange, Haywards Heath. Hont.'^man: Ned Farmer. Whips : S. Short, G. Webb. Secretaries : Mr. F, Flint, High Street, Lewes, and Mr. K. Megan, 18 Chesham Eoad, Brighton. Kennels: Ringmer, Lewes, Susses. Convenient Centres : Brighton, Lewes, Uckfield. SOUTHWOLD (52 couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdayfi. Masters : Mr. K. P. Rawnsley, Harrington Hall, Spilsby, and Mr. J. St. V. Fox. Girshy Manor, Lincoln. Huntsman : Mr. Rawnsley. Whips : C. Gillson, C. Liitleworth. Secretary: Major Walker, Spilsby, Lincolnshire. Kennels: Belchfnrd, Horneabtle. Convenient Centres: Louth, Spilsby, Horncastle. STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH ((50 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays. I\La.steu and Huntsman: The Earl of Huntingdon, Madeley Manor, Newcastle, Staffordshire. Whip: W. Wheatley, K.H., B. Champion. Secretary : Major L. Stanier, Betton House, Market Drayton. Kennels: Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent. CuNVKNiKNT CENTRES : Stoke-oiiTrent, Stafford, Crewe. STAFFORDSHIRE* SOUTH (.% couple).— Five a fortnight. Masteh : yir. F. V. Forster, Longdun Grange, Eugeley. Huntsman : Ben Wilkinson. Whips : W. Woodward, T. Codgbrook. Secretary: Col. J. H. Wilkin.son, Ashfurlong Hall, Sutton Coldlield., Kennels: Longdon Grange, Rugeley. Convenient Centres: Rugeiey, Lichfield, Tamworth. STAINTON DALE (17 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master : Mr. J. P. Knaggs, Harwood Dale, Scalby, R.S.O., Yorks. Field Masters: Messrs. J. Newton and S. Weliburn— (north side)— and Mr. F. Harrison, Burniston — {south side). Huntsman: George Hill. Whip: E.Ward. Secretary : Capt. Jackson, 3 Westfield Terrace, Scarboro'. Kennels: Burniston, Scarboro'. Convenient Centres : Scarborough, Whitby. SUFFOLK (39 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. F. Riley-Smith, Barton Hall, Bury St. Fdmunds. Whips : T. Enever, Will Last, J. Foreman. Secretary: Colonel Jos'-elyn, Foruham Priory, Bury St. Edmunds. Kennels: Bury St. Edmunds. Convenient Centres: Newmarket, Stowmarket. SURREY, OLD (20^ couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master and Hcntsman : Mr. H. W. Boileau, Garf^ton Hall, Kenley. Whips: Chas. Gosden, K.H., R. Frowde. Secretary: Mr. G. N. Murtmi, Petlcy's Downe, Kent. Kennels : Garston Hall, Kenley, Surrey. (.■oN\'KNiENT Centres: Croydon, Purley, Oxted SURREY UNION {hi couple).— Tuesdays and Saturdays till Xraas; Tues- days, Thursdays, Saturdays, after. Master: Mr. F. G. Colman, is'ork Park, Epsom. Huntsman : .T. Hackett. Whips: J. Overton, S. Dunn. Secretary: Mr. F. H. Williams, Uplands, Leathcrhead. Kennels: Great Bookham, near Leatherliead. Convenient Centres: Leatherhead, Epsom, Guildford, Dorking. SUSSEX, EAST (30 couple).— Two days a week. Master: Hon. T. A. Brassey, Park Gate, CatsGeld. Huntsman: Geo. Morgan. Whips: W. Lockey, T. Whatley. Secretary: Sir A. Ashburnham-Clemcnt, Agmerhurst, Battle. Kennels: Catsfield, Battle. Convenient C'entres: Hastings, St. Leonards, Bexhill. TAUNTON VALE (35 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays, occasional Wednes- days. Master and Huntsman : Capt. H. A. Kinglake, Wilton House, Taunton. Whips : W. Daniels, E. Godby. Secretary: The Rev. C. E. Chard, Hatch, Taunton. Kennels : Henlade, Taunton. Convenient Centres: Taunton, Bridgwater, Chard. TEDWORTH (50 muple).— Mondays, Tuesdays. Thursdays, Saturdays. Mastei! and Huntsman : Mr. W. J. Yorke Scarlett, Fyficld House, Andover. Whips : F. Pcrrin, K.H., .1. Goater. Secretary: Col. Harmar, Ramridge, Andover. Kennels: Tedworth, Marlborough. Convenient Centres; Andover, Salisbury, Jlai'lbovougU. TEME VALLEY (15 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. T. A. Lote, Brook House, Knighton. Whips : Tom Jiright, Tom Townshend. Secretary : Mr. "R. M. Butler, The Frydd, Knighton. Kennels: Brook House, Knighton. Convenient Centres: Knighton, Llandrindod Wells. THURSTONFIELD (10 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. ftiASTER : Mr. Norman Stordy, Thurstunfield, Carlisle. Huntsman : Mr. E. J. Jackson. Whips : Joe Tyson, T. Tyson. Secretary: Mr. Thomas Stordy, Thurstonfield, Carlisle. Kennels: Thurstonfield, Carlisle. Convenient Centres : Carlisle, Wigton. TICKHAM (45couplL'l'.— Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Joint Masters: Mrs. W. E. Rigden, Oaks, Faversham, and Mr. G. P. E. Evans, Strode Park, Heme, Kent. Huntsman : Mr. Evans. Whips : Tom Clark, A, Breed. Secretary : The Hon. H. Miller Lade, Nash Court, Faversham. Kennels: Wrens Hill, Faversham. Convenient Centres : Faversham, Sittingbourne, Maidstone. TIVERTON (39 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays, occasional Saturdavs. Master and Huntsman: Mr. W. Ludovic I'nwin, Hayne House, Whip : G. Potter. " Tiverton. Secretary: Mr. L. Mackenzie, Bampton Street, Tivercon. Kennels: Bolbara, Tiverton. Convenient Centres: Wellington, Tiverton, Bampton. TIVYSIDE (27 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master: Lt.-Col. A. C. Newland, Dolhaidd, Henllan.R.S.O., Cirdigan- Huntsman : W. George. shire. Whip: F. Summers, Secretary: Mr. E. L. Bowen, Glanmadeni, Beulah R.S.O., Cardigan- Kknneis: Peiiylan, Boncath. shire. (' iwENiENT CiNTHEs: Cardigan. Newcastle Emlyn, Lland.vssil. TREDEGAR'S, LORD {29 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master: Lord Tredegar. Tredegar Park, Newport, Monmouth. Huntsman : D. Jordan. Whips : C. liarrett, F. Mullen. Kennels: Trclegar Park, Newport. Convenient Centres: Newport, Cardiff. TYNEDALE (.50 couple).— Miandays. Wednesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. John C. Straker, The Leazes, Hexham. Huntsman : George Jull. Whips : Tom Higgins, W. Elliot. Secretary : Mr. E. G. Barnett, Halton Castle, Corbridge-on-Tyne. Kennels: Sta^ishaw, Corbridge-on-Tyne. Convenient Centres: Hexham. Newcastle, Corbridge. TYNE, NORTH (10 cmple).— Various. Master iind Huntsman : Mr. Thomas Robson, Bridgefoid, Bellingham. Whips: Mr. I. Dagg. Mr. H. Straker-Wilson. Secretary : Mr. C. Tomlinson, Bellingham. Kennels: Bridgeford, Bellingham. Convenient Centre: Bellini-ham. ULLSWATER (13 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays. MAsiEii: Mr. J. K. Haskell, Dalemain, Penrith. iliNTsMAN : Joe Bowman. Secuetary : Mr. C. N. Arnison, St. Andi-ew's Place, Penrith. Kennels: PatierdaleHali, Penrith. Convenient Centres : Appleliy, Kendal, Keswick, Penrith. UNITED (29 couple). — W«-dnesdays, Saturdays, occasional Mondays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. S. Vaughan Thomas, The Roveries, Churchstoke. Whips: Fred Jones, C. Williams. Secretary : Mr. R. H. Newill, Lydbury North, Salop. Kennels : Bishop's Castle. Convenient Centres: Bishop's Castle, Church Stretton. V.W.H. (Earl Bathurst's) (32Acouple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Earl Bathurst, Cirencester Park, Cirencester. Huntsman : James Cooper. Whips : H. Downes, W. Buddington. Secretary: Mr. P. Barnett, Watermoor House, Cirencester. Kennels : Cirencester. Convenient Centres: Cirencester, Tetbury, Malme^bury. Y.W.H, iMr. T.B. Miller's) (45 couple).- Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. T. Butt Miller, Manor House, Cricklade, Whips : Ned Judd, K.H.. J. Ball. Wilts. Secretary: Mr. J. Gnuldsraith, Ashton Keynes, Cricklade. Kennels: Cricklade. Wilts. (I'NVENiENT Centres: Swindon, Wootton Bassett. VINE (33 couple). — Tuesdays, Saturdays, occasional Thursdays. Master: Sir Richard Rycroft, Bart., Dummer House, Basingstoke. Huntsman: TomAttrill. Whips: A. Paxford, F. Perry. Secretary : Mr. R. Blencowe, Skippetts House, Basingstoke, Kennels: Overton, Hants. CuNVENiENT Centres: Basingstoke, Reading, Andover. WARWICKSHIRE (65 couple).— Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Satunbtys. :\Iaster: Lord Willoughby de Broke, Kineton, Warwicksliire. Huntsman : Jack Brown. Whips: W. Boore, E, Molyneux. Secretary: Capt. Henry Allfrey, Barford, Warwickshire. Kennels : Kineton. Warwickshire. Convenient Centres ; Warwick, Banbury, Stratford-on-A von, Alcester ( 84 ) WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH (oOcouple).— Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and soruetiiuts Saturdays. Master : Mr. J. P. Arkwi-ight, Hattoii House, Warwick. Huntsman: J. Cockayne. Whips : W. Jacklin, B- Hawtin. Secbetauy: Capt. G. H. NuUins, Beausale, Warwick. Kknnels: Krnilworth, Warwick. ( nwENiENT CENTRES: Rui,'by, Leaiuington, Coveiitry. WESTERN (22 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Masters : Mr. T. R. Bolitho and Major W. E. T. Bolitho, Trengwainton, Heamoor. Huntsman: Major Bolitlio. Whip : Tom Mollard. K.H. Kennels: Madron, Heamoor, R.S.O., Cornwall. Convenient Centues : Penzance, Haylc, St. Ives, Helston. WHADDON CHASE (30i couple).— Tuesdays, Suturdays. ^[AsrEu: Mr. W. Selhy Lowndes, Whaddon Hall, Bletchley. HrsTSMAN : Georj,'e Junes. Whips: J. Jacobs^ W. Hopkins. Secretary : Mr. P. C. Lovett, Soulbury, Leifihton Buzzard. Kennels: Whaddon, Bletcliley. Convenient Centres: Aylesbury, Leisliton Buzzard. WHEATLAND (30 couple).— Tuesdays. Fridays, occasional bye. Master and Huntsman; Hon. Claud Hamilton-Russell, CleoVmry Court, Bridfinorih. Whips: Frank Clark, K.H., E. Cope. Secretaries: Mr. rf. T. Nicholls, Parlors Hall, Bridgnorth; and Mr. J. H. A. Whitley, Bourton, Much Wcnlock. Kennels : Cleobury Nortli, Bridgnorth. Convenient Centres: Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock. WILTON (37 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays, occasional Saturdays. Master ; Capt. H. A.Cart\vright,Ui)Wjod, Handley, Salisbury. Huntsman: M. Sweetnian. Whips : W. Leverton, H. Ingram. Secretary : Mr. H. Curtis Gallup, Wick.House, Downton. Kennels: Wilton, Salisbury. Convenient Centres : Wilton, Salisbury, Fordingbridge. WILTS, SOUTH and WEST {i5\ couple). — Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Master: Major C.Jackson, Knapp House, Gillingbani. Dorset. Huntsman: Sam Gillson. Whips: F. Huckvale, L. Waller. Secretary ; Mr. R. Filing. West House, Warminster. Kennels : Sutton Veney. Warminster. Convenient Centres: Warminster, Shaftesbury, Westlmry. WORCESTERSHIRE (52 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. C. R. Mills, Newland Hurst, Droitwich. Hunts-man: Will Shepherd. Whips: J. Maloney, G. Shepherd. Secretary: Mr. E. Stanley Webb, Studley Court, Stourbridge. Kennels : Fernhill Heath, Worcester, Convenient Centres: Worcester, Droitwich. WYNN'S, SIR W. W. (r>0 couple).— Four a week. Master: Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., Wynnstay, Rhuabon. Huntsman: H. Maiden. Whips; S. Dickins, A. Smethurst. Kennels : Wynnstay, Rhuabon, N. Wales. Convenient Centres: Rhuabon, Wrexham. Whitchurch. [Saturdays. YARBOROUGH'S, EARL OF (53 couple).— Mondays. Wednesdays, Fridays, Masii;u: Earl of Yarborough, Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire. Huntsman: Jiiu Siuith. Whips : Tom Hayes, Will Shearman. Kennels: Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire. Convenient Centres: Briyi,', Caistor, Grimsby. YNYSFOR (10 couple). -Two a week, generally Wednesdays and Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Evan B. Jones, Ynysfor, Penrhyndeu- Whip : Owen Ephraim. K.H. draeth. Kennels : Ynysfor, Penrhyndeudraeth. Convenient Centres : Portraadoc, Criccieth, Festining. [days. YORK AND AINSTY (SO couple).— Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Satur- Masters : Mr. E. Lycett Green, Ashfield, York ; and Mr. H. E. Preston, Middlethnrpe Manor, Yorks. Huntsmen : Joint Masters (each two days). Whips : C. Haynes, H. Andrews. Secretary; Capt. Savile, Woodside, Methley, Leeds. Kennels: Acorab. York. Convenient Centres : York, Knaresborough, Selby. YSTRAD AND PENTYRCH i24 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Colonel Henry Lewis, Greenmeadow, Cardiff. Huntsman: T.Jones. Whip : A. Mathews. Secretaries : Mr. G. T. Treharne,Llantrisant, Glamorgan; and Colonel Kennels: Tongwynlai-i, Cardiff. James, Taff's Well. Convenient Centres: Cardiff, Pontypridd [Saturdays. ZETLAND'S, MARQUIS OF (56i couple).— Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Master : Mar.juis of Zetland, Aske, Richmond, Yorkshire. Huntsman : B. Cliampion. Whips : T. Harrison, J. Walker. Secretary : Mr. H. Straker, Hartforth Grange, Richmond, Yorkshire. Kennels : Aske, Richmond, Yorkshire. Convenient Centres : Croft Spa, Darlington, Richmond. SCOTCH FOXHOUNDS. BUCCLEUCH'S, DUKE OF (57* couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays. Thurs- days, Saturdays. Master : The Uuke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Park, Midlothian. Huntsman : George Summt-rs. Whips: Will Clee, H. South. Secretary : Mr. W. D. Tait, Kelso, N.B. Kennels : St. Boswells, Roxhurt^hshire. Ct)NVENiENT Centres; Kelso, Melrose, Jedburgh. DUMFRIESSHIRE (;i2i- couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Masters: Mr. E.J. Bruok, Hoddara Castle, Eculelechau, and Sir R. W. B. JariUue, Castlemilk, Lockerbie. Huntsman : George H. Jones. Whips: C. Hutchins, J. Curtis. Secretary : Mr. John Hayes, Dorraont Grange, Lockerbie. Kennels : Leafield, Lockerbie. Convenient Centres : Dumfries, Annan, Lockerbie. [Saturdays. EGLINTON'S, EARL OF (50 couple). -Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Master : Earl of E-;linton, Eglinton Castle, Irvine, Ayrsliire. Huntsman: Jhn lieavan. Whips: W. Hewitt, T. McBride. Secretary : Mr. D. Shaw, 5 Wellington Square, Ayr. Kennels : Eglinton, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, N.B. Convenient Centres : Ayr, Irvine, Kilmarnock. E5KDAILL (12 couple) —Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. J. J. Paterson, Terrona, Langholm. Huntsman: W.Irving. Whip : Mr. J. J. I^aterson. Secretary : Mr. T. Gaskell, Murthohn, Langholm. Kennels: Whitshields, Langholm, N.B. Convenient Centres : Langholm, Longtown. FIFE (-14 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Saturdays. Master: Capt. JohnGilmour, Woodhutne, Ceres, Fife. Huntsman : J. Stratton. Whips; W. Handley, Harry Tudor. Secretary: Mr. D. 0.sl)orne, Hellmore. Cujar. Kennels Harlswyud, Ceres, Cupar, N.B. Convenient Centres: Cupar. Si. .Andrews, Kiikcaldy. JED FOREST (IH couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman: Mr. T. Robson Scott Lauton Tower, Jedburgh. Whip: J. Murdie. Secretary : Mr. F. R. Turner, Mervinslaw, Jedburgh. Kennels : Lanton Tower, near .ledburgh. CoN\'ENiENT Centres: Jedburgh, Kelso, Hawick. LANARKSHIRE AND RENFREWSHIRE (30 couple).— Tuesdays, Satur- days. Master: Mr. Geor^je Barclay, Thiunhill, Johnstone, N.B. Huntsman : Will Webster. Whips: E. Parker, F. Bpccham. Secretary : Mr. G. J. Kidston, Finlaystoue, Langbank. Kennels : Houston, Johnstone. Convenient Centres: Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock. LIDDESDALE (5 couplet. —Two a week. Master and Huntsman: Mr. John T. Dodd, Riccarton, Newcastle- ton. Whips : Mr. J. Hall. Mr. W. Elliott. Secretary: Mr. A. S. Murray-Stavert, Sau-htrec, XcwcastUton. Kennels: Ricciirton, N'-wcascleton. t'LtNVENiEM Ci'-NiKKs: Ncwcastletou. Canonbie. LINLITHGOW AND STIRLINGSHIRE (.''>1 couple).— Tuesdays, Thurs- days, Saturdays. Masters: Sir Robert and Messrs. Fred and Frank Usher. Acting-Master ; Mr. Fred Usher, Ingliston, Ratho Station, X.B. Huntsman : Tum Hall. Whips: F. Hoxford, Will Scott. SECRET.UIY: Mr. J. H. Rutherford, 19, Young Street, Edinburgh. Kennels; Golfhall. Corstorphine, N.B. Convenient Centres : Edinburgh, Linlithgow. NORTHUMBERLAND AND BERWICKSHIRE (50 couple).— Mondays, Tuesdays. I'ruhivs. Saturdays. Master: Sir James Miller, Ban.. Manderston, Duns, N.B. Huntsman : Fred Kinch. Whips : J. D ,niel, H. French. Secretaries ; Capt. V. G. Tippiuge. Morris Hall, Norhaui-on-Tweed, and Mr. C W. Forbes. Ninewells Housp, Chirnside, N.B. Kennels: Briery Hill. Edroni, Berwickshire. Convenient Centres: Berwick, Duns, Coldstream. SCOTT-PLUMMER'S, MR. (24 coupleb-Tuesdays, Fridays. IMas'I'EKs : Messrs. C. H. and J. Scott -Pluuimor, Sunderland Hall, Selkirk. Huntsman : Mr. C. H. Scott-Plumnicr. W.HIPS : J. Ranee, K.H., Mr. J. Scott-Pluramer. Kennels : Sunderland Hall, Selkirk. Convenient Centres : Melrose, Galashiels, Selkirk. ( 85 ) IRISH FOXHOUNDS. BROOKE'S, MR. GEORGE (20 couple).— Two days a w-eek. M asti;h aiul HrNTsaiAN : Wr. Gaurge Brooke, Ballyfad, Inch, Co. Wexfnnt. Whips: W. Freeman, ¥4. Hutton. Kennels: liallyfad, Inch, Co. Wexford. Ci'NVENiENT Centues : Wickloiv, Ratbdruin, Arklow. CARBERY, WEST (17 couple).— Three days a fortnisht. M\ster : Jlis^; Edith (K. Soraerville, Brisbane, Skibhereen, Co. Cork. Hi"NTSMAN : Tim Crowley. Whip: J. McCarthy. Secretary ; The O'Donovan, Liss Ard, Skibbereeu, Co. Cork. Kennels : Near Drishane, Skibbereen, Cork. Convenient Centres: Skibb-i-reen, Glandore, Union Hall. CARLOVV (30 couple). —Tue.sdayM, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. W. E. Grogan, Moyle, Carlow. Whips : Tom Taylor, M. Fitzpatrick. Secketary: Mr. Stewart Dnckett, Russellstown, Carlow. Kennels : Moyle, Carlow. (iiNVKNiEN'r Centres ; Carlow, Tullow, liasnalstown. COSHMORE AND COSHBRIDE (22 couple).- Two a week. Master and Hi'NTsjian : Capt. Rowland Holroyd Smyth, IJallynatray, You^ihal. Whip: W. Wootton, K.H. Secretary : Capt. W. :\[. P. Maxwell, Moore Hill, Tallow, Co. Waterford. Kennels : Ballyiiatray, You^-hal. Convenient Centres : Youfjhal, Tallow, Lismore. DE CLIFFORD'S, LORD (35 couple).— Two days a week. Master: Lord De Clifford, Dalgau Park, Shrule, Tuam. Huntsman : F. Claydon. Whips : L. Keatiuf^, P. Tosher. Secretarv : Mr. Allan J. J. .\lRie, LiykiUeen, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Kennels : Dalyan Park, Shrule, Tuam. Convenient Centre : Ballinrobe. DUHALLOW (41 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, alternate Mondays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. G. N. E. Baring, Avondhu, Mallow. Whips : E. Gulwell, K.H., G. Judd. Secretary : Major Hell, Firville, Mallow. Kennels : Avondhu. Mallow. Convenient Centres : Mallow, Fermoy, Cork. FITZWILLIAM'S, EARL, AND ISLAND (48^ couple).— Mondays, Wed- nesdays, Friday.H, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Earl Fitzwilliara, Coollattin Park, Co. Wicklow. Secretaries : Mr.D. H.Doyne, Wells, Gorey.Co. Wicklow, and Captain Reynolds, Carnew (.'astle, Co. Wicklow. Whips : Harry Kinch, K.H., T. Walker. Kennels : Coollattin, Shilleiash, Co. Wicklow. Convenient Centres: Wicklow, Arklow, Gorey. GALWAY, CO. (58 cjuple).— Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, occassional Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Isaac Bell, The Kennels, Craughwell. Whips: T. Hawtin, K.H., Jack Goddard, Secretary : Mr. F. Shawe-Taylor, Castle Taylor, Ardrahan. Kennels : Craughwell, (.'o. Galway. Convenient Centres: Tuam, Athenrv. Ballinasloe. GALWAY, EAST (SO couple) -Mondays, Thursdays. PIASTER and Huntsman : Mr. W. Loraine Bell, Lismany, Ballinasloe. Whips: J. Hi^an, P. Welsh. Secretaries: Captain A. E. Bacon, Lismany, Ballinasloe, and Mr. T. D. Seymour, Ball>'raore Castle, Ballinasloe. Kennels : Lismany, Ballinasloe. Convenient Centres : Ballinasloe, Athlone, Portumna. KILDARE (50 c-iuple) —Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Thn Baron deRolieck, Gowran Grange, N'aas. Whips : J. Allen, K.H., C. Heaiy, R. Hutchinson. Secretary : Mr. J. Whiteside Dane, Abbeyfield, Nsas. Kennels: Jissinstown, Naas. Convenient Centres : Dublin, Naas, Newbridge. KILKENNY (50 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, occasional bye. Master and Huntsman: Mr. H. R. LangrisUe, Knocktopher Abbey, Kilkenny. Whips: T. Garratt, K.H., P. McGrath. Secretary : Mr. W. Pulsworth, Greenan House, Thoraastown. Kennels : Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny. Convenient Centres: Kilkenny, Thoniastown, Callan. KING'S COUNTY (45 couple). —generally Tuesdays. Thursdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Assbeton Biddulph, Moneyguyneen, Birr. Whip : Fred Cooper. Secretary: Mr. G. Enraght Moony, The Doon. Athlone. Kennels: Money^iuyneen, Birr. Convenient Centres: Tullamore, Birr, Moate. LAMBERT'S, MR. (25icouple).-Monday8, Thursdays. Master and Hunts.man : Jlr. N. H. Lambert, Dysertmore, New Ross. Whip: M. Brian. Secretary : Mr. G. P. Newport, Rockview, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny. Kennels : Dysertmore, New Ross. Con\"enient Centres: New Ross, Waterford. LIMERICK, CO. (42 couple).— Mondays, Wednesday.'., Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Major F. H. Wise, Clonshire, Adarc, Co. Limerick. Whips: R. Frost, K.H., J. Woodyatt. Secretary : Mr. J. H. Power, Litford, Limerick. Kennels : Clonshire, Adare, Co. Limerick. Convenient Centres: Croom, Adare, Limerick. LOUTH (40 couplp).- Five a fortnight (Wednesdays, Fridays, and Mjudays, AVednesitays, Saturdays). Master : Mr. W. de Salis Filgate, Lissrenny, Ardee. Huntsman : Chas. Dean. Whips: J. Corrin, P. Matthews, R. Corrin. Secretary : Mr. Malcolm B. Murray, Rahanna, .\.idee. Kennels : Lis.srenny, Ardee. Convenient Centres: Drogheda, Louth. MEATH (72 couple),— Mondays, Tuesdays. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. John Watson, Bective, Co, Meath. Whips: G. Hastings, K.H., W. Fitzsimons, E. Louch, .\.. Barker, W. Cornelia. Secretary : Mr. George Murphy, The Grange, Dunsany. Kennels : Bective, near Navan. Convenient Centres : Dublin, Navan, Dunshau^^hlin, Keils. MUSKERRY (40 couple), -Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, :NL\stek and Huntsman : Mr, H. Leader, Forest, Coacbford, Co. Cork. Whip : J. Welch, K.H., J. Lynch. Secretary : Capt. J. E. H. H*Triek, Bellmount, Crookstown, Co, Cork. Kennels: Forest, Coacbford, Co. Cork. Convenient Centres: Cork, Bandon, Macroom, ORMOND (tiO couple).— Four a week. Master and Huntsman : sir J. Hume-Campbell, Bart., Sharavogue S.O., King's County. Whips : H. Choules, J. Murphy. Secretary : Mr. G. Whitfield, Modreeny, Clouahjordau, Co. Tipperary. Kennels: Ratbmi)ri;', Sharavn.^up S.O.. King's County. Convenient Centres : NenaL'h. c'lnu^'bjordan. Birr. QUEEN'S COUNTY AND CASTLECOMER (32 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. H, Knox-Browne, Massford, Castlecomer. Whips : Tom, McAllister, K.H., P. Bannon. Secretaries : Sir Hunt Walsh, Bart., Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Queen's County, and Mr. W. Dobbs, The Cottage, Castlecomer, t'o. Kilkenny. Kennels ; Massford, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. Convenieni' Centres: Kilkenny, Maryborough, Alhv. SOUTH UNION ('24 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Capt. Francis J, Hodder, Ballea Castle, Carrigaline, Co. Cnrk Huntsman : J. Allen. Whip: W. Buckley. Secretary : Mr. F. G. Hayes, Crosshaven, Co. Cork. Kennels: Ballea Castle, Carrigaline, Co. Cork. Convenient Centres: Cork, Kinsale, Crosshaven. TIPPERARY (55 couple), —Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and often a bye-day. Master and Huntsman : Mr. Richard Burke, Grove, Fethard, Tipperary. Whips; P. Tierney, T. Ryan. Secretary: Mr. J, C. Higgins, Ardsallagh, Fethard. Kennels : Grove, Fethard, Tipperary, Convenient Centres: Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel. UNITED HUNT CLUB (45 cjuple)— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, occasional bye. Master : Mr. W. Nicholson, Killiora Lodge, Glounthaune, Co. Cork, Huntsman: D. McCarthy, Whips : R Easterby. D, Eiorrlan, Secretary: Col. W. G. Collis, Barrvraore Lodge, Castle Lyons, Co. Cork. Kennels: Midletnn, Co. Cork. <'on\i:nient Centres : Midleton, Cork, Feriuoy, WATERFORD i3H couple),— Tupsdays, Thursdays, Saturday^. Masikr and Hi'ntsman : ^Ir, A. P. Pollok, Kastlands. Tiaiuoic, Waterford. Whips : Will Haynes, J, Walsh, Secretary: Mr. T. W, Anderson, Gracedieu, Waterford. Kennels : Tramore, Co. Waterford. Convenient Centres : Waterford, Tramore. WESTMEATH (55 couple). — Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, occasionally Saturdays. Master: Mr. H. Whitworth, Annebrook, MuUingar. Huntssian : Mr. G. Heigbam. Whips : T, Jenner, Charles Skipwith, Secretary: Capt. P. O'Hara, Mornington, Crooked wood, Mullingar. Kennels : Culleen, Mullingar. Convenient Centres: Jlullingar, Athlone, Killucan. WEXFORD (31 couple).— Tuesdays", Fridays. Master and Huntsman : Mr. R, W, Hall Dare, Newtownfcarry House, Newtownbarry, Whips : H. Norman, R. Cuffe. Secretary : Mr. E. Blacker, W'oodbrook, Killanne, Enniscorthy. Kennels: Newtownbarry Co. Wexford. Convenient Centres : Enniscorthy, Wexford, New Ross. 86 ENGLISH HARRIERS. ALDENHAM (18 couple).— Hunting days, three a fortniplit. Masteu : Mr. H. S. Bailey, Cuckmans, St. Albans. Kennels: t'liiswell Green, near St. Albans. Convenient Centres: St. Albans. Hatfield. AHORY'S, SIR JOHN (17 couple*.— Mondays, Friday.s. Master: Sir John Amory, Bart., Knightshayes Court, Tiverton. (Acting-MaKter, Mr. Charles Carew, Collipriest House, Tiverton). Kennels: Collipritist, Tiverton. Convenient Centuer: Tiverton, Wellington. ANGLESEY (ii3 couple).— Five days a fortnight, with occ vsional bye. Master: Mr. G. H. Lambert, Vanygraig, Pentraeth, Anglesey. Kennels : Tyndonan, Llangefni. Convenient Centres: Llanerchymedd, Beaumaris, Bangor. ASHBURTON (15 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Masters: A Committee (Cliairman, Mr. R. B. Berry, Kenwyn, Ashbur- ton ; Huntsman, Mr. B. Hext). Kennels: Rew, Ashburton. Convenient Centres: Ashhurton, Newtin, Bnckfaslleigh. ASHFORD VALLEY (20 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master: Mr. John C. Buckland, Goldwell, Great Chard, Ashfurd. Kennels: Goldwell, Great Chard. Ashfurd. Convenient Centres: Ahhford, Folkestone. ASPULL (20 couple). —Wednesdays, S.itardays. Master :~Mr. A. L. Ormrod, Briuscall Hall, Brinscall, Lanes. Kennels: Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, Lanes. Convenient Centres : Wigan, Preston. AXE VALE (14 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master : Mr. John I. Scarbrough, Coly House, Colyford, Devon. Kennels : Seaton, Devon. Convenient Centres: Seaton, Axminster, Honiton. BADLESMERE (Foot) (lOJ couple).— Mondays, Fridays, and occasional Wednesdays. Master: The Rev. C. Morgan Kirby, Badlesmere Rectory, near Favershara, Kent. Kennels: Badlesmere Rectory, near Favershaiu, Kent. Convenient Centres: Favershara, Slttingbourne, Wye. BARNSTAPLE & NORTH DEVON {16 couple).— Two days a week. Masters : A Committee. Kennei-s : Sowden, Barnstaple. Convenient Centres: Barnstaple, Ilfracombe. BATH AND COUNTY (I7i couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master: Mr. Henry Hunter, Cobden House, Bath. Kbnnels : Claverton Down, Bath. Convenient Centres: Bath, Chippenham. BENTLEY (24 couple).— Five days a fortnight. Master: Mrs. Cheape, Bentley Manor, Redditch. Kennels: Bentley Manor, Redditch. Convenient Centres: Brorasgrove, Droitwich. BEXHILL (20 couple) Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. R. Guy Everard, Egerton Park, Bexhill. Kennels; Cooden Down, Little Common, Bexhill. Conenvient Centres: Hastings, Bexhill. BIGGLESWADE (14 couple).— Two days a week. Masters: Mr. George Race, Road Farm, Biggleswade, and Mr. G. F. Archdale, Ashwell, Herts. Kennels; Ashwell, Herts. Convenient Centres: Biggleswade, Hitchin. BODDINGTON (2:^ couple). -Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Mr. J. S. Gibbons, Boddington Manor, Cheltenham. Kennels: Boddington, Cheltenham. Convenient Centres : Cheltenham, Gloucester. BRECONSHIRE (1(> couplel. -Wednesdays. Saturdays. Master : Mr. C.H. du Winton, Buckingham House, Brecon. Kennels : Brecon. Convenient Centres: Talgarth. Bronllys. BRIGHTON AND BROOKSIDE (20 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Major Howard V. Welch, Southdown House. Patcham, Sussex. Kennels : Pypcomhe, Patcham, Sussex. Convenient Centres: Brighton, Lewes. BUCKS, NORTH (19 couple).— Fridays, and occasional bye-day. Master : Mr. Sidney J. Green, The Larches, Luton, Beds. Kennels; Dagnall, Bucks. Convenient Centres; Bletchley, Dunstable. CAMBRIDGESHIRE (15 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Mamikr: liord Gerard, Garswood, Newton-le-Willows, Lanes. IvKNNELs: Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge. <'i)NVi:nient Centres: Newmarket, Royston. CARPENTER'S, Mr. (14 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. :\lA^rKit : Mr. E. O. Carpenter, 35, The Embankment. BiHlford. Kknnki,s: Bedfi.nl, CoNVLNiKNr Cknthhs: Amyithill, Woburn. Bedford. CHILWORTH AND STONEHAM (25 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. J. W. Fleming, Chilworth Manor, Rumsey. Hants. Kennels: Chilworth Manor, Romsey, Hants. Convenient Centres: Winchester, Romsey. CLIFTON (Foot Harriers) (15 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Masters: A Committee (Hon. Sec, Mr. A. C. May, Avon House, Stoke Bishop, Bristol). Kennels: Yatton, Somerset. Convenient Centres: Bristol, Clevedon. COLLINGWOOD'S, MR. {12^ couple'.- Tuesdays, Satordays. Master : Mr. J. C. Collinywnod, Cornhill House, Cornhillon-Twccd. Ke nn els : Cornhi 11 -on-T wft'd . Convenient Centres: Ctildstreara, Cornliill-on-Tweed. COLNE VALLEY (10 couple). — filondays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Master : l\Ir. Henry Lockwood, Blenheim House, Linthwaite, Hudders- field. (Deputy' Master, Mr. John Vickerman). Kennels: Blackrock Slills, Liuibwaite. Hudderhlield. Convenient Centres: Huddersfield, Halifax. COTLEY (17.^ couple). Tuesdays, Fridiiys. Master : Mr. Edward Eames, Broad Oak, Chard. Kennels: Broad Oak, Chard. Convenient Centres: Chard, Axminster. GRAVEN (27 couple).— Three days a week. Master; Sir. M. Amcotts-Wilson, Eshton House, Gargrave-in-Craven, Yorks. Kennels: Gargrave-in-Craven. Yorks. Convenient Centres : Skipton, Burnley. CRIGKHOWELL (20 cuple).— Wednesdays Saturdays. Master : Mr. John A. Doyle, Pendarren, Orickhowell. Kennels: Great Oak, Crickhowell. Convenient Centres; Talgarth, Abergavenny. CUMBERLAND BRAMPTON (10 couple'.— Tuesdays, Thursdays. Masters; Major G. A. H. Mounsiy-Heysham, 12 Cavendish Place, Carlisle, and Mr. H. B. Broadhurst, Houghton House, Carlisle. Kennels ; The Nook, Rose Hill. Carlisle. Convenient Centres: Carli-iU, Penrith. DARLINGTON (Foot Harriers) (12 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: A Committee (Hon. Sec, Mr. G. Robinson, Horse Market, Darlington.) Kennels: Houndgate, Darlington. Convenient Centres: Darlington, Bishop Auckland. DART VALE (20 couple). ^Mondays, Fridays, and occasionally Thursdays. Master : Mr. Leigh Denshara, Buckyette, Totnes, Devon. Kennels ; Staverton, near Toines. Convenient Centres: Newton Abbot, Totnes. DOVE VALLEY (17 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. Walter C. Tinsley, Mayfield, Ashbourne. Kennels: Mayfield, Ashbourne. Convenient Centres: Ashbourne, Leek, Derby. DOWNHAM (15 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master; Mr. A. E. Birch, Watlington Hall, Downhara Market. Kennels: Tottenhill, King's Lynn. Convenient Centres: King's Lynn, Downham Market. DUNSTON (32 couple).- Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Capt. W. H. B. Long, Hill House, Saxlingham, near Norwich. Kennels : Saxlingham, Norwiclu Convenient Centres; Wymondham, Norwich. EPPING FOREST (15^ couple).- Wednesdays, Saturdays. A Committee (Field'-Master : Mr. W. H. Sewell, Epping Place, Epping, Kennels : Theydon Place. Epping, Essex. Estex). Convenient Centres: Epping, Harlow. Ongar. EXETER'S MARQUIS OF, (21 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : The Manpiis of Exeter, Burghley House, Stamford. Kennels: Burghley House, Stamford. Convenient Centres : Peterborough, Stamford, Market Deeping, Bourne. FORDGOMBE (lOconpb-)- Mondays. Thursdays. Masikks: Mr. W. Hollaniby, Hickman's Farm, Fordcombe, and filr. W. E. Urquhart, Castle Hotel, Tunbridge Wells. Kennels: Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells. Convenient Centre; Tunbridge Wells. FOWEY (13 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master; Mr. J.de C. Treffry, Penarwyn, Par Station, Cornwall. Kennels ; Par Moor, Fowey, Cornwall. Convenient Centres: Listwitbiel, St. Austell. FURLONG (15 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays, occasional bye. Master: Mr. L. T. S. Newbury, Gratnar, North Bovey, Moretonhamp- Kennels: Gratnar, North Bovey. stead. Convenient Centres; Chagford, Moretonhampstead. GIFFORD'S, LADY, (25 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master : Lady Gifford, Old Park, Chichester Kennels: Old Park, Chichester. Convenient Centres: Havant, Chichester. GLAISDALE (10 couple).- Two days a we^k. Master: Mr. Zachariah Brown, Prospect House, Glaisdale, Yorks. Kennels: Glaisdale Hall, Grosmont, Yorks. Convenient Centres: Castleton, Whitby. HADLOW (Foot Harriers) (15 couplp).— Wed.iesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. J. P. S. Hervey, Faulkncrs, Hadlow, Kent. Kennels: Faulkners, Hadlow, Kent. Convenient L'entre ; Tonbridge. HAILSHAM (Foot Harriers) (20 couple).— Mondays, alternate W^dn.s. days and Thursdays, and Siturdays. Master: Mr A. B. Campbell, Priesthaus, Hankhara, Hastings. Kennels: Hail.shara, Sussex. Convenient Centres: Hailsham, Eastbourne. HALDON (15 couples).— Mondays, Thur.sdays. Master: Mr. Baron D. Webster, Newland, Newton .\bbot. Kennels :— Oakford Lawn, Kingsteington, Devon. Convenient Centres; Torquay, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth. f S/ HALLAM AND EGCLESHALL (15 cniplp).— Thrre dftys ii week. Mastfr: Mr. Arthur Dix.-n, fit;, Th.' Wickt-r, Sliftlieid. Kennkls: Stephrn Hill, Hiillaiii, Slicflield. CoNVFNiENT Cknthk : Hlieftield. HAMILTON (IH couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master: Tlie Lady Mary Hamiltun, Easton Park, Wickliani Market, Suffolk. (Huntsraan : Mr. H. Beard.) Kennels: Easton Park, Wickham Market. Convenient Centkes: FraralinKhain, Woudbrid{:;e. HAWKINS'S Mr. H., (80 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays. Master : Mr. Henry Hawkins, Kverdon Hull, near Daventry. Kennels: Kverdon Hall, near Daventry. Convenient Centres: Northampton, Daventry. HENHAM (28 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master: The Earl of Stradbroke, Henhani, Wan^jford, Suffolk. Kennels : Henham, Wan^ford. Convenient Centres : Beccles, Bungay. HIGH PEAK 122A couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Colonel Kobertson-Aikman, Tor Dale, Matlock. Kennels: Hi^^h Peak, Bakewell. Convenient Centres: Matlock, Bath. HOLCOMBE (20 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays. iMAsri-Mt; Major H. M. Hardcastle, Bradshaw Hall, near Bolton. Kernels: Holcorahe, Eaiusbottoiu.Xancs. Convenient Centres: Bolton, Bury, Darwen. HOLHFIRTH, HONLEY AND MELTHAM (12 couple).— Mondays, Wed- nesdays, Saturdays, occasionally Thursdays. Master: A Committee (Hon. Sec, Mr Frank Lee), Dambouse, Holm- firth, near Huddersfield. Kennels : A trencher-fed pack. Convenient Centres: Huddersfield, Halifax. HUSSEY'S, MR. (12 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master: Mr. Arthur E. Hussey, Netheravon, near Salisbury. Kennels: Netheravon, Wilts. Convenient Centres: Salisbury, Amesbury. IPING (20).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. C. E. A. W. Hamilton, Ipinj^ House, Midhurst, Sussex. Kennels : IpinR, Midhurst, Sussex. Convenient Centres: Pelersfield, Midhurst. KENT, WEST (15 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. Lewis P. Kekewich, Lamorbey Park, near Sidcup. Kennels: Lamorbey Park, near Sidcup. Convenient Centres: Bromley, Sevenoaks. KIRKHAM (20 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. C. Addison Birley, Bartle Hall, Preston, Lanes. Kennels : Trayles, near Kirkhara, Lanes. Convenient Centres : Lytham, Preston. LETHBRIDGE'S, MR. (16 couple).— Two days a week. Master: Mr. E. G. Baron-Lethbridge, Tre^eare, Flgloskerry, Kennels: Treseare, Egloakerry. N.Cornwall. Convenient Centres: Caraelford. Launceston. LLANGYFELAGH (16 couple).— Two days a week. Master : Mr. Theodore Gibbins, Glynvelin, Neath. Kennels: Glynvelin, Neath. Convenient Centres: Swansea, Neath. LLOYD-PRICE'S, MR, (17A couple).— Tuesday.s, Fridays. Master; Mr. M. L. W. Lloyd-Price, Bryn Cothi, Nantgaredig, S.Wales Kennels: Bryn Cothi, Nantgaredig. Convenient Centres: Carmarthen, Llanybyther. MERCER'S, MR. (20 coupIe).—Moniaya, Fridays. Master: Mr. Arthur L. Mercer, Rodraersham, near Sittingbourne. Kennels: Rodraersham, near Sittingbourne. Convenient Centres: Faversham, Sittingbourne. MILFOBD, GODALMING & DISTRICT (20 couple).— Mondays, Wednes- days, occasional Fridays. Master : Colonel F. Reid. Woodhay, Milford, Godalming. Kennels : Lower Mousehill, Godalmjng^. Convenient Centres: Godalming, Guildford. MINEHEAO {15 couple).— Two days a week. Master ; Mr. L. E. Bligh, Cambria House. Minehead. Kennels: White Cross, Minehead, Somerset. Convenient Centres: Minehead, Porlock. MODBURY (17 couple).— Twioe a week. Master : The Rev. R. W. Honey, Modbury, Ivybridge, S. Devon. Kennels: Modbury, Ivybridge. Convenient Centres: Ivybridge, Kingsbridge. MONTGOMERYSHIRE, NORTH (16 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays ; after Xmas, Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. Herbert Connop, Llaufyllin, S.O., Montgomeryshire. Kennels : Llanfyllin, S.O., Montgomeryshire. Convenient Centres: Oswestry, Welshpool. NETTLECOMBE (21* couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Sir W. J. Trevelyan.Bart., Nettlecombe Court, Taunton. Kennels : Nettlecombe Court, Taunton. Convenient Centres : Williton, Dunster. NORFOLK, NORTH (23 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Culonel Barclay, Hanworth Hall, Norfolk. Kennels: Hanworth, Norfolk. Convenient Centres: Cromer, Aylsliara. NORTHHOOR (12 couple).— Various hunting days. Master : Mr. Gilbert A. H. Wills, Northmoor, Dulverton. Kennels: Northmoor, Dulverton, Somerset Convenient Centres: Dulverton, Bampton. NORTH TYNE (15 couple).-Tueedayf<, Saturdays. Masters ; Messrs. J. Robson and A. M. All^ood, Nunwick, Humshaugh- on-Tyne. Kennels : Nunwick, Humshaugh-on-Tyne. Convenient Centres: Hexliam, Bellinghara. PENDLE FOREST (24 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. J. R. Aspinall, Standen Hall, Clitherue. Kennels: Waddington, Clitlieroe, Lanes. Convenient Centres: Clitheroe, Blackburn. PENISTONE (21 couple).— Five a fortnight. Mastkh: Mr. .T. B. Durrans, Pluenix Cottage, ThurUton, Peniwtone. Kennels: A trencher-fed pack. Convenient Centres: Barnsley, Sheffield. PLASGELER (15 couple). -Wednesdays, Saturdays. MASTEit: Mr. W. Lewes, Plasgeler, Llandyssil, S. Wales. Kennels: Llysnewydd, Llandyssil. CoNVENiEN'r Centres: Newcastle, ]''.nilyn. PLAS MACHYNLLETH (10 coupkO.-Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Lord Herbert Vans Tempest, Plas Machynlletli, North Wales. Kennels: Llynllocdd, Machynlleth, North Wales. Convenient Centre: Machynlleth. PRYSE-RICE'S, MRS. (20 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. iNIaster : Mrs. Pryse-Rice, Llwynybrain, Llandovery, South Wales. Kennels : Llwynylirain, Llandovery. Convenient Centres: Llandovery, Llanwrtyd. QUARME (16 couple).— Two days a week. Master: Mr. Morland Greig, Edgcott, Exford, Taunton. KBnnels : Exford, near Taunton. Convenient Centres: Dulverton, Porlock. RIPLEY & KNAPHILL (17 couple).-Mondays, Thursdays. Master : Mr. J. HHtchinson Driver, Melrose Cottage, Horseli, Woking Kennels : Merrist Wood, Worplesdon, Surrey. Convenient Centres: Wokiug, Guildford. ROATH COURT (18 couple).- Tue.sdays, Fridays. Master ■ Mr. Charles H. Williams, Roath Court, Cardiff. Kennels: Roath Court, Cardiff. Convenient Centres; Newport, Cardiff. ROCHDALE (20 couple). — Wednesdays, Saturdays, and occasionally Mondays, Master: Mr. JuhnT. Pilling, Thrums, Rochdale. Kennels : Cronkeyshaw, near Rochdale. Contenient Centres: Milnrow, Middleton. ROCKWOOD (19 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. C. S. Tinker, Meal Hill, Hepworth, Huddersfield. Kennels: Meal Hill, Hepworth, Hudder>;field. Convenient Centres: Huddersfield, Wakpfield. ROMNEY MARSH (20 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master: Mr. Frank Green, Dormy House Club, Rye, Sussex. Kennels : Brookland, Romney Marsh, Kent. Convenient Centres: Rye, Ashford. ROSS (15 couple).— Tuesdays, Saturdays. Master: Major H. H. Parry, Harewood Park, Ross. Kennels: Goodrich, Ross. Convenient Centres: Ross, Monmouth. ROSSENDALE (22 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. E. Hoyle, Spring Mount, Bacup. Kennels: Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Lanes. Convenient Centres: Accrington, Bacup, Bucnley. SANDHURST (12 couplf).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master: Mr. H. A. Pratt, Menington, Rolvenden, Kent. Kennels: Boxhurst Farm, Sandhurst. Convenient Centres: Rye, Tenterden. SEAVINGTON {Uh couple).- Mondays. Thursdays. Master: Mr. H. Stuart Menzies, Upton, Seavington, Ilminster. Kennels: Seavinston, Ilminster. Convenient Centres. — Yeovil, Crewkerne. SLINFOLD (9 c.ou|iIe).—T]n-ee days a fortnight. Master : Mr. Frank St. John, Slinfold Lodge, Horsham. Kennels: Slinfold Lodge, Horsham. Convenient Centre: Hor.sham. SOUTH MOLTON (12 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Mr. A. E. Shapland, Church House, South Molton. Kennels: South Molton, Barnstaple. Convenient Centres: Barnstaple, Dunster. SOUTH POOL (15couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Masters: A Committee (Field-Marsters: Mr. A. F. Holdswortli and Mr. C. H. Harris Pitts, Hon. Sec). Kennels: Goreton, near Kingsbridge, Devon. Convenient Centres : Totnea, Dartmouth. SPARKFORD VALE (17 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Masters: A Committee (Hon. Sec, Mr. Arthur Dickinson, Somerton, Somerset. Kennels: Galhampton, Castle Cary, Somerset. Convenient Centres: Castle Cary, Yeovil, Wincanton. SPERLING'S, MR. (18 coupIe).—Tuesdays. Saturdays. Master : Mr. H. ^L Sperling, Coorabe Trenchard, Lewdown, N, Devon. Kennels : Laraerton. Tavistock. Convenient Centre : Tavistock. STANNINGTON (10 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. George Senior, Northumberland Road, Sheffield. Kennels: Stannington, Sheffield. Convenient Centre: Sheffield. ( 88 STOCKTON (Foot Harriers) (17 couple).— Thursdays, Saturdays. Mastfus: Mpssi's. C. E. Faber and W. H. Mills, Stockton-on-Tees. Kknnhi.s: Oxbiidse Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, t'oNVKNiKNT CENTRES: Middlesborou^li, Stockton. SUFFOLK'S, LORD l'2.5 couplel.— Uncertain. JlASTEu: Lord Suffolk, Charlton Park, Malmesbuvy. Kennels: Charlton Park, Malmesbnry. Convenient Centres: Malmesbury, Tetbury, Circenster. SWALEDALE (10 couple).— Wednesdays and Saturdays. Master: Mr. A. B. Hudson, Keeth, Richmond, Yorks. Kennels: Low Row, Reeth, Richmond, Yorks. Convenient Centre: Richmond, Leyburn. TANAT SIDE (18 couple).— Two a iveek. JIasteus: Messrs. F, and H. Sowler, Crumpwell, Oswestry. Kennels: Woodhill, Oswestry. Convenient Centre: Oswestry. TAUNTON VALE (18 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master: Mr. John White, Leatield, Taunton. Kennels : Blackbrook, near Taunton. CoN^'ENIENT Centres: Bridgwater, Taunton. TAYLOR AND FANE'S (SU couple). -Two days a week. _ Masteks : Jlr. ¥. TayNjr and Mr. Fane, The Kennels, Bishops Storlford. Convenient Centre : Bishop's Stortford. THANET (20 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Mr. B. Prescott Westcar, Strode Park, Heme. Kennels: Strode Park, Heme. Convenient Centres : Canterbury, Margate, Ramsgate. TRETHILL (Foot HarriersJ (15 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Lt.-Col. .1. 1). A. Roberts, Tretliill, Torpoint, Cornwall. Kennels: Trethill, Torpoint, Cornwall. Convenient Centres: Plymouth, St. t-lermans. VALE OF LUNE (20 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays, Master: Colonel W. H. Foster, Hornby Castle, Lanes. Deputy Master : Mr. J. R. Piikard, Kirby Lonsdale. Kennkt.s : Hornby, near Lancaster. Convenm- NT ('i;m he: Lancaster. WELLS SUBSCRIPI'ION (20 couple). — Mondays, Fridays, and after Clnistmus Wednesdays for Fox. Master; Mr. L. B. Beauehamp, Norton Hall, near Bath. Kennels: Ooxley, Wells, Somerset. Convenient Centres: Cheddar, Shepton Mallett, Wells. WELTON DALE (-22 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. J. Harrison Broadley, Welton House, Brough, Last Yorks. Kennels: Welton, Brough, Kast Yorks. CnN\ENIENT CENTRES: Beverley, HuU. WESTON (22 couple).— Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. JlAsTEit: Mr. B. A. Hardwick, Springadd, Worlc, Weston-super-Mare. Kennels: Worle. Weston-super-Mare. Convenient Centres: Bri-tol, Weston-super-Mare. WEST STREET (18 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr Arthur ffrench Blake, Eythorne, Dover. Kennels: Wald-rshare Park, Dover. Convenient Centres: Canterbury, Dover. WINDERMERE (16 couple).— Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. MAsrEli : Mr. W. Bruce Logan, Bowness, Windermere. Kennels: Ambleside, Windermere. Convenient Centres: Appleby, Kendal, Windermere. WIRRAL (22 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. E. J. Houghton, Westwood, Neston, Runcorn. Kennels: Hooton Hall, near Chester. Convenient Centres : Birkenhead, Chester, Runcorn. WOOD'S MR. (12 couple).— Saturdays. Master: Mr. Fred J. Wood, The Willows, Newton-le- Willows. Kennels: Newton-le- Willows. Convenient Centres: Warrington, Wigan. SCOTTISH HARRIERS. CAMBO fiOcouple).— Toro daysa week. Master: Mr. T. H. Erskine, Gi-angemuir, Piltenweem, life. Kennels: Grangemuir, Pittenweera, Fife. Convenient Centres: St .\ndrews, Crail. HOPETOUN (25 couple).— Three days a week. Master : The Marquis of Linlithgow. Hopetoun House, South Qeeeiia- Kennels: Hopetoun House, South gueeiisferry, N.B. ferry, N.B. Convenient Centres: Linlithgow, South Quecnsferry. IRISH HARRIERS. ANTRIM, EAST 1 18 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. T. J. Dixon, Drumadarrjgli, Doagli, Co. Antrim. Kennels: Brookfleld House, Doagli, Co. Antrim. Convenient Centres: Antrim, Doagli, Ballyclare. BALLYMACAD (25 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. E. Rotheram, Crossdrum, Oldcastle, Co. Moath. Kennels: Crossdrum, Oldcastle. Convenient Centres; Castlepollard, Oldcastle. BRAY (a.! couple) —Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master; Mr. George Morris, Windgates House, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Kennels; Windgates, Bray. Convenient Centres: Dundrum, Enniskerry. BREE (12 couple).- Wednesdays, Saturday.^. Master ; Mr. W. J. Corcoran, Ballybane House, Ivniuscorthy. Kennels: Ballybane House, Enniscortliy. CoNvi:NiENr Centres: Enniscortliy, Wexford. BRISCOS, CAPTAIN (U couple).— Three days a week. Masti:k ; Captain E. .T. M. Brisco, Screggan Manor, TuUamore. Kennels; Sereggan Manor, Tullamore. l!(iNVENli;NT Centre: Tullamore. BROOKE'S, Sir GEORGE F. (17* couple).— Two days a week. Master; Sir George F. Brooke, Bart., Suramerton, Castleknock. Kennels: Sumraerton, Castleknock, Co. Dublin. Convenient Centres: Dublin, Lucan. CAHIR (15 couple).— Two a week. Master : Capt. E. M. Conolly, E. A. Mess, The Barracks, Cahir. Kennels: R. A. Barracks, Cahir. Convenient Centres : Cahir. Clonmel. CLARE (30 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. , „,^ ^ t^ ., Masters: Mr. W. H. Ball and Capt. S. B.. O'Grady, Fortfergus, Ballinacally, Co. Clare. Kennels: Eden Vale, Eunis. Convenient Centres; Ennis, Newniarket-on-Fergus. CLONMEL (20couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. Herbert M. Hartigan, Redmondstowni, Clonmel. Kennels: Annsfort, Clonmel. Convenient Centres: Clonmel, Fethard. COROLANTY (17 couple).— Three days a fortnight. Master : Jlr. E. F. Sanders, Corolanty, Sbinronc, King's Co. Kennels: Corolanty, Shinrone- CoNVENlENT CENTRES: Birr, Roscrea, Cloughjordaii. DERRY (20 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Master: Mr. T. F. Cooke, St. Colnmbs, Lnndondcrry. Kennels : Waterside, Londonderry. Convenient Centres: Londonderry, Randalstown. DERRY CASTLE (10 couple).— Two days a week. :Master : Mr. C. M. Going, Cragg, Uirdhill, Limerick. Kennels: Cragg, Birdhill, Limerick. Convi:nient Centres: Killaloe, Nenagh. DOWN. EAST (18 cuuple).—Munday.s, Fridays. Master ; Mr. R. D. P. Maxwell. Finnebrogue. Dowupatrick. Kennei.s ; Kingereagh. Dowupatrick. CoNVi;NiENT Centres; Crossgar, Dowupatrick, Newcastle. DOWN, NORTH (Kil, couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. .loiin Blakistou Houston, Orangefleld, Belfast [Arlimj Master: Mr. J. G. ."Vllen, Comber, Co. Down). Kennels : Glassiuoss, Comber, Co. Down. t'oNVENiisNT Centres; Belfast, Comber. DREWSTOWN (20 couple).— Tuesday.s, Saturdays. :\I ASH li Mr. George B. McVeagh, Drewstown, Kells, Co. Meath. KiNNELS: Drewstown, Kells, Co. Meath. t'oNviCNiENT Centres: Kells, Navaii, Trim. DROM AN A (11 couple). -Three a fortnight. Master : G. H. Dennehy, Laurcntum, Clashmore, Youghal Kennels: Laurenturm, Clashmore, Youghal. Convenient Centre ; Youghal. DUNDALK (18 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. MASTER : Major H. M. Cliff, Fane Valley, Dundalk. Kennels: Readypenny, Dundalk. CoNVENiExr Centres; Dundalk, Droghcda. EDENDERRY & DISTRICT (Ifi couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. JiASTElt; Jlr. R. Robinson, Jonestown House, Edeuderry. Kennels: Carbury, Co. Kildare. Convenient Centres: Edenderry, Enfield. FERMANAGH (15 couple). -Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Major J. G. C. Irvine, Killadeas, Co. Fermanagh, Kennels: Ballycassidy, Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh. Convenient Centres: Ballinamallard, Euniskillen. FINGAL (18 conplel.-Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr. C. L. O'Callaghan, Brackenstown, Swords, (o. Dublin Kennels : Brackenstown, Swords. Convenient Centres : Balbriggan, Droglieda. 89 FUNCHEON VALE (20 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. .Masteu : .Mr. K. Grove Annesley, Annes^rove, Castletowuroi-liH, (.'u. Cork. Kennels: Annesgrove, Castletownroche, Co. Cork. Convenient Centkes: CaBtletuwnroche, KillaviiUeu. GLANMIRE (20 coiiiile).-Two days a week. Master: Mr. R. Hall, Gleniuervyn, Glanmire, Co. Cork. Kennels: Glcniufrvyii, Glaiimire. Convenient Centhe : Glanmire. IHOKILLY (14 couple).— Three days a fortnight. Master: Mr. J. Eohan, LontjlicarriR, Ballinacurra, Co. Cork. Kennels; Ramhill, Ballinacurra, Co. Cork. Convenient Centres : Midleton, Oloyne. IVEAGH (20 couple). —Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. W. F. Tpricliard.Ehutield, Gilford, Co. Down. Kennels; Gilford, Co. Down. Convenient Centres: Gilford, Warinystown. KILDARE (16 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: A Committee. Kennels : Dunmurry, Kildare. Convenient Centres: Kildare, Newbridge. LITTLEGRANGE (12 couple).— Various hunting days. Master: Mr. F. W. Leland, Littlegrange, Drogheda. Kennels: Littlegrange, Drogheda. Convenient Centres: Drogheda, Slane. MAYO, NORTH (14 couple).— Tuesday, Friday. Master : Mr. Charles O. Creed, Arran Fistate Oftice, Ballina, Co. Mayn. Kennels : Rosserk, Hallina, Co. Mayo. Convenient Centres: BuUina, Crossmolina. MILLSTREEr (12 couplel.—Wednesdays. Saturdays. Master: Mr. A. Wallis, Drishane, Willstreet, Co. Cork. Kennels: Drishane, Millstreet. Co. Cork. Convenient Centres : Kanturk, Millstreet. MONAGHAN ( 12 cuple).— Tuesdays, Sulurdays. .Master: Lurd Rossniory, Itosr-more Park, Monaghan. Kennels : Caiulii, Monaghan. C('N\ENiENT Centres: Monaghan. Clowes, Castleblayuey. MOORE'S, MR. (IScouple).— Two daysa week. Master: Mr. Henry Moore, Cremorgan, Timahoe, Queen's County. Kennels: Cremorgan, Timahoe. Convenient Centres: Maryboro', Stradbally. MOUNT BELLEW (13.^ couple).— Mondays. Fridays. Masteu: Sir. H. Grattan-bellew, Bart., Mount Bellew. Co. Galway (Field Muster: Mr. J. D'Arcy, New Forest, Ballinamore Bridge). Kennels : Mount Bellew House, Ballinasloe. Convenient Centres: Tuam, Ballina-sloe. NEWRY (20 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. Master : Major G. M. Close, Drumlanagher, Newry. Kennels: DrumCHshlone, Newry. Convenient Centres: Kanbridge. Newiy. O'HARA'S, MR. (18 couple).- Tuesdays, Fi-idays. Master : Mr. C. K. U'Hara, Annaghraore, Collooney, Cm. Sligo. Kennet.s: .\nnaghmore, Collooney. ('i)NVENiHNT Centres: Ballymote, Collooney. ROCKFIELD (10 cuupk-).— Tue^duys, Fridays. Master : Mr. James Bl»ke Cuncanon, Rockfield. Atheniy, Co. Galway. Kennels: Rocktield, Athenry, Co. Galway. Convenient Centres: Athenry, Loughrta. ROCKINGHAM (17 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. Masters: Mr. Kdgar S. Robinson, Knockadoo, Boyle, and Mr. A. Barclay Walker, Rockingham. Kennels: Knockadoo, Boyle. CnNVENiENT CENTRES" Boylc, Carrick-ou-Sliannon. ROCKMOUNT (10 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Mr. Arthur Hunt, Rockmount, Kllraacthoraas. Kennels: Rockmount, Kilmacthomas. Convenient Centres: Duugarvan, Kilmacthomas. ROSCOMMON (16 couple].- Tuesdays and Fridays. Masters: A Coiuniittee (Hon. Secretary, Mr. James J. Veelan, Stone Park. Roseiinimon). Kennels: Near M.G.W.R. Station, Ro&common. Convenient Centre: Roscommon. ROUTE (16 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master : Mr. J. A. Montgomery, Benvarden, Dervock, Co. Antrim. Kennels: Ballyniagarry, Portrush. Convenient Centres; Coleraiiie, Portrush. SCARTEEN (Black and Tans) (25 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. :\Iastei; ; .Mr. -fnbn .1. Hyan, Scarteen, Knocklong, Co. T, inn-rick. Kennkls: Scaili'i-n, Knncklong, Co. Limerick. (.'I'XVENiENT Centres: Killmallock, Tipperavy. SESKINORG (15 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays. :\i \srER: Mr. King Houston, Riverdale, Omagli. Co. Tyrone. Kennei.s: Riverdale, Omagh, Co Tyrone. (■i>N\i.NiFNT Centres: Fintona, Omagh. SHELTON ABBEY (liO couple).- Ont- day a week. Master : The Kurl of Wickluw, Sheltun Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wi klow. Kennels: Slieltlr. X'ietor Cavendish, M.P., Holker Hall, Cark-in-Carlmel, Lanes. GOSPORT AND FAREHAM (16 couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master ; .Mr. Fretleriek Blake, Bury Place, Alverstoke, Hants. GREAVES'S, MR. (20couple).— Two daysaweek, Master ; Jlr. .7. K. Greaves, Bron Eifion, Criccielh. GREYWELLHILL (Basset Hounds) (14 couple).— Mondays, Thursdays, and occasional bve-davs. JIaster ; The Hon. Dudley Carleton, Greywell Hill, Winchficld, Hants. HALSTEAD PLACE (21 couple).— Mondays, Fridays. _ Master : Mr. James Russel, Halstead Place, near Sevenoaks, ( 90 ) HANMER'S, SIR WYNDHAM tl2i cmiiilel.— Mondays, TlmiscJays. Mastek: Sir Wjndhaiu Ilanmcr, Bart., Redbrook Lodpe, Whitchurch, .Sali.p. HORSELL (10 couple). — Wednesday.'*, Saturdays. M.AsTEUs ; The Hon. M. Erskine Westwood Lodge, Windlcsham, Surrey, and Mr. G. J. Bruzand, Windlesham, Surrey. HULTON decouple). -Three days a (ortniqlit. M-VsTEH : Mr. L. L. ArmitaRe, Brakesraere, Little Hulton, near Bolton. INSTOW aO* I'ouple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Mastkk : Mr. Henry Turner, Instow, R.S.O., N. Devon. LEIGH PARK ilUcou'pIe).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Mastkh : Sir F" FitzWytrraiu, Leiyh Park, Havant, Hants. LICHFIELD GARRISON |12 couple),— Mondays, Fridays. Master : Capt. .\lfred Law, North Staffordshire Kef^iment, Ellfield House, Wiiittinston, Litchfield. LINTON (17 couple).— No fixed days. Master : Mr 1\ S. W. Cornwallis, Linton Park, Maidstone. NEW COLLEGE & MAGDALEN (OXFORD) (16 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master: Mr. .7. S. B. Hill, Majidalen College, Oxford. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (1,') couple). -Wednesdays, Saturdays. .MasceI! : Mr. J. I. Benson, The Barracks, Newcastle-on-Tyne. PANT-y-CENDY (10 couple),— Various days. Master: IMr. L. A. L. Evans, Pant-y-C'endy, near Carmarthen. PARKIN'S, MISS (11 couple).— Tito days a week. Master ; Miss Parkin, Blaithwaite, Carlisle. PEN-Y-GHENT (II couple).— Two days a week. Mast Kn : Mr. ,Tohn Foster, Douk Ghyll, Horlon-iu-Hibblesdale, Settle. PRICE'S, MR. (10 couple). -Two days a week. Master : The Rev. John Price, 'Talley House, near Llandilo, S. Wales. PRICE'S, MRS. (20 couple).— Wednesdays. Master: Mrs. Price, New Park, Brockenhurst. PRYSE'S, MR. L. (10* couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master : Mr. Lewes T. Loveden Pryse, Cwmcoedwig, Llanfarian, Aberystwith. REN WICK'S, MR. G. A. (7J couple).— Three days a fortnight. Master; Mr. G. A. Renwick, Springhill, Morpeth. RICHMOND (12 couple!.— Saturdays Master : Mr. C. Leslie Butcher, Richmond, Handswortli, Sheffield. ROUNDWAY (22 couple).- -Three days a week. Mast Eli : Mr. ('. K. H. A. Colston. M.P., Roundway Park, Devizes. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE (11 couple).— Wednesdays, Satur- days, and occasional ilondays. Master ; ^Ir. .\. N. Burra, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. ROYAL ROCK (14 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Master ; Mr. C. F. Hutton, Sandy Lawn, West Kirby, Birkenhead. ST. BEES (t) couple).— Wednesdays. Saturdays. Master : Mr. H. C. Rodewald, 66 Huskisson Road, Liverpool. SHOPWYKE ( 12 couple)— Various days. Master: Mr. T. G. Paget, Shopwyke House, Chichester SPRINGHILL (22 couple).— Saturdays, and one other day (sometimes two) Master : Mr. George A. Miller, Springhill, Rugby. each week. STOKE PLACE (15 couple).— Various days. piaster : Mr. H Howard-Vyse, Stoke Place, Slough. SURBITON (1.5 couplel.— Wednesdays. Saturdays. JIASTEK : Mr. A. G. Allen Turner. Chvlton Dene, Surhiton. THORPE SATCHVILLE (18 couplel. - Tuesdays, Thursdays. Master : Mr. .1. Oili.i Paget, Thorpe Salclwille, Melton Mowbray. TRINITY (CAMBRIDGE) (9 couple).- Four daysa week. Master : Mr. C. B. H Wiguin, Pitt Club, Cambridge. TROWBRIDGE (12 couple).— Wednesdays, Saturdays. Masters: .\ Committee. HrsTSMAX : Mr. H. L. Hewitt, Trowle Manor, Trowbridge. WARWICK (15 couple).— Thursdays. Saturdays. Masters: Mr. H. Anihony Browne, 9. Church Street. Warwick, and Captain .T. d'E. Coke, .Warwick. WINSLOW ilO couple).— Thursdays. JlAsTEU : The Rev. W. Harry Shackel, The Nook. Winslow, Bucks. WOODDALE (14 couple).— Tuesdays. Fridays. Master; Mr. Ewen C. R. Goft. Wooddale. Billingshurst. Sussex. WORCESIER PARK (15 couple).— Wednesdays. Saturdays. Masters : A Committee (Hon. Huntsman : C'aptain Barry). 3rd WORCESTERSHIRE (12 couple).— Tuesdays. Saturdays, and occasional TlHu>il;iys. Master: Mr. Dennis Sole, Mandora Barracks, Aldershot. SCOTTISH BEAGLES. BERWICK (12^ cnuple). — Two days a week, with an occasional bye-day. MAsTKit : Mr. Williara Grey, Hidn Hill, Berwick-on-Tweed. EAST LOTHIAN (12 couple).— Two days a week. Masters : Mr. W. W. Hope. Knows, Prestonkh-k, N.B. ; Mr. R. W. Tweedie ; and Mr. St. Clair Cunningham. EDINBURGH (15 couple).— Three days a fortnicht. M,\sTt:i! : Mr. GeorRe Cunningham, 21 Royal Circus, Edinburgh. ESKDALE (8 couple).— Saturdays, and frequent bye-days. Master : Mr. F. Graham, Holmnood, Langholm. IRISH BEAGLES. BALLYMARTLE (12 couple).— Two days a week. Mastkr : Mr. R. J. Meade, Hallvmartle. Ballinhassig. Co. Cork. BEAMISH'S, MR. (9^ couple).— Mondays, Thursdayp. Master : Mr. R. Benraish, Kiimalooda Rectory, Clonakilty, Co. Cork. BELLMOUNT (15 couple).— Two days a week. M^sTKit: Capi. J. E. H. Herrirk, Bellmoupt, Crook.stown, Co. Cork. CALEDON (4^ couple).— No fixed days. M-AsiKit ; Lt.-Col. the Hon. C. Alexander, Caledon. Co. Tyrone. MOUNTMELLICK (17A couple).— Mondays. Fridays. Master: Mr. William A. Robinson. Drogheda House. Mountmellick. Queen's Co. MOYOLA PARK (20 cmiple).- Five days a fortnight. Master : Lt.-Col. R. Spencer Chichester. Caslle Upton, Teraplepatrick, Co. Antrim. SLANE (Basset Hounds) (17 couple).— Various huntinc days. Master: The Marquis of Conynphara, Slane Castle, Co. Meath. TRAMORE (15 couple). —Mondays. Fridays. Ma.steh: Mr. Archibald 1>. A. Bruce, Rocklands. Tramore, Co. Water- ford (Field Master: Mr. F. W. Budd). WATERVILLE (15 couple).- Two days a week. • Master : Mr. Denis Casey, Spunkane, Waterville. Co. Kerry, ENGLISH DRAGHOUNDS. BANSTEAD (U couple),— Saturdays, and occasionally Wednesdays. Masier: Mr. J. Norman Noakes, Sialkote, Wallinpton, Surrey. ESSEX (14 couple). — Saturdays, and occasional Wednesdays. Master : Dr. Ostlere, 47, Stoke Newint,'ton Road. N, GREENFORD (15 couple).— Saturdays, and occasionally Wednesdays. JIaster ; Mr. A. W. Parkin, Greenford Green. Harrow. HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE (14 couple) —Wednesdays. Saturdays. Masiki! ; Mr. C, 1'. Heywood. Victoria Barracks, Windsor. MIDDLESEX FARMERS* (14 couple).— Wednesdays. Saturdays. Master: Mr. A. K. GustUiii,'. M.R.C.V.S., 7 Nottingham Mansions Nottin'^ham Street, W. ROYAL ARTILLERY (15* couple).— Tuesdays, Fridays. Master: Mr, C, (i. Mavall, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich. SHORNCLIFFE GARRISON (14 couple).— Mondays. Thursdays. Master: Major C. B. Tottenham, D.S.O., 14th Hussars. Somerset Barracks, Shoriicliffe. STAFF COLLEGE (18 couplf)-— Tuesdays. Fridays. MAsTEit : Major A C. Daly, West Yorks.. Regiment. Staff College. CaTiiberlev. WINANS'S, MR; WALTER (9i couple).— No fixed days. Master : Mr, Walter Winans, Surrenden pHrk, Pluckley, Kent. WOOLMER (17 couple).- Wednesdays. Saturdays. Master: Col. A. J. Godley, Irish Guards, Commandant's House. Longmore Camp, East Liss, Hants. (91 ) OJ O u3 -a I ° ; " •_£ ■ ^ 4J — o J3 XI < iS .v.l//'lv,v^vV*' ,.)*^.A/?^^^. . ■ ■.///.^.-^,v))/ ,.//'■ M ytfti^ay. 'Over Leicestershire Grass," A Practical Guide to Some of the "Best Hunting Countries and Centres. IN an annual production of this sort some difficulty has invariably to be overcome in deciding which features of previous issues shall be retained and which shall be discarded. But in regard to our " Practical Guide to Some of the Best Hunting Countries and Centres " we have experienced no difficulty in coming to a decision, for the kindly appreciation of manv of our readers last winter plainly showed that here we have a feature likely to be of permanent utility. Some sportsmen from choice and others from force of circumstances — such as Army ctticers — are frequently seeking fresh hunting quarters, and to them this " (iuide " should prove a useful source of information trom time to time. We have summarised and placed into smaller compass the details given in the 1904-5 issue of this Diary by writers eminently competent to deal with the various districts. It may be recalled that Mr. T. F. Dale dealt with Leicestershire, " Spraggon " with Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, ■' Maintop " with Ireland, " Peep Out " with the West Country, and Mr. William Scarth Dixon with Yorkshire. To these summaries we have added details concerning other leading countries and centres, feeling that by so doing we have increased the utility apd completeness of the " Guide." AVe begin, as before, with- LEICESTERSHIRE. The Horse Required. At least one season in Leicestershire is the ambition of all hunting men, and thoroughly to enjoy it one must have a really good horse — a stout horse, for Leicestershire is not, as is sometimes supposed, a wide open plain of rich turf. Except in some parts of the Monday country of the Quorn and of the Thursday or Saturday country of the Cottes- more, it is a case of galloping up and dosvn hill all day. One's horse must be well-bred, too. for hounds go faster over the scent-carrving grass of the Shires than in other countries. Then the fences need a bold horse. He must rise well at the stout blackthorn hedges which are, however, even when with a ditch on the far side, or towards you, well within the compass of a horse that is really a hunter. He must, further, be trustworthy over timber. The Leicestershire horse, moreover, should have manners. A bad-tempered or ill-mannered horse is quite out of place in a crowded I^icestershire field. Finallv, if vnu are to enjoy a whole day's hunting there must be two horses out each day. Centres. There are practically only three places where one would be likely to fix oneself for a visit. For many reasons Melton would come first— chiefly, however, because it is accessible from Town and most convenient for the meets in the best country. It is clearly a place for a man who wishes to hunt six days a week. Twice with the Quorn, with a frequent bye-day thiown in, will occupy his Mondays and Fridays and sometimes Thursdays. If the Quorn are not out on Thursday, then Mr. Fernie or the Cottesmore will provide the \-isitor with sport on that day. 'I'liesday is always spent with the Cottesmore and Wednesday with the Belvoir. The two last-named packs will advertise in the Melton district on alternate Saturdays. Melton, of course, is the most expensive place, since three of these packs would expect at least /25 as a subscription ; but all the days available from Melton you will find yourself practically always on the grass, and the supply of foxes equal to providing sport from morning till night. Somewhat less expensive than Melton is Market Harborough, and, although you can hunt six days if you like, it is not considered necessary. The Cottesmore and Mr. Fernie's, with off-days with the I'ytchley, will be the hunts you would follow. Owing to its admirable train service it is quite possible to spend a business day in I^ondon from Market Harborough once or twice a week. The hotels are comfortable, and there are some delightl'ul houses to let in its vicinity. Oakham and Grantham are also pleasant places, but the latter means that you would almost confine yourself to the l:ielvoir, and follow them as well in their Lincolnshire as in their Leicestershire country. Still there is nothing for sport like a I^incolnshire fox, and the country plough or pasture carries a scent. You want very stout horses, however, for the land rides heavily at times. Hunting Dress for Leicestershire. As to equipment and dress, one's wisest plan is to trust oneself to a first-rate tailor and bootmaker. Hunting-clothes are certainly almost the same in every hunt nowadays. Many men who are careless about every-day dress are most particular about the hunting kit. Where perhaps the turn-out of the man in the Shires differs from that of his cousin in the provinces is that the former is more complete in minor details, and has more of that finish which makes just the difference between a well and ill-dressed man. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. The Horse for Pytchley Country. Northamptonshire, the home of the Pytchley Hounds, loses little by comparison with Leicestershire. The Pytchley country is a land of rolling grass and of stout blackthorn fences. Little plough is crossed, and that chiefly on the Northampton or Monday side. Compared with some other countries the opportunities for water jumping are few. "The best horse that is bred " represents the requirements in the stable, albeit the majority are obliged to substitute the " best we can get." A good timber-jumper here, as elsewhere, will extricate his rider from most difficulties. The country as a rule rid's deep, and as the pastures are enormous and the fences stiff, a second horse becomes a necessity. A galloping blood horse, up to weight and able to get through the dirt, is the sort for Northamptonshire. Centres. Of hunting centres in Northamptonshire, Weedon and Daventry are perhaps the best. There is no town of any si/e which can be cited as a good centre for the Pytchley alone. We pass over Market Harborough, since this most favourite of fox-hunting centres lies within the borders of Leicestershire. Yet the Harborough man, even though his time be principally devoted to Mr. Fernie's and the other Leicestershire packs, will constantly have the opportunity of seeing the Pytchley at work in their best country. Northampton itself is a bad place to hunt from, but from either Weedon or Daventry capital sport maybe had. The Grafton are at hand on Monday, and the North Warwickshire are generally accessible on Tuesday On Wednesday of course the Pytchley claim attention, and if distance demands it a special train runs from both stations. On Thursday the Warwickshire are usually within reach ; on Friday the Pytchley or (irafton ; and on Saturday either the Bicester or the Pytchley are at hand To'vycester, Buckingham and BracKley. The pleasant little town of Towcester is not to be forgotten in talking of hunting centres. It is situated in the heart of the Grafton country, which contains a large acreage of pleasant grass, a proportion of holding plough, and some of the best woodlands in England. Towcester is probably the best centre for this country, but plenty of sport with the pack is obtainable from Buckingham or I^rackley. From Buckingham the Whaddon Chase are accessible, and at Bracktey one is within reach of some of the best Bicester meets. The last- mentioned pack visit the Northamptonshire border on alternate Saturdays, when Grafton, Pytchley and Warwickshire men come to swell the field, for this strip of country is a pleasant one to ride over, and the authorities ask no more than a ten-pound note for the season from the bi-weekly visitor. WARWICKSHIRE. A Sporting Country. And now a word as to the Warwickshire Hunds. whose territory adjoins that of the Pytchley to the south-west. A description of the Pytchley country would be applicable here again, and the horse that will carry one over North- amptonshire will cross Warwickshire equally well. The breadth and depth of the ditches is somewhat alarming on first acquaintance, and the horse who has not learnt to spread himself over his fences will come to grief quicker in Warwickshire perhaps than elsewhere The pack is kennelled at Kineton, a little town from which a follower might comfortably hunt four days a week, though at Leamington or Warwick more accomodation would doubtless be found. Their most popular country is hunted on Thursdays, and these fixtures can be conveniently reached from Rugby, which town the Pytchley, Atherstone and North Warwickshire approach to within easy distance. The popularity of the Warwickshire has of late years increased by leaps and bounds, and the crowd at Shuckburgh rivals that of a Pytchley Wednesday. Nor must the claims of Banbury as a hunting quarter be overlooked in connection with the Warwickshire. It is on the eastern border, and some of the best meets of the Warwickshire, Bicester. Grafton and Heythrop packs are easily accessible ; whilst there is the additional advantage of Banbury being so quickly reached from Town. ( 04 ) j).f«iU tfanly .^-■''^^~=^*\%„„ - ■ A FINE STRETCH OF VALE COUNTRY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES. Duke of Beaufort's. There are few countries outside the Shires which have so great an attraction for the lover of fox-hunting as the extensive tract of Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wilts, hunted by the famous Badminton pack There is no country in the United Ivingdom more sport-giving, both in variety and consistency ; none in England containing more perfect coverts or a better supply of stout-running foxes. True the hard-rider may miss the steeplechases of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, for the country cannot be rushed and scrambled over, and it generally rides deep in a good scenting season ; but Gloucestershire sport, as all who have enjoyed it will acknowledge, has a charm of its own, and the followers of the ducal pack have this advantage : they can hunt every day in the week, with the frequant opportunity, moreover, of choosing whether to throw in their lot with the Duke of Beaufort in one part of the country or with Will bale in another. The best kind of material to have in your stable here is a short-legged, quick, active horse that can get his hind legs well on to the banks and jump stone walls out of a trot AM kinds of fences are to be met with, and there is hardly any wire. Now as to the best places for hunting with the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds — Chippenham (whence a fine stretch of vale country, in which the famous Great Wood Kun had its origin, extends to Swindon) will commend itself to many ; and there is little to choose between that place and Malmesbury, further north, whence meets of the V. W. H. (Cirencester) can be reached ; or Tetburv, from which you can comfortably get to some of the meets of either Lord Fitzhardinge's or Lord Bathurst's packs. Yet to be reallv central what could possibly be more pleasant and convenient than to stay for the season at the new hotel close to the Badminton Station on the G. W. K , which is under the management of Dick Stovin. late huntsma,n to the Heythrop Hounds ' All strangers, are, of course, expected to subscribe towards this Hunt, which is maintair ed upon such a generous scale, but '■ capping " is not practised, and it is not likely that it ever will be while the present Duke lives. Vale of White Horse. With the fun provided by the packs kennelled respectively at Cirencestei and Cricklade a sportsman may well rest content. Both countries present great attractions to the fox-hunter, and both have the advantage of being hunted by keen and popular Masters and first-class packs of hounds, whilst the sporting farmers of the V. W. H. have no superiors, taking them as a whole, in the role of puppy-walkers and fox-preservers. The Cirencester country has a large proportion of grass, and the Cricklade, like the Old Berkshire which it adjoins on the north-east, is for the most part a flying grass country, where you would soon find yourself in difficulties if mounted on a bad horse. Cirencester itself — a charming town— is undoubtedly the best hunting (juarter for Lord Bathurst's side ; and Cricklade, Swindon, or Wootton Bassett are the best centres for Mr. Butt Miller's. Fi-om Cheltenham. Cheltenham, in the heart of the Cotswold country, which owes not a little of its growth and prosperity to hunting, is still the winter resort of a portion of the sporting community, for it holds to its claim as a fine centre whence meets of both the Cotswold packs. Lord Fitzhardinge's. the Croome and the Ledbury are accessible. Walls are only met w ith in the hill country of the Cotswolds, but in the Vale, flying fences to remind one of the Shires are encountered ; and the horse most ( 95 ) suitable for either tVie Cotswold or Nortlr Cotswold is a short-backed one with good shoulders and hocks to get up and down the hills, whilst he must also be able to gallop. For the North Cotswold good centres, in addition to Cheltenham, are Broadway (where the kennels are situated), Evesham. Mickleton, Campden and Winchcombe. The subscriptions vary from ;^io los. up to /50. The Berkeley (Lord Fitzhardinge's) country is mostly pasture, much of which carries a good scent, and a well-bred horse that can gallop, jump and stay is a necessity if you are to keep hounds in sight when they are " on the back ' of a straight-necked fox. Berkeley is about the best hunting quarter. Other Centres. A lot of good sport can be obtained from Ledbury with the pack which takes its name from the town, and also with the Herefordshire packs ; whilst meets of the Ledbury and Croome are accessible from Malvern, though the best centres for the last-named hunt are Pershore in the middle, Evesham and Tewkesbury on the North Cotswold side, and Worcester on the Worcestershire border. As just stated, Malvern and Ledbury are good centres for followers of Mr. Carnaby Forster's pack, and Newent is another, whilst some of the best meets can be reached from Tewkesbury and Upton-on- Severn, besides Cheltenham. A compact, well-bred horse that can jump and gallop is required in the Ledbury country, which is a ditch country, with a good deal of pasture in the Severn Valley, arable on the Ryelands, moorland on the Malverns, and big woods' in the south-west of the country. Members are expected to subscribe £^ for each day per \*eek they hunt, with an additional minimum subscription of £2 to the Poultry Fund. Capping is not practised. DEVON AND SOMERSET. Porlock for the Visitor to Exmoor. Porlock is the best centre for hunting on Exmoor, as nearly one-third of all the deer killed die within three miles of Porlock Church. The town lies on the northern side of the country, but it commands the best meets, and hounds put in more days there than in the southern part of their territory during the course of the season The Exmoor Foxhounds and Minehead Harriers meet on off-days in the district, and occasionally you can get a days otter-hunting or a badger dig. Minehead is the nearest station (seven miles), and 'bus, coach and carrier connect the two places. Lodgings are good, and hotel accommodation ample there and at Porlock Weir, and most of the pretty houses in the district are to let for the season. Minehead, Dunster. These are the centres more often chosen by " fashionable " folk. You have always seven miles further to ride to and from hunting, but the railway is at your door. Hotels are good, but somewhat more expensive than in other parts of Red Deer Land. You can also reach the meets of the Quantock Staghounds by road or rail from here. Both Minehead and Dunster are handy for meets of the West Somerset Foxhounds Cutcombe is a good centre, but dull on off-days, and the same remark must apply to Exford, where are the kennels. Hotel accommodation is good at both places. The yuarme Harriers meet round this district, which is an ideal one for hare hunting. Convenient Dulverton. Dulverton is a pleasant place to stop at, and very accessible by rail from Taunton, Exeter, South Molton and Barnstaple, and hotels are good, but it is a long way from all the meets on the best of the open moor, being the centre for the southern part of the staghound country. You will get many woodland days in the Exe and Barle valleys and in the great Haddon stronghold, and will be able to see something of Mr. Ian Amory and his smart pack, who hunt the deer in the Stoodleigh country and elsewhere. Hirelings. Nowadays there is no difficulty in getting hirelings Almost every other man in Minehead, Porlock, Dulverton, Lynton and Exford lets out hunters, and with competition the class of horse to let has improved If you find one, two or three hirelings that carry you to your satisfaction it is well to take them by the week, thus obtaining a slight reduction in the cost of their hire, and making sure that they are rot overworked, and ihat no lady gives them a sore back the day before you want to ride them. In the right stamp of horse good shoulders and forelegs are a sine qua iioii, and the horse for Exmoor must be well-bred, and able to gallop and stay. He must be able to get through wet ground, as the boggy parts are called, as well as up and down hill, without loss of time, as hounds will always beat horses up-hill. In fact, you want a compact and clever horse, with a turn of speed and not too much daylight under him. Hints for the Rider. On Exmoor, more haste less speed is amply verified, and the thing to know is when to let your horse extend himself and when to hold him together. Avoid bright green spots and patches of ground where the white cotton grass waves a warning signal, and also short cuts when you see others making a detour. Costume varies on Exmoor, and comfort is the order of day ; but white breeches are always cool and neat, and only the Hunt Staff wear pink and no one top hats. A covert coat with nice long skirts is always comfortable and workmanlike, and a long mackintosh, such as the hunt servants carry, is indispensable, .\prons only blow up or shift round, and are not worth carrying. You will be expected to subscribe to every pack you go out with. For odd days the staghounds exact a toll of half-a-guinea, but if you subscribe on the basis of £^ for every horse in your stud to the staghounds, £i to the foxhounds, and £2 to the harriers, you will be doing what is fair to all parties. Hotel charges vary, but 25/- a week for your horse at livery and three guineas lor yourself is about the average charge ( 96 ) DORSET AND SOMERSET. The Melton of the South^West. The all-round sportsman with a moderate income, fond of hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, and country life generally, will probably find in Dorset the nearest approach to a fulfilment of his ideals in combination anywhere obtainable, and he who tries Sherborne, Yeovil, Blandford, Stalbridge, Taunton, or Chard (let us say) as a hunting quarter for one season will undoubtedly find the sporting attractions of the neighbourhood sufficiently great to return again and again in the future. Sherborne, with its fine Digby Hotel, must ahvays rank first as a hunting centre in connection with Dorsetshire sport, for is it not " The Melton of South- West England " ? And is there a country outside the Shires that can sarpass the Blackmore Vale for wealth of coverts, stock of stout-running foxes, and extent of scent- carrying pastures ? The fences and ditches come pretty quickly in the Blackmore Vale, and nowhere, perhaps, do you get a greater variety of jumps — flying fences, wide-banked doubles, timber and water. It is commonly believed that in a run with the Blackmore Vale you are " always in the air, " and it is true that if you are to live with the pack you must be con- tinually testing the " lepping " capacities of your hunter, for, as we have said, the brooks and fences and banks succeed each other verv rapidly, and the gates are not so handy as they are in the Midlands. But in the Cheriton Vale, or the far-famed Sparkford and I^ydford districts you can take the occasional brook or the fences in your stride almost anywhere, and the large grass enclosures are delightful to gallop over : whilst the Stalbridge Vale is regarded by manv as the cream of the country. The Horse for the Blackmore Vale. For that part of the Blackmore ^■ale country — probably amounting to two-thirds of it — which is composed of small fields with big double fences, and is generally very holding, you require a short-backed horse with good loins and hocks and short legs. In the other part of the Blackmore Vale district, which is a flving country, ahorse with more blood is required. You will seldom be off the grass, and, although there is some wire, most of it comes down during the hunting season. The Blackmore Vale Hounds hunt four and sometimes five days a week. A cap of £i is collected from non-subscribers on the days when the meets are in the flying country, usually Tuesdays. A subscription oi £i\ a horse is expected, but a less subscription is accepted from an officer of the army and navy on full pay, serving at home. The Digby Hotel at Sherborne, has already been mentioned as a good place to hunt from, and from our own experience we can also say a good word for the " Antelope," at Sherborne, the " Ash," at Henstridge, the " Ked I^ion," at Stalbridge, and the " Greyhound," at Wincanton. Yeovil and Chard. Yeovil, in the South-Western corner of the Blackmore Vale, is a convenient hunting quarter, commanding some of the best meets in the fine open country of the Cattistock, who hunt four, and sometimes five, days a week. Y'ou might do worse, however, than go sixteen miles further west and pitch your tent at Chard. The fixtures of that sporting pack, the Cotley, are in the immediate neighbourhood, all the best meets of the Taunton Vale are within ten miles, and many of the Cattistock within the same radius, as well as those ot the Seavington in their lovely flying grass country — one of the best in the South of England. Thus, with the four local packs mentioned one can generally rely upon five days' hunting a week ove'r a good country, within easy hacking distance of Chard ; whilst with a motor or by taking advantage of the excellent service of trains on the S W, R. and C, \V K. the meets of the Blackmore Vale and more distant countries can be reached with ease The South and West Wilts Country. To the north-east of the Blackmore \'ale runs that wonderfully well-varied district covered by the South and West Wilts Hounds, which those who do not care for monotony in the land they ride over and the fences theyjump will find a charming country. We would specialise Gillingham. Trowbridge. Warminster, and Shaftesbury as the best centres for the meets of the South and West Wilts Hounds, the last-named town being on the borders of Lord Portman's country. The type of hunter most useful with the South and West Wilts is a fairly well-bred short-backed horse, as the doubles in the Vale country take a lot of getting over. The proportion of hill country now hunted is small, constituting one of the three days a week, and here a thorough-bred would be very valuable Cattistock and South Dorset. Under the present mastership, the reputation of the Cattistock country has gained rather than lost, and this is saying a good deal. You must be mounted on a bold, fast horse if you are to keep hounds in sight over the Cattistock pastures. Dorchester, Bridport and Weymouth are the best centres, the tirst-named for choice, because from Dorchester most of the meets of the South Dorset are easily accessible. Here again we have what may be called for the most part a flying country, for grass predominates, comparatively a small amount of plough being met with. .\ stout horse, short in the back and leg, is the sort for South Dorset, and he must be clever. Dorchester, as already mentioned, is a convenient quarter from which to hunt with this and the neighbouring Cattistock packs, but VVareham is more central ; and Blandford is the best place for sportsmen desirous of following both the South Dorset and Lord Portman's There is no fixed subscription with the South Dorset, people subscribing according to the number of times they go out, and there is no capping. ( Q7 ) CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES. Over the Grass. Unlike the undulating pastures of the Shires, the "oceans of grass" in Cheshire are flat as a rule. They are split up into small dairy-farm enclosures, too, so that cue is more constantly jnmping in and out than when following hounds over Leicestersliire. Fortunately, the hedge and ditch fences are fair and practicable ; yon seldom come to an unjumpable place. This frequent "lepping," however, soon shows the weak places in the Held, and not only is a quick, clever, active horse essential, but he must have staying power of no mean order, or his rider will soon get to the end of him. Properly mounted on good, sturdy, short-legged horses (about 15.3 for choice) that are clever and rise well at their fences, you will derive as much enjoyment from riding to hounds in Cheshire as any- where in lingland, and that it loses none of its attraction or popularity is shown by the large fields (many members of which come from long distances every season) seen out with both northern and southern packs year after year Tarporley. of Hunt Club fame, whence meets of both packs can be reached, is a favourite and convenient centre, and Nantwich for the South and Sandiway for the North are good hunting quarters. Sir Watkin Wynn's country includes a portion of delect- able vale, in which the enclosures are also small with easily negotiable fences, but the hill country is wild and rough. A similar stamp of horse to that mentioned above is required, and Whitchurch (whence meets of the South Cheshire, Shropshire and North Staffordshire can also be reached), Wrexham and Ellesmere are convenient centres. The Flint and Denbigh is almost entirely a banking country, where a short-legged, active horse, about 15.3, that can jump well, is the sort to have. St. Asaph and Denbigh are the best centres — both equally good — and the subscription to the Hunt is quite voluntary, for there is neither minimum nor " capping." YORKSHIRE. Hurworth and Lord Zetland's. There are fourteen packs of foxhounds in Yorkshire, and three which hunt part of Yorkshire and part of other counties. Cleveland, a three-days-a-week country, is in the extreme north of the county. A good deal of it is hill and moor, but there is some very good low country — plenty under certain circumstances for a day a week — though the woodlands are considerable, and there is rather more plough than grass. The horse for the country is a well bred short coupled one, rather under than over sixteen hands. Guisborough, Saltburn or Redcar are centres from which all the country can easily be reached. The Hurworth, though kennelled in co. Durham, have most of their country in Y'orkshire. The bulk of it is similar in character to the Cleveland country, not very large enclosures, fair hunting fences, and a fair proportion of grass, though, as in the Cleveland country, plough predominates. A sharp, clever horse, w-ell-bred and powerful, is what is wanted. The best centres are Croft, Darlington and Northallerton, from which places all the country can be reached. From Croft, Lord Zetland's can also be got to, as well as a few of the best of the Bedale fixtures. Some of the South Durham can also be reached, but Darlington is handier for the South Durham fixtures, though not so handy for the Bedale. From Northallerton nearly the whole of the Bedale and Hurworth countries is reachable, but Lord Zetland's cannot be got at except at one or two places. The latter is a fine country, the southernmost portion of which adjoins the Bedale and Hurworth. It is a galloping country, riding considerably lighter than the stiff clays of the Hurworth and Cleveland countries, and there is more grass. Some of the country is rather trappy, deep, narrow ditches being frequent : so a clever horse is wanted, and a well-bred one to boot. Richmond is a good place to stop at, and a man who is satisfied with three days a week might do worse than make that picturesque town his quarters. He will be able to catch Lord Zetland's two days a week and the Bedale one, whilst the train will bring him into occasional touch with the Hurworth. With the Bedale. The Bedale is a good three-days-a-week country, with a good deal of moor and woodland on the west side of it. To the east, where it joins the York and Ainsty and Hurworth, there is some fine country, and also on the north, where it joins Lord Zetland's. A very similar class of horse is needed to that required for Lord Zetland's and the Hurworth. There are no banks, but fences and ditches are the main obstacles, and a horse must be " quick on his legs." From Bedale the whole of the country is easily reached, but it is impossible to hunt with another pack without the help of the railway. YorK and Ainsty and Bramham Moor. The York and Ainsty Hounds hunt o\er a wide district which embraces all kinds of country, and in which all descriptions of obstacles are to be met with. A horse with good breeding that can spread himself and has sense enough to allow for blind places is required. York is the best centre, but even from here the train will have to be resorted to about once a week, or three days a fortnight. The Bramham Moor joins the Y'ork and Ainsty, is very similar to it in many respects, and the same stamp of horse is required. Boston Spa and Harrogate are good centres, and one day a week with the York and Ainsty can be had from them Leeds is also a centre for most fixtures, and from York the Friday meets are always within reach. Indeed, York is a capital place to stay at as Lord Middleton's Wednesdays are always convenient and the Sinnington low country fixtures are to be reached by train. Rough but Sporting. Rough moorland sport is obtainable in the Goathland. Bilsdale, Farndale and Staintondale countries, and the Badsworth is a wide country containing on the western side a lot of moor and woodland. The other part is a mixture of plough and grass in which on the whole the latter has slightly a preponderance. The best parts resemble the best of the York and Ainsty and Bramham Moor, and a similar class of horse is needed. The country between Doncaster and Selby is very deep, and takes some crossing, but it is a fine district when the wire is down. Lord Fitzwilliam's. like the Badsworth, is a good deal troubled with coal-mining, but there is some very good country for all that. There are big woodlands on the Doncaster side, and in the rest of the district plough and grass are about equally divided. Some of the low country is very good. Rotherham, Sheffield and Doncaster are centres. The Holderness is a fine plough country. Part of it is wold, joining the wolds in Lord Middleton's territorv : the rest is flat land with big wide drains running through it. the country being all drained into four or five big " dykes." (98) IRELAND. Cork as a Centre. In county Cork, which contains nearly one million acres of pasture, there are five packs of foxhounds — the Duhallow, Muskerry, the U. H. C. (United Hunt Club), the South Union, and the West Carbery. Of these the U. H. C, Musketry and South Union often meet within a short distance of the City, while the train service to reach and return from the Duhallow country is most convenient. On Mondays the U. H. C. and Muskerry hounds are out ; on Tuesdays the Duhallow and South Union meet; Wednesdays, U. H. C. and Muskerry ; Thursdays, the Duhallow, whilst the C. C. H. in co. Waterford can also be reached occasionally by train to Youghal on that day ; on Friday the U. H. C, Muskerry and South Union all take the field ; and Saturday is the Duhallow day in a good coiintiy. It is wonderful what a lot of hunting a man with three stout horses may get from quarters in the City of Cork or its suburbs ; and as second horses are not much in vogue down there one may hunt every day in the week with quite a small stud. There is no difficulty about obtaining a capital house in Cork or its immediate neighbourhood, with plenty of stabling, and at the Imperial Hotel the accommodation is good, while there are hospitable and comfortable clubs in the City, But if you object to be a dweller in city or suburb, there is charmingly-situated Mallow, from which very sporting little town you can fish for salmon, hunt with the Duhallow and U. H C. in their Fermoy country, or have a day with the Muskerry. Hounds go fast in CO. Cork, and you want an active bold horse, whose hocks and loins are beyond reproach, who has a bit of breeding, and can "go oil." He must be handy, too, for the glens in the U. H. C. and South Union country come as abruptly as Devon or Somerset combes. Dublin as a Hunting Centre. Some people have tried Dublin as a hunting quarter. The Meath Hounds hunt five days a week, Wednesday being the non-hunting day. But the Meath country is a very large one, and it is a very honest lo-mile drive from Kildare Street to Dunboyne, about the nearest meet to Dublin, so it will be seen that to hunt in Meath from Dublin the convenient train is the best covert hack. Of Kildare the same may be said. The Kildare Hounds go out on the same days as the Meath, except on Friday, when they do not hunt. On Wednesdays a meet of the Louth Hounds may at times be reached by train from the metropolis, and we must not forget the Ward Union Staghounds, w'hich meet within reach of the City on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Navan the Ideal. But to enjoy sport thoroughly in " the Roval Shire," Navan or its vicinity is by far the best centre, indeed the town is absolutely the centre of the district, and hunting five days a week from Navan is easy work enough, for several meets of the Louth Hounds are within reach, and a capital train service carries one to the fine northern upland district known as the Loughcrew country. Northern Meath, with its undulating surface and upstanding fences, is vastly different from the flat southern or Dublin country, with its huge enclosures and wide open ditches, where the best horse that can be procured is a necessity ; and to enjov the sport properly there it is also a necessity to have a couple of horses out. Naas. KilK e nny. Feth ard, and Clonmel. Kildare has for its best hunting centre the little town of Naas, in the vicinity of which the splendid kennels of the county pack are situated. It is essentially a grass country, and a strongly-fenced one. From Kilkenny one may manage five days a week pretty easily, putting in a day with Tipperary, Carlow or Castlecomer Hounds in addition to the county pack. There is good accommodation in the town of Kilkenny, and a handy, active horse is required — one, too, that must be able to jump stone walls. Tipperary's best centre is Fethard, and from this all that fine country can be reached with ease. Hounds go out nine days a fortnight, and a very good, fast-galloping horse is wanted. One or two of the best of the Kilkenny meets are within driving distance of Fethard, which must rank high as an Irish hunting cenVe. Clonmel is a pleasantly situated town, from which most of Tipperary can be reached, and also some meets of the Waterford Hounds. There is a club in the town, and pretty good hotel and stabling accommodation. Waterford, Limerick, Gal'way. and other packs. Waterford City possesses good hotels and plenty of stabling. The county hounds hunt five days a fortnight, and Mr. Lambert's Hounds can be reached with ease once a week and often twice. Turning west to Limerick we find a splendid country, part of which is quite the ideal bank and ditch grass country. Croom and Adare are the best centres, the town of Limerick being too much on one side. The hounds hunt three days a week. Loughrea is perhaps the best centre for hunting with the Galway " Blazers," but Ballinasloe also commands many meets of the East Galway. Part of the ■' Blazers' " district is undoubtedly the finest stone wall country in the world. The Carlow and Wexford Hounds are now both two-days-a-week packs. Lord Fitzwilliam " marches " with them on their eastern frontier, so that Newtownbarry — where there is very comfortable accommodation — is now a good hunting centre in a beautiful country, where there is good salmon fishing also. (99) Hunt Subscriptions and "Capping." ''T^HE following is a list of the airajigements made in the X. various hunting countries as regards subscriptions and " capping " Where the latter is not mentioned it is not practised so far as can be ascertained. Nor have we mentioned those cases where subscriptions are not asked for, or where no recognised rule obtains ENGLISH FOXHOUNDS. Albpighton — Minimum subscription, £5. Atherstone. — Minimum subscription, £15. Beaufort's, Duke of. — Minimum subscription, £10 per annum for eveiy hunting day ])er week ; oflficers on leave or (juartered in country, half that rate. Bedale. — ilinimum subscription, £5 per horse. O.B.H. (East). — Minimum subscription, £15 15s. O.B H. (West).— Minimum subscription, £10 10s. Bicsster. — Minimum subscription, for visitors, £10 per horse ; other strangers, £35, unless subscribers of at least £25 to an adjoining pack, when £10 is required. These rules do not apply to landowners and covert owners in adjoining hunts, nor to members of Oxford University, nor to officers quartered in the country. Capping is not practised, but an extra strict scrutiny is exercised to keep away non-subscribers. Bilsdale. — Minimum subscription, £10. Blackmore Yale. — A cap of £2 is collected from non- subscribers on the days the meets are in the flying country — usually the Tuesdays — and a subscription of £11 a horse is expected. A smaller subscription is accepted from officers of the army and navy on full. pay serving at home. Blencathra. — Minimum subscription, 2s. Gd. Bramham Moor.— Minimum subscription, £10 A cap of £1 per horse is demanded of everyone hunting with this pack, with the following excejrtions : (1) Land- owners, land agents, and farmers and their families 'in, and within 10 miles of, the Bramham Moor country ; (2) Subscribers of £25 and upwards and their families ; (S) Subscribers of £10 and upwards to the Bramham Moor and other neighbouring packs of foxhounds ; (4) Soldiers of the regular army quartered in the district; (5) Soldiers of the Imperial Yeomanry ; (6) Any other person whom for services of any kind rendered to hunting the Master may excu.se ; (7) Bona-fid^ guests and servants of classes 1 and 2 only to be exempt, subject to such modification as the Committee may think tit. Browne's, Mr. Scott.— No subscription, but a Poultry Fund. Burstow. — Minimum subscription, £26 5s. A cap of £1 is enforced. Carmarthenshire.- Minimum subscription, £3 3s. Cheshire (South). — A cap of £1 is taken from every non-sub- scriber—landowners, land agents and farmers in the country being exempt. Chiddingfold — ^Iinimum subscription, £10 lOs. Coquetdale.— Minimum subscription, £1 Is. Cotswold. — Minimum subscription, £20 for members and £3 for the Poultry Fund ; strangers are expected to contribute to the Poultry and Damage Fund. Cotswold (North) —Minimum subscription for membership, £10 Cottesmore. — A cap of £2 is taken from non-subscribers. Craven. — Minimum subscription for membership, £10. Crawley and Horshatn. — Minimum subscription for mem- bership, £15 15s. A cap of £1 is enforced. Farmers and officers in either service are excepted and also gentlemen hunting with the neighbouring packs unless they come out constantly. Devon (East). — A cap is taken. Devon (Mid). — Minimum subscription, £1 Is Durham (North) — Minimum subscription, £5. Durham (South). — Subscription expected from regular followers, £15 15s. to £21 Is. Eastbourne. — Minimum subscription, £10 10s. per horse. A cap of 10s. is expected from non-subscribers, but small subscriptions are received instead from visitors hunting for short periods. Eridge. Minimum subscription, £10 10s. Non-subscribers are expected to contribute to the Damage Fund. Essex. — Minimum sub.scription, £31 10s Essex and Suffolk. — A cap of 10s. is taken. Essex, East.— Minimum subscription, 10s 6d. Essex Union. — Minimum subscription for strangers, £10 10s. Exmoor.— Minimum subscription, £2 2s. per horse. Visitors are expected to contribute a minimum of 5s. per day's hunting. Fernie's, Mr. — ilinimum subscription for membership, £2.5. Fitzwilliam's, Earl.— A cap of 10s. for Wire and Poultry Fund. Fitzwilliam's, Mr. George.— People hunting to these hounds who do not ride permanently in the country are expected to pay at least £25 to the hunt fund. Four Burrow. —No subscription, except to the Damage Fund, for wliich a caj) of Is. is taken every advertised hunting day. Garth.— Member's subscription, £15. A cap of £1 is taken. Glamorgan.— Minimum subscription, £8 8s., with an additional £4 per annum to Poultry Fund. A 5s. cap is taken for the Poultry Fund from all except tenant farmers and their sons. Grafton. — Minimum subscription, £25 for gentlemen, £10 for ladies. Anyone hunting more than one day a week must calculate their subscription on the basis of £15 per day per week for gentlemen, and £8 per day per week for ladies (this rule does not apply to officers on full pay). Non-subscribers to pay £2 each day, the money to be sent the day before hunting to Mr. J. C. Hunter, Greens Park, Blakesley, Towcester. Land- owners and subscribers of £.35 can bring out a friend. Hambledon (East and West).— Minimum subscripton, £5 per hor.?e from those hunting regularly, with £1 in addition to the Poultry Fund. H.H (Hampshire).—No fixed minimum, but £10 per horse expected. Hertfordshire.— Minimum subscription, £26 58. Heythrop. — Minimum subscription, €25. Hursley. — Minimum subscription, £5 5s. Isle of Wight — Minimum subscription for membership, £10 ; for others, £5. Kent (East) — Min. sub., £5 and a donation to the Poultry Fund ; for members, £10 10s. Kent (West). — Minimum subscription, £10 10s. Ledbury. — £5 for each day per week expected. LlangeinoF. — Minimum subscription, £2 2s. A cap is taken. Llangibby. — Minimum subscription, £5 5s. Meynell. — Minimum subscription for membership, £25. Monmouthshire. — Subscription to the Hunt Club, £5. Non-members expected to give to the Covert Fund. New Forest. Minimumsubscription to theHuntClub, £10. Newmarket and Thurlow.- Minimum subscription, £5 5s. Norfolk (West).— Every member of the Hunt who hunts regularly is expected to pay £2 for the season to the Covert Fund, or if not hunting legularly he can pay to the cap which is not less than 2s. 6d. whenever he comes out. Strangers can put in just what they like in the same way, the proceeds going to the Covert Fund. ( lOO Portnian's, Lord. — Minimum subscription to Poultry Fund, £5 ; no subscription otherwise. Puckeridge — Minimum subscriptions, £10 10s. Pytchley. — iIinin)om subscription, £'2o. A cap of £2 is taken, landowners and farmers in and within five miles of the hunt boundaries and officers stationed in the east and north-west districts exempted Pytchley (Woodland). — Minimum subscription, £20. Quorn.— Minimum subscription for membership, £40. Visitors are expected to subscribe at the rate of not less than £25 per day per week. There is a £1 cap for non- sub-sr-ribers. Rolle's, Hon. Mark. — Minimum subscription, £5 in propor- tion to the number of horses used. Sherbrooke's, Mr.— Minimum subscription, £5. Shropshire, North. — No subscription, except to Damage Fund Silverton. A cap is taken Southdown. — Minimum subscriiition, flO lUs., and £1 Is in addition to tlie Poultry Fund. A cap of £1 is taken. Staffordshire (North) -Minimum .^ubscription, £10. Staffordshire (South) — Minimum subscription, £5 5s A cap of 10s 6d. is taken for the Covert Fund from non- siib.scribers. Suffolk. A cap is taken Surrey, Old. Minimum Subscription, £10 10s. Surrey Union. —Minimum subscription, £15 15s. Taunton Vale. — Minimum subscription for membership, £7 7s. Subscriptions also expected to the Poultry Fund, for which a cap is taken from non-subscribers Tedworth. — Visitors are expected to subscribe at the rate of £10 per hor.=e. Tiverton. — Minimum subscription, £5 5s. Tivyside. — Minimum subscription, £5. Tynedale. — Minimum subscription to the Hounds, £10 to the Hunt Club. £10 lOs. Y.W.H. (Cirencester). — Minimum subscription for gentle- men, £10 for each day per week ; ladies, £5. V.W.H. (Cricklade).— Minimum subscription, £10 for each diiy per week. Vine.— Minimum subscription for membership, £20. Warwickshire. — Minimum subscription, £10. A cap of £2 is taken, landowners and farmers within five miles of the limits of the Warwickshire Hunt excepted. Warwickshire (North). — Same as the Warwickshire. Western.— No subscription, but contributions received for the Damage Fund. Whaddon Chase. — Minimum subscription, £35. A cap is taken. Worcestershire. — Minimum subscription, £5 to the Hunt Fund and £2 in addition to the Poultry Fund. A cap of £2 is taken. York and Ainsty.— Minimum subscription for members, £25 per annum, and £2 per annum to the Poultry Fund. £1 cap, with certain exemptions. Ystrad and Pentyrch.— Minimum subscription, £.S 3s. A cap of 5s. is taken. Zetland's, Marquis of.— No subscriptions, except to the Covert and Poultry Fund. IRISH FOXHOUNDS. Carbery (West) —A cap is taken on November 1st, Decem- ber 26th, and March 17th : beyond that there is no intention of adopting "capping." Carlow.— Minimum subscription, £5. Field-money, 2s. 6d. Coshmore and Coshbride. — A small cap is taken. De Clifford's, Lord.— Field -money, 2s. 6d. Duhallow. — Field-money, 2s. 6d. Fitzwilliam's, Lord, and Island.— Minimum .subscription, £1, which goes to the CovertFund. A small cap is taken. Galway (County). — Minimum sub.scrii)tion, .£15. Field- money, 28. 6d. Galway (East) — Minimum subscription, £5. A cap of 2s. 6d. is taken from everybody except ladies. Kildare. — Minimum subscription for members, £10 10s. ; additional contributions expected for Wire and Poultry Funds. Field. money for members, 2s. 6d ; for others, 10s. a day. A fund has been started to remove wire or make fences jumpable in places. Kilkenny — £5 per horse expected and a cap is taken. King's County. — Minimum subscription, £3. Field-money, 2s. Gd, Lambert's, Mr. — Minimum subscription, £5 per horse. A cap is taken. Limerick. —Minimum subscription, £6 6s Field-money, 2s. Gd. Louth. — Minimum subscription, £5. Field-money, 2s. 6d., to the Earth Stopping Fund. Meath. — Minimum subscription, £10 10s. A small cap of 2s. 6d. is taken (field-money), from which there are no exemptions except working farmers. Muskerry.— Subscription, £15 From those subscribing less 2s. 6d. field money is taken, and a cap of 5s. from non -subscribers Ormond. — A cap of 2s. 6d. is taken. Queen's County and Castlecomer.— Field-money, 2s. 6<1. South Union. — Minimum subscription, £5. A cap of 5s. is taken. Tipperary. Field -money, 2s. Gd. United Hunt Club.— Minimum sub.scription for member- ship, £1(1 ; for non-members, £5. Field-money, 2s 6d. for members, 5s, for non-subscribers (farmers excepted). Waterford. — Minimum subscription for membership, £10. A cap of 2s. 6d. is taken. Westmeath. — Minimum subscription, £5; for tenant farmers, £2 2s. Field-money, 2s. 6d., ladies, children, farmers and ministers of religion excepted. Wexford.— Minimum subscription, £6 6s. Strangers hunt- ing more than six days expected to subscribe. SCOTTISH FOXHOUNDS. Eskdaill.- .Minimum subscription, £1 Is. Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire.— Minimum subscription, £1(1 and in proportion with the number of horses used. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire.- Minimum subscription, £10. ENGLISH STAGHOUNDS. Berks and Bucks. — .Minimum subscription, £1(1' Ids. A small cap is taken. Devon and Somerset. — No fixed minimum subscription. There is a cap of 10s. Gd. a d.ay. Enfield Chace Membership subscription, £21. Subscribers hunting on Saturdays only are expected to pay £15 15s. ; those hunting on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, £1.5 l_5s. Subscription for members of other Hunts, entitling them to hunt with the Enfield Chace whenever they choose, £10 KJs. Non -subscribers are capped £1 Is., but a subscription is expected if out more than five times Mid-Kent. — Non. subscribers are capped £1. Quantock. — No subscription or cap, but there is a Deer Damage Fund, Surrey.- Minimum subscription, £26 5s. for one day per week. Cap, £1. Warnham.- Minimum subscription, £25. Cap, £1. IRISH STAGHOUNDS. Down,County.— Minimum subscription, £10. Field-money, 2s. Gd , ladies and farmers excepted. Templemore.— No fixed minimum subscription. A cap of 2s. is taken Ward Union. -Minimum subscription, £5. Westmeath (South).— A cap is taken. { ■o, ) ENGLISH HARRIERS. Anglesey. — Miniimnm subscription, £1 Ashburton. — Any subscription accepted. Ashford Valley. — Any subscription accepted. AspuII. — Cap of 5s. a day from non-subscribers. Axe Vale. — Minimum subscription. 10s. 6d. ; a cap is talcen when fox-liuntinij Bath and County.— A cap is taken Bexhill. — Minimum subscription, £5 5s. ; a cap is talcen. Brighton and Brookside.— -Minimum subscription, £10 10s ; a cap of ."is from non-subscribers Cambridgeshire. — Mimimum subscrijition, £5. Cotley. — A cap is taken for tlie Earth-Stopping Fund, the t'otley huntinu' fox as well as hare. Cumberland Brampton. — A cap of 2s. 6d is taken from subscribers of less than 10s. Fowey. — An occasional cap is taken. Furlong. — Minimum subscription, 15s Hailsham. — Minimum subsoiiption, £1 Is ; an occasional cap is taken. Haldon. -Any subscription accepted. Hallam and Eccleshall.—Alinimum subscription. lOs (id. Holcombe.- Mimimum subscription for full membeis, £25 Holmfirth, Honley and Meltham.— Minimum subscription, 2s. 6d. Kent, West.- -Those huntinfj who are not land owners, occupiers, or subscribe: s of not less than £5 ijs. for each horse out, are capped. Minehead.— A cap is taken. Modbury. — Minimum subscription, 10s. 6d ; an occasional cap is taken. Rochdale. — Minimum subscription, £21 ; a cap is taken Rockwood. — Subscription of £5 5s. entitles members to tixture-cards. Rossendale.— Minimum subscription, £5 South Molton -Any subscription accepted. Taunton Vale.— Minimum subscription, £3 Ss. Vale of Lune. — Minimum subscription, £1 Is. Wells Subscription. — Minimum subscription, 2s. fid. Wirral. — Minimum subscription, £1(1 10s. IRISH HARRIERS. Ballymacad. — Minimum subscription, .tl ; a cap is taken Brisco's, Captain. — A cap is taken. Corolanty.— A cap is taken. Derry. — .Minimum subscription, £5 ; a cap is taken. Derry Castle. — A cap is taken. Down, North. — Minimum subscription, £10 lUs. ; a cap is taken. Dundalk. — Minimum subscription, £2 ; for farmers, £1 : field-money, 2s. fid. Edenderry and District — Minimum subscription, £2; a cap is taken Fermanagh.— Minimum subscription, £5 5s ; a cap is taken. Fingal. — Minimum sub.scription, £1 ; a cap is taken. Iveagh.— Minimum subscription for members, £5 ; a cap is taken Killultagh, Old Rock, and Chichester.- Minimum subscrip- tion for members, £10 l(.)s ; for non-hunting members. farmers, and members of other hunts, £5 5s, ; non- snb.scribers are capped .")s. Newry. Minimum subscription, £5 ; a cap is taken. Roscommon. — A cap is taken. Route. — Minimum subscription, £5; a cap is taken. Scarteen. — Any subscription taken ; non - subscribers capped 2s. Seskinore. — Minimum subscription, £1. Tynan and Armagh. — Minimum subscription. £1. ENGLISH DRAGHOUNDS. Banstead.— Minimum subscription, £lo 10s. Greenford. -Minimum subscription, £10 10s. Middlesex Farmers. — Minimum subscription, £21 (mem- bei'ship limited to from 20 to 22). Horse Repositories of the United Kingdom. We append a List of the Repositories throughout the United Kingdom where horses can he bought and sold : — .\UCTIONEERS. Bainbridge, Mr. W Birmingham & Warwickshire Reposi- tory, Ltd. Bond & Sons, Messrs. Robert Bradshaw & Sons, Messrs. E. ... Bradwell & Sons, Messrs. J. H. Cave, Messrs Collings, Mr Cooper, Mr. James Corpe & Co., Messrs. W. T Croall & Sons, Ltd., Messrs. John Crow, Messrs. A. T. & E. .V Darby & Co., Messrs. Joseph ... Deacon, Mr. T. Hooper... Dilley, Son & Read, Messrs. Ensor & Son, Messrs. T. Escritt cS: Barrell, Messrs. Fitt, Mr. W. B Days of Selling Various ... Thursdays Tuesdays Alternate Mondays Alternate Fridays Thursdays F'ridays ... Saturdays Various ... Wednesdays Various ... Monthly Sales ... Mondays Monthly Sales ... Various ... Thursdays Various .. .\nDRES.S. The Repository, Warrington, Lancashire. Hill and Station Streets, Birmingham Repository, Ipswich. Whitworth Street, Oxford Street, Manchester. Midland Counties' Horse Repositorj-, Parliament Street, Nottingham. The Repository (Cave's), Moseley Street, Birmingham. Horse I\epository, Raris Street, Exeter. Cooper's Horse Repository, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Blackmore Vale Repository. Yeovil. Royal Horse l^azaar, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. The Repository, Sunderland The Repository, Castle (ireen, Taunton. Y W H. Repository, Swindon. The Repository, St. Ives, Hunts. Horse Repository, Wimborne, Dorset, and at Dorchester. Lincolnshire Horse Repository, Grantham. Hartigan's Repository, Limerick. I02 ) Freeman. Messrs, W. & S. (Aklridge's) Wednesdays and Saturdays .. Gale. Mr. E. J GofI & Co , Messrs. Robert J. ... Hall, Wateridge & Owen, Messrs. Harrison & Son, Messrs. R. Hepper A: Sons, Messrs.... netherin"ton. Messrs. ... Hill, Mr. Phillip E lones tS: Son, Messrs. Knight, Mr. Larkinson, Mr. S. l.loyd cS: Sons, Messrs. Frank (Crewe) (Wrexham) Manley & Sons, Messrs. Hy. ... Mansell* Co., Messrs. Alfred ... London Horse and Carriage Repositorv (Manager, Mr. George Stewart). Low, Mr. Gavin ... Lowry & Sons, Messrs. Joseph... Lucas cS: Co., Messrs. Maughan, Messrs. T. & I Mitchell's Auction Co., Ltd. ... Nicholson, Greaves & Co., Messrs, O'Brien, Mr. Thomas Read, Stanford iv; Gay ford, Messrs. ... Robson, Ltd., Messrs. John Sewell, Son & Simpson. Messrs. Se.xton, Grimwade & Beck, Messrs, Shepherd, Mr. Joseph Smith, Messrs. W. J Stapleton, Messrs. Stephenson & Ale.sander, Messrs Stollery, Mr. R. N. Strangeways & Co., Messrs. Tattersall, Messrs, Walker & Sons, Messrs... Ward, Mr, Henry Warner, Sheppard cS: Wade, Ltd,, Messrs, (Leicester), Warner. Sheppard & Wade. Ltd. Messrs. (Cheltenham). Whittendale tV Watson, Messrs, Winterton & Sons. Messrs. W'liods & Co., Messrs. ... Various ... First Tuesday in each month Last Friday and Saturday in each month. First Thursdays in Jan., Mar,, April, May, June, July, Aug., Nov. and Dec, and on special dates. First Tuesday in each month First Thursdays in every month, except Feb., when sale is held on second Thursday, and Oct., when sale is held on second Wednesday. \'arious ... Wednesdays A'arious ... ilondays and Thursdays Various Various ... First Friday in each month, except Feb. and Oct. Tuesdays Various First Wednesday in each month ; second Friday following each Fair Day. Various ... Tuesdays Mondays and Wednesdays ... Mondays and Thursdays Various ... Tuesdays and F'ridays Tuesdays and Fridays Mondays, and Thursdays also at certain seasons. Thursdays Tuesdays and Fridays Saturdays, and Wednesdays also at certain seasons. Thursdays Various ... Monthly Sales (usually Friday) First Saturday in each month. except April, when second Saturdav, .Vldridge's Repositorv, St, Martin's Lane, London, W.C. Southminster, Essex. Henry Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Special Annual Sales at the Dublin Horse Show. The Raven New Repository, Shrewsbury. Harrison's Auction Mart, Carlisle. Yorkshire Repository, York Place, Leeds. Hetherington's .\uction Mart, Earl's Street, Carlisle. Corporation Horse Repository, St. Marv Street, Cardifi. Horse Repository, Wrexham ; and at Llangollen, Bromyard. Herefordshire. Horse Repository, Wolverhampton Cheshire Repository, Crewe North Wales Repository, Wrexham. Crewe Horse Repository, Crewe, College Hill, Shrewsbury, Horse Repositorv, Elephant and Castle. London, S E Prussia Street, Dublin, Kells and Navan, Ireland. Horse and Carriage Repository, Hotham Street, Liverpool. The Repository, Liverpool ; and also Gateshead Auction Mart, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Agricultural Hall, Cockermouth. Castle Hill Repository, Sheffield. Repository, Union Quay, Cork, Ireland Beccles, Suflolk, Victoria Horse Repository, Belfast. Mount Street, Dublin, Special Annual Sales a the Dublin Horse Show. King's L\nn, Peterborough, Derby, Horse Repository, jiy to 319, Prescot Road, Stanley. Liverpool. The Repository, Park Street, Manchester. Stapleton's Roval Repositorv, Commercial Street, E.C. The Repository, 5, High Street, Cardiff, Barbican Royal Repository. London, EC. Horse and Carriage Repository, Francis Street, Manchester. Knightsbridge. London, S.W. ; also a branch establishment for hound sales at the New- Kennels adjoining the Railway Station, Rugby. Periodical sales of bloodstock at Newmarket and Doncaster. The Horse Repository, York. Edgware Road Horse Repository, Paddinyton, London, W. The Repository, Leicester, The Repository (late Humphrey's), Cheltenham. Horse Repository, Nuneaton (also at Coventry every alternate Tuesday) The Horse Repository, Lichtield- The Repository, Cattle Market, Xorthampton { lo;, ) Societies and Institutions. MASTERS OF FOXHOUNDS' ASSOCIATION. President : Viscount Galway, M.F.H. Hon. Secretary: Mr. J. Rooke Rawlence, Tattersall's, Knightsbridge, London. Editor of the Foxhound Kennel Stud Book : Mr. H. E. Preston, Bishopthorpe, York. Objects of the Association : The publication of the Foxhound Kennel Stud Book, the settlement of hunt dis- putes referred to them for consideration, and the furtherance of the interests of foxhunting generally. Annual Meeting : ,\t Tattersall's, Knightsbridge, on Monday in Derby week. ASSOCIATION OF MASTERS OF HARRIERS AND BEAGLES. President : Mr. J. C. Vaughan Pryse-Rice. Hon. Secretary; Mr. Arthur L. Mercer, Rodmersham House, Near Sittingbourne. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. C. W. M. Kemp, 43, Sloane Gardens, S.W. Hon. Secretary to the Beagle Committee : Mr E. H. Humphreys, The Rock House, Bromsgrove. Objects of the Association : The publication of the Harrier and Beagle Stud Book, and the formation of rules for the Peterborough Show (Harriers and Beagles). Annual Meeting: At Tattersall's, Knightsbridge, on the last Tuesday in April. .■Vnnual Dinner : At Peterborough on the night previous to the Show. ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES. HUNT Hon. Secretary: Mr. Philip Barnett, Hon. Sec. V.W.H. (Lord Bathurst's) Hunt, 3, Bromley Terrace, Cirencester. Objects of the Association : Co-operation of Hunt Secretaries in the discussion of the "business" part of fox-hunting ; for the better understanding of the unwritten laws of fox-hunting ; and the determination, as far as possible, of a generally accepted system on broad lines, as to the treatment of such matters as " capping," subscriptions, motors, second horsemen, poultry claims, wire and damage funds, etc. Annual Meeting : At Tattersall's, Knightsbridge, on the Monday in Derby week. HUNTERS' IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. President: The Hon. E. S. Douglas-Pennant, M.F.H. Secretary : Mr. A. B. Charlton, 12, Hanovor Square, London, W. Objects: (i) To improve the breed, and promote the breeding of hunters, and other horses used for riding or driving, and for military purposes : (2) to give premiums at Spring shows, and obtain for breeders the use of sound stud-horses at moderate service fees : (3) to publish stud books of hunter stallions and mares, and use means to induce the various agricultural societies to offer prizes at their shows for mares and young stock ; (4) to attract public attention to a subject so important to the nation, and to spread knowledge of the principles upon which a better class of horse may be bred. HUNT SERVANTS' BENEFIT SOCIETY. Patron : His Majesty the King. President : The Marquis of Zetland, M.F.H. Executive Committee : The Marquis, Viscount Portman and Lord Tredegar (Trustees), Mr. \V. N, Heysham (Hon. Auditor). Viscount Valentia, Lord Chesham, the Earl of Coventry, Viscount Galway, Earl Bathurst, Mr. J. R. Lane Fox, Mr. Charles Travess, Mr. Frank Gillard, Mr. R. Stovin. Honorary Treasurer: Mr. William Mortimer. Auditor: Mr. Frank Whinney. Secretary : Mr. S. Laing Moffat. Offices: 40, Brompton Road, London, S.W Objects: To provide to Huntsmen and Whipp«rs-in of a Fox or Stag Hunting Establishment in the I'nited Kingdom, being Benefit Members — 1st — A Weekly .Mlowance of Fifteen Shillings in case of Sickness or Accident. 2nd — An Annuity of £^g after the age of 60 or 65 years. 3rd — .\ Provision for Widows and Children. Subscriptions : An annual subscription according to scale, to participate in all or any of the provisions before stated, constitutes a Benefit Member. Payment of a donation £^ or more, or an annual subscription of £1 and upwards, for the purpose of increasing the payments to Benefit Members, constitutes an Honorary Member. Donations or subscriptions should be sent to the Secretary — Cheques to be crossed and marked " Not negotiable." Post Office Orders to be made payable at Knightsbridge, London. Lloyd's Bank, Limited, 16, St. James' Street, London, S.W., and the National Provincial Bank and branches, also receive donations and annual subscriptions. .-Vn.nual Meeting : The day after the Derby in the Subscription Room at Tattersall's, at 11 am. BROOD MARE SOCIETY. President ; Lord Rothes. Hon. Secretary ; Mr. VV. Phillpotts Williams, 7. Carwinion Terrace, Liskeard, Cornwall. Objects : (i) Acquiring by gift or purchase, suitable mares for breeding, riding, and driving horses, such mares to be mated with sires approved by the Society. (2) Enabling farmers and breeders to obtain such mares on prescribed conditions. (3) Obtaining subscriptions from the public. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. London Office : 26, Charles Street, St. James', S.W. Secretary and .\cting Treasurer : Mr. C. B. Shaw. Objects : To provide pensions for boiui-fittc Farmers, their Wives, Widows, and Unmarried Orphan Daughters. .\llowances and Pensions : Married Couples, ^40 per annum ; Males, £26 per annum : Widows and Unmarried Orphan Daughters, ;f 20 per annum. Annual Subscriber of los. 6d. one vote, and an additional vote for every additional los. (k\. 1 ( I04) Winners at the Peterborough Foxhound Show. 1899. Jui.v 5TH Class. Couple of uneiitercd hounds Hest unentered lioinid 21 Packs Represented Dogs. Houmh. Resolute and Rival ' Hercules and WiUlboy Hunt. ist. Lanark and Renfrewshire. 2nd. V. W. H. (Cricklade). Pytchley. Two couples of entered hounds Stallion hounds ist. V.W.H. (Cricklade). 2nd. Lanark and Renfrewshire. Beaufort's. ...Marquis Victor, Raglan, Ring- \ ist, Uuke of wood, and Woldsman I Beaufort's. Potentate, Marksman, j and, Pytchley. Miner and Pageant ) , Vaulttr ist, Duke of .' Beaufort's (Potentate 2nd, Pytchley, E.\tni Class— I 'neutered hound froniA Hercules pack which had not won a I lirst prize in open classes 1 Rival in 1896-7-8 J ,,,,,, , ^- f I Victor. Raglan, Ring-^ nnkp nf Karl Bathurst's Cup for ..-ood, Woldsman, Val- 1*''"''^ ^^J. three couples I j^^j ^j,^ Spartan. Mr. Lycett Green's Cupij^j j^ Pytchley. for best hound ) ' Judges -The K^t\ of Enniskillcn. M.F.fL. and Austin Mackenzie, Esq. Bitches. ,, , c . 1 1 Rapture and Lusty Couple of Ml. entered ' 1'°""^^ ^ Sec-et and Posy Best unentered hound ...Rapture , Tragedy, Foresail. Heir- Two couples of entered! ess and Timorous hounds I Daylight, Delta. Wildfire 2nd, Mr. ( and Trusty Wroughton's, j Sentiment ist, Warwickshire, I Winifred jnd, Oakley, 1st, Duke of Beaufort's, and, Pytchley. Duke of Beaufort's ist, Warwickshire. Cinss. Hounds. Extra Class— Unentered hounds fronis Rapture pack that had not won a Hrst prize in open classes VDauntless in 1896-7-S I J ^L L . ,- / '^Tragedy, Timorous, Lord Chesham's Cup for/ sintiment, Serious, three couples ... ^^ Typical and Foresail. The Committee's Cup for t r j^re best hound J *^ //unf. ist, Duke of Beaufort's. 2nd, V.W.H. fCricklade). Warwickshire. Duke of Beaufort's Judges—Rev. Cecil Legard and John Williams. Esq., M.F.H. 1900.— li'NE 27TH. 21 packs represented Dogs. Ciass. Hounds. Couple of unentered ( Goblin and Merlin hounds I Harper and Guardsman Special prize for best un- ) c^^a^dsman entered hound ... I Best unentered hound from "^ Despot apackwhich had not won iHero first prize since 1895 Two couples of entered ( Potentate. Marquis, hounds \ Pageant & Folkestone Best stallion hounds . Hunt. isi. Pytchley. 2nd, Oakley. Oakley. ist, Atherstone. 2nd, V. W. H. (Cirencester.) isi, Pytchley. Champion Cup yudges. Couple of hounds (Potentate ist. Pytchley. (Tuscan 2nd, Warwickshire ...Potentate Pytchley. G. P. Elystan Evans, Esq.. M.F.H., and W. E. Rigden, Esq., M.F.H. unentered ( Dowager and Hopeful... ist. Oakley. * Trilby and Sappho ... 2nd. Warwickshire ^^'}h Bitches. armless ... Special prize for bes hound in above class Best unentered hound from ( Qiggf^] pack which had not won ■ ^ ^ass a first prize smce 1895 ■' / Nemesis, Fealty. Famous Two couples of entered | and Needful hounds 1 Tractable, Fickle, 1^ Whimsey and Fatal _ , , . , I Rantipole Brood bitches 1 Gaiety Champion Cup ... ...Rantipole Mr. Fernie's. ist, Atherstone. 2nd, Southdown. ist, Mr. Fernie's. 2nd, Warwickshire ist. North Cheshire 2nd, Atherstone. North Cheshire. yudies.—V.. Lycett Green. Esq., M.F.H., and P. A. W.Carnegy. Esq. 1901,— Ji-i.v lOTH. 23 Packs Represented. Dogs. { Brood bitches Houmts. Meanwell and Hamlet ... Damper and Delegate ... Pedlar Delegate Bruiser Challenger, Despot. Comrade and Nailer Contest, Watchman. Grappler & Vagrant Marquis Finisher Pedlar Esq., M.F.H.. and Hon. Bitches. Couple of unentered I Harmony and Gesture... hounds I Novelty and Credible ... Special prize for best im- J j^^^^ entered hound .,. 1 Best unentered hound from ( ci^or^s a pack which had not won -J Q^jly a first prize since i3g6 ' ■■ '" ( Gaiety, Hazel, Pastime Two couples of entered J and Dagmar hounds I Model. Secret, Posy and \ Gossip Class, Couple of unentered ( hounds I Special Prize for best un- 1 entered hound ... I Best unentered hound from ( a packwhich had not won . first prize since i8g6 Duke of Leeds' Cup for I best two couples of- entered hounds ... | Best stallion hound Champion Cup jfijrfgfs— R. Chandos Pole Hunt. ist, Pytchley. and, Badsworth. Warwickshire. ist. Badsworth. 2nd, Essex and Suflolk. ist, Atherstone, 2ud, Ruftord. ist, Pytchley. 2nd, Badsworth. Warwickshire. C. Brand, M.F.H. 1st, Pytchley. znd,SouthCheshire Pytchley. ist.SouthCheshire 2nd, Atherstone, 1st, Atherstone. 2nd. Pytchley. The First Prize was awarded to the Warwickshire, but the Master, discovering that his two couples, Tuscan, Turncoat. Tudor and Ganger were disqualified by the success of Turncoat, Tuscan, and Tudor m the same class of 1898, handed over the prize to the Master of the Pytchley. ( '05 ) Winners at the Peterborough Foxhound Show (cont). Class. HouHih. lliiiit. Broodbitches j f f.^"^^' '^';) ^nV'''!J^^ ■ ■ 1 Alice , 2nd, Mr. Ferine s. Champion Cup Worthy Mr. Fernie's. ^tidgcs—W. E. Rigden. Esq., M.F.H. ; H. E. Preston, Esq., and A. F. B. Cresswell, Esq.. M.F.H. 1902.— Jli-V gxH. 24 Packs Represented. Chiss. Couple of unentered hounds Special pri/c for best un- entered hound ... Best unentered hound from pack which had not won a hrst prize since 1897 Duke of Sutherland's Cup j for best two couples of-, entered hounds ... I Stallion hound , Champion Cup Judges— T. Butt Miller. Esq Dogs. Hounds. Dasher and Handel Struggler and Villager Struggler Handel Dasher Samson, Warrior. Tuner and Sinbad Demon, Damper, Driver and Rambler Challenger Comrade Challenger Hunt. ist, Holderness 2nd, Atherstone Atherstone ist, Holderness 2nd. Holderness. ist. Warwickshire. 2nd, Atherstone. ist, Atherstone. 2nd, Atherstone. Atherstone. M.F.H., and C. B, E. Wright. Esq., M.F.H. Couple hounds of unentered I Bitches. ( Dairymaid and Damsel I Drosky and Rainbow ist. Special prize for best un- 1 c.„p,,:„p entered hound ... [ tsangume , Best unentered hounds-, q ■ from pack which had not §f,"rtiv ' won a hrsi prize sinceiSg? J ^ ^ V.W.H. {Cirencester). 2nd, Duke of Beaufort s. Holderness. ist. Holderness. 2nd, Dumfrieshire- Two couples of hounds Brood bitches ... Champion Cup Sappho. Harpy, Triplet ist, Warwickshire 2nd. Mr. Fernie's. iitered I and Whimsey '1 Talent. Handsome I Powerful and Toilet Trusty I Tragedy . ...Sanguine , ist, Mr. W. M. Wroughton's. 2nd, Warwickshire Holderness. JudgesSn Bache Cunard, Bart,, and C. D. Seymour. Esq., M.F.H. Class. Couple of unentered hounds / Special prize for best un- ' entered hound ... l Best unentered hound from * •Iiack which had not wonl since i8g8 J Two couples of entered j hounds not over seven I seasons I 1903.— JuLV 8th. 21 Packs Represtn Dogs. Hounds. Godfrey and Rover Student and Darter Stentor Harper Colonist Rambler, Struggler, Villager and Streamer Contest, Guardsman, Dutchman and General Gaylad Pedlar Stentor Stallion hounds Champion Cup Judges—Sw William Curtis. Bart., M.F.H., and J. S. BlTtflES. Couple ot unentered (^"S'^*^"'*^'^'^'^"' ■- ^°""^^ i Traffic and Tranquil ... ted. Hunt. ist, Pytchley. 2ud, Atherstone. (V.W.H. (Ciren- i cester). ist. Mr. G. Fitzvvilliam's. 2nd. Puckeridge. ist. Atherstone 2nd,cOaUley. ist. Mr. W.M. Wroughton's. 2nd,Warvvickshire V.W.H. (Ciren- cester) H. l-'ullerton, Esq. Special prize for best un- 1 c-„,f„;* entered hound ... Forfeit Best unentered hound from j Lusty pack which had not won [ since i8gS . Bluebell ■ Dairymaid, Damsel, ist. Mr. G. Fitzwilliani's. and. Warwickshire Holderness. ist. Mr. G. Fit/williani's. 2nd. Duinfriesliire 1st. V.W.H. (Cirencester). 2nd,Warv/ickshire ist, Sinnington 2nd,V.W.H. (Cirencester). Mr. W. M. Wroughton's, Judges— Co\or\&\ Robertson-Aikman and Lancelot Rolleston, Esq. Two couples of entered hounds not over seven Brood bitches . Mr. Gerald Hardy's Cham- | Whisper plOn Cup f y»ui=t'ci \ Dabchick and Waspish (Wilful. Sociable, r Wanton and Subtle. .' Pastime (^Waspish 1804.— Jti.v 6th. 21 Packs Represented. Dogs. Class. Couple of unentered hounds Special prize for best un- entered hound Best unentered hound from pack which liad not won since 1899 Two couples of entered hounds not over seven seasons SalHon hounds Champion Cup Hounds. \ Factor and Furrier 1 Conquest and Spencer ' Furrier . Purrier '.Druid J (Guardsman, General, Denton and Bedford Sampler, Villager. Dancer and Gameboy J Guardsman I General ...Traveller Hunt. ist, Rufford. 2nd, Atherstone. Rufford. ist, Ruttord. 2nd, Duke of Beaufort's, ist, Oakley. 2nd, Mr. Fernie*s. ist, Oakley. 2nd, Oakley. Warwickshire. Judges— W. H. Dunn, Esq., and John Watson, Esq., M.F.H. Couple of unentered hounds Special prize for best un- entered hound Best unentered hound from pack which had not won since 1899 Two couples of entered hounds not over seven seasons Brood bitches Champion Cup Bitches. ( Fidget and Filbert 1 Victory and Rainbow ... J Sanguine \ Prudence J Brevity 'Drapery, Drosky, Daginar and Lightly Trusty, Dora, Gadfly and Sportive Daginar Beauty Hester 1st, Mr. l-"ernie's. 2nd, Atherstone. Mr.G. Fitzwilliani's ist, Lanark and Renfrewshire. 2nd. Rufford. ist, Duke of Beaufort's. 2nd, Mr. Wroughton's ist, .Atherstone. 2nd, Pytchley. Atherston:?. Judges—]. C. Straker, Esq., M.F.H., and C. B. E. Wright, Esq.. M.F.H. 1903.— July 5TH. 21 Packs Represented. Dogs. Hounds. Hunt, Couple hounds Class- of unentered Trouncer and Venturer Gainer and Galliard ... Special Prize for best un- f entered hound ... \ Best unentered hound ( from pack which had ■[ not won since 1900... i Two couples of entered [ hounds not over seven \ seasons ... ... I Stallion hounds Champion Cup Judges— W. E. Preston. Esq, \'enturer ... Galliard .\ckernian Document, Spencer. Conquest lV Cranmer Handel, Darter, Tapster and Reveller Harper Struggler Harper ist, Atherstone. 2nd, Essex and Suffolk. Atherstone. ist. Essex and Suffolk, .iud. Cleveland, ist. Atherstone. 2nd, Holderness. ist, Mr. G. Fitzwilliam's. 2nd, Atherstone. Mr.G. Fitzwilliam's M.F.H., and J. Maunsell Richardscn, Esq. Couple of uneiuered hounds ... ... I BncHts. [ Discipline and Winifred 1 Pilgrim and Pintail Special Prize for best un- pjigi-ji,! entered hound Best unentered hound r Pilgrim from pack which had : not won since igoo... I Tempest ... — 1 r * , /Gesture, Gentle, Kubv Two couples of entered ^^a Risible ... ..'. hounds not over seven-, s^.^s^^j^i^ig^^^i^ie seasons ( and Pinkie ("Damsel V Vanish Champion Cup ... Damsel Brood bitches., ist, Mr. G. Fitzwilliam's. 2nd, North Cotswold, North Cotswold. 1st. North Cotswold. 2nd, Percy, ist, Pytchley. 2nd. Warwickshire ist. V.W.H. (Cirencester). 2iid. Atherstone. V.W.H. (Ciren- cesteri. Jxidges—%\x H. Langhani, Bart., and the Rsv. E. A. Milne, M.F.H. ( io6) Winners at the Peterborough Harrier Show. 1905.~JULY 6th. iS Packs Represented, Dogs. Between 16 and ig inches. Class, Hoinuis. Coupleofuiienteredhounds Syntax and Gambler ... ,-„ „i„ f » J L J < Tinker and Comrade ... Couple of entered hounds -^ whipster and Streamer Silver Cup for best three I ^^''t'"', o ^'"''"rf: couples VVhynot Syntax. Gal- ^ \ lant and Seaman Champion Cup Comrade Between 16 and 21 inclie-S. Best hound from pack ■. which had not won a . Cotswold prize since 1901 ... ) Between 19 and 21 inches. of unentered ( Woodman .S: Wanderer ' Randolph \ Sparkler ... { Hotspur and Linesman Couple of entered hounds ■: I Fairplay and Demon ... \ Grnsmere. Ganymede, Silver Cup for best three f Hotspur, Linesman, couples r Millionaire and ) Scoffer Champion Cu)> Linesman ' Racer Stallion hound' Couple hound' Hunt. Epping Forest, ist, North Bucks. 2nd, Epping Forest Epping Forest. North Bucks. North Bucks. ist, Mrs. Pryse- Rice's. 2nd, Vale of Lune. ist, Colonel Rob- ertson-Aikman's. 2nd. Aspull. Col. Kobertson- .Aikman's. Grasniere... Col. Robertson- Aikman's. ist. Colonel Rob- ertson-Aikman's. 2nd, Colonel Rob- ertson-.Aikman's. Bitches, Between ig and 21 inches. Class. Hounds. Couple of unentered f G«™™t and Garter I Ladylove and Lively Rachel and Gadfly Plavful and Povertv Couple of entered hounds uisj Silver Cup for best three f ^^^^^^^'' ^?'^-2>''«- ■ *^ - Grace ul, Traffic. couples Champion Cup V Garnish and Wager -' Hunt. . 1st. Col. Robert- son-Aikman's. . 2nd, Boddington. . 1st. Col. Robert- son-Aikinan's. . 2nd. Mr. E. O. Carpenter's. \ Col. Robertson- Aikman's. Silver Cup bitches Couple of hounds for Heather Between 16 and 21 inches. brood "( .1 LI > Rachel Between 16 and 19 inches. ""™'"^<'! Saucy and Speedy Hopetoini. Col. Robertson- .■\ikman's. Mr E.O. Carpenter's. isi. Dunston. 2r)d,Crickhowell. ^ 1 r . 1 u J r Frantic and Glorv Couple of entered hounds | Warbler and Villainy Silver cup for the best ( F""'''=:„<^'°''>'- '^"'''=f"''1 ,-, , ,v,„„ ,„!„. Gratitude, Herome Dunston. three couples ... | ,,„d r^j^.j,,^ / Champion Cup Glory Dunston. Judges— Frvd T. Poyser Esq., and J. C. Straker, Esq. Winners at the Peterborough Beagle Show. 1905.— Jll Class. Bist couple, any age and either sex Best couple belonging to pack which had never won at Peterborough since igoi Best coui^le of unentered hounds Best couple of entered dog-hounds Champion Cup ibest single dog-hound) V 6th. 10 Packs Represented. Hounds. Hunt. Forager and Ranter ... Halstead P|ace. Searcher and Songstress Halstead Place. Searcher and Songstress Reckless and Cobbler ... .\rchie and Master Magistrate and Banker Searcher ist, Halstead Place 2nd. Chawston. ist. Stoke Place, and. Trinity Foot Halstead Place. Class. Hounds. Huul. Champion Cup (best single^ Gamester hound certified sire of ! living puppies! ... ' Guardsman ist. Hulton. 2nd, Chawston Best couple of entered | Rantipole and Sanguine bitch hounds ... ) Nosegay and Nimble ... ist. Hulion. 2nd. Surbiton Champion Cup (best single } i.„^u„^ bitch hound )■ ^o7 ) Railway Arrangements for Hunting Men. B ELOW we give the arraiifjements in force on the various Railway systems in Great Britain and Ireland for the conveyance of hunting people, grooms, horses, hounds, &c. Though they differ only in minor details, as a rule, it may be found convenient for reference to have these arrangements set forth in the following alphabetical order: — ENGLAND. Great Central. Hunting gentlemen, their grooms and horses, going to the meet, and huntsmen in charge of hounds, will be conveyed during the hunting season, viz., from October to April inclusive, at the following charges : — For Hunting gentlemen and their grooms, I "i and huntsmen in charge of hounds or l 'Single fare and a half for the double journey. -lilable for dav of is'ue harriers. ) ,- ' , ^ ^ , . , C+Single rate and a half for the double journey ^' For hunting horses , at owner's risk. J *Fractions of a penny will be reckoned as a penny on each adult fare. tFractions of a penny will be charged as a penny on the rate for each horse. The minimum rate for the conveyance of a horse will be 7s. 6d. for the double journej'. A risk note must be signed by the sender of a horse, otherwise the full rate will be charged. The Great Central Kailway Company issue a handy Time Book giving their arrangements for hunting men : a map of . their system running through the Ouorn, Mr. Fernie's, Atherstone, Pytchley, Grafton and Bicester countries ; the days, places, and distances from stations of meets of these and other packs ; time tables and other information. .\lso a pamphlet showing their charges for hunting season tickets. Grezt Eastern. Fares and rates for hunting men and their grooms, for huntsmen in charge of hounds, and for hunting horses, are the same as those mentioned above under the heading of Great Central. Packs of hounds are conveyed on the same conditions detailed under the heading of the Great Northern, and generally prevailing. When two or three horses belonging to one gentleman are sent in one bo.x, or when two or three gentlemen join in taking a box, the charge will be the two or three horse rate, as the case may be, and a half of the one horse rate added for each horse. Periodical hunting tickets (ist class only) are issued under special regulations during the hunting season, from October ist to April 30th inclusive. Great Northern. The fares and rates for hunting men, grooms, huntsmen in charge of hounds and hunting horses are the same as thoee given above, under the heading of the Great Central, with similar conditions. The full ordinary rates are charged when a gentlemen residing in the neighbourhood where the hounds meet, hires a horse from a firm at a distance, and the horse is sent by rail to the hirer, the firm paying the railway carriage charges. Members of beagle foot clubs, when travelling return journeys by rail for the purpose of following beagles on foot, are conveyed under the same conditions as hunting gentlemen. Packs of hounds are forwarded in horse boxes, and charged, at the option of the sender, either at the rate for horses, according to the number of stalls occupied, or, at " per hound," under the usual scale of charges for dogs, minimum charge as for one horse. If the hounds return the same day, the rate for a single journey and a half is charged at owner's risk. Hounds carried in " hound vans " in " cattle trucks," or in " owner's vans on carriage truck " are charged, for a single journey, at the usual rate for two horses. For a journey including return on the same day, at the rate of a fare and a hall for two horses. These charges for horses and hounds are in each case at owner's risk. Great 'Western. Fares for hunting passengers and rates for hunting horses in accordance with those given above, viz., single fare and a half for double journey on day of issue only, and single rate and a half for the return journey for horses at owner's risk — minimum, 7s. 6d. The 6.30 a.m. train from Padiiin^ton will call at Soutliain lioaii and Harbury on 'J'hursda)s when rnjuired to sut down hmilinti passengers. Xolicc to be siven to the snard .it Banbnry. Months £ s. d. 11 0 0 14 0 0 12 JO 0 14 10 0 16 0 0 16 10 0 iS 10 0 24 0 0 iB 0 u 16 ID ("1 18 0 0 15 0 0 9 10 0 H 0 0 13 10 {) II 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 n lu lu 0 15 10 «> 13 10 U 10 15 0 17 0 22 10 17 0 15 lU If. 11) u 0 9 0 7 10 12 10 II u t» 5 <) K) Months. 3 M ONTHS. I s. d. r s. d. 8 10 0 7 0 1) 9 10 0 7 0 u 10 0 0 7 10 0 II 10 0 s 10 0 12 10 0 (_) 0 0 13 0 0 3 "J 0 9 lu 0 14 0 0 10 ID 0 12 0 0 i) 0 0 « 5 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 fi 0 0 u 0 0 H 10 0 10 0 0 8 10 0 8 10 0 7 0 0 8 10 0 10 r) g 10 0 '.'. 8 10 1) 12 0 0 f) 0 u grante d. and will be forfeited if ( Jo8 ) I-IRST CLASS HUNTING SEASON TICKETS are issued at the following; Rates for the periods shewn :- Months. Between ^T s. d. £ s. d. Paddingtoii and Uxbridse. Windsor, Twyford and intermediate Stations Paddington and Henley, Reading, and intermediate Stations Paddington and Basingstoke Paddington and Newbury, Basingstoke, and intermediate Stations Paddington and Swindon Paddington and Purton Paddington to Badminton, via Wootton Bassett Paddington and Tetbury. Malmesbury, Chippenham, and intermediate ) Stations, as also Marlow. Aylesbury, and intermediate Stations j Paddington and Warwick and intermediate Stations Paddington and Chipping Norton Junction Paddington and Cirencester ... ... ... Paddington and Oxford, Abingdon and Wantage Road Swindon to Hadminton via Wootton BasFCtt Bristol to Badminton via Filton Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham, and all Stations to Swindon Birmingham and Banbury and intermediate Stations Birmingham and Shifiial and intermediate Stations ... Birmingham and Leamington Weymouth, Dorchester, and Sparkford, and intermediate Stations Weymouth, Dorchester, and Chiiipenliam. and intermediate Stations The tickets are not transferable, and are only available for hunting purposes in the districts fur ' used for residential or tradjng purposes. Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast. ArranKenients in connection with rates and tares for hunting purposes the same as those of other companies. Lancashire and YorKshire. Kates and fares the same as ijuoted above, the minimum charge being is. per passenger and ys. 6d per horse. .Arrangements for the conveyance of hounds same as those given in detail under the heading of Great Northern. Hunting parties attending the meets are particularly requested to send their orders for boxes to the stationmasters . concerned, on the morning of the day previous to the meet, as it is not always possible to secure a large number of horse boxes required on shorter notice London, Brighton and South Coast. No reduction is made in the ordinary fare for gentlemen travelling for hunting purposes ; but for the convenience of gentlemen hunting in the vincity of the line, return tickets are issued for horses when accompanied by huntsman or groom, at the reduced charge of a fare and a half, available on day of issue only, and at owner's risk, London and Norths Western. Fares, rates and conditions exactly in accordance with those in force on the G.C.K., G.N.I*., and other systems mentioned above. London and South=Western. Ditto, Commencing on ist November, FIRST CL.ASS PERIODICAL TICKETS fui hunting purposes will be issued during the season (from 1st November to 30th .^pril) between the undermentioned Stations, at the following rates, from London, Wimbledon, Surbiton, Portsmouth,- Gosport, Southampton, and Salisbury to BASINGSTOKE. For 3 Months, fy 105. ... 4 Months, £'10 os. ... 5 Months, £'12 os. ... 6 Months, £12 ids. HUNTING SE.\SON TICKETS are also issued during the season (from isl November to 30th April) as shewn below :— 3 Months. 4 Months. 5 Months. 6 MoNiHb BKTWiiKN £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. oscs. neither nre they liunsferable. Midland. The regulations in force on the Midland Railway ior the conveyance of hunting passengers and their horses are the same as those on other English lines. North=Eastern- Fares for hunting passengers and rates for horses and hounds are charged on the same principle as given above, with similar minimums and regulations. The cheap tickets are issued by any train without regard to that by which the horses are conveyed. Thus the horses may be sent on in advance — the day before, if desired — or they may even be walked by road if this should be found more convenient. In several of the principal hunting districts where the traffic is usually sufficient to warrant the running of special trains, they are arranged without additional charge, at times suitable for the requirements of the hunt. 4 M £ ONTHS. S. d. s 10 0 10 0 0 M 0 0 5 M ONTHS £ S. d. III 0 0 12 10 0 16 10 0 14 10 o- ( log ) North Staffordshire. Hunting horses and hounds are conveyed by this Company at a single rate and a half for the double journey at owner's risk, provided the return journey is completed the same day, as is done by the Railway Companies generally. They also issue first-class contract tickets under special regulations during the hunting season. South=Eastern and Chatham. I'or the convenience of gentlemen hunting in the vicinity of the line, return tickets for horses, at owner's risk, are issued at a fare and a half ; and in cases where three gentlemen join, each sending a horse, and engaging a box for the day for three horses, they will be allowed return tickets at the reduced rate, as for three horses belonging to the same person. The horses may return on the same or the following day. SCOTLAND. Caledonian. The single rate and a half for the double journey holds good on this system, and the minimum for the conveyance of a horse is 7s. 6d., as is usual on most lines. Packs of hounds are charged, at sender's option, either at the rate for horses according to the number of stalls occupied, or at per hound under the scale of charges for dogs, minimum charge as for one horse. If the hounds return the same day the charge is one rate and a half. No reduction is made in the ordinary return or week-end fares for passengers travelling to and from the hunt. Glasgow and South=Western. On this line, horses are conxeyed to the station nearest the meet of hounds and back to the original sending station for a single rate and a half. North British. The rates for horses and hounds are the same as those in force on the Caledonian system. Horse clothing and harness loaded in the horse boxes along with the horses to which they belong are not charged for. Hounds carried in hound vans, in cattle trucks, or in owners' vans on carriage trucks, are charged for a single journey at the usual rate for two horses. For a journey including return on the same day, the charge is one rate and a half at owner's risk. Hunting persons are charged the ordinary fares whether accompanying the horses, etc.. or not IRELAND. Belfast and Co. Down. Ordinary fares apply to hunting passengers. Hunting horses, hounds, live deer, at owner's risk, during the hunting season, from October to March inclusive. Hunting horses, per head, to and from, same day, 30 miles and under, 6s. Above 30 miles, 7s. 6d Pack of hounds, per wagon, any distance to and from, same day, 8s. Live deer, in crates or boxes, at parcel rate, by actual weight. Note. — In ordinary traffic, live deer in owner's vans, are charged is. per mile per van, and the empty van is returned free of charge. Grooms are charged full fare. CorK Bandon and South Coast. Return tickets available for day of issue only are issued to gentlemen travelling for hunting purposes, and their grooms, also to huntsmen in charge of hounds, at single fare and a half for double journey, and return tickets are issued for hunting horses at single rate and a half for the double journey. Hounds are charged one rate and a half for double journey. Dublin, WicKlow and Wexford. The horses of gentlemen hunting will be conveyed at single fares for the double journey, the owner paying the ordinary fare, and the groom, when travelling in the horse box, single third-class fare for the double journey. Great Southern and Western. Tickets at single fare and a half are issued generally over this system for horse, rider, and groom, going to attend the meets of hounds. In connection with the Kildare Hounds, special cheap fares are issued from Kingsbridge, particulars of which are given below : — Kingsbridge TO Hazelhatch Styaffan... Sallins ... Naas .. ... Harristown Colbinstown ... HORSE, RIDER KiNGSBglDGE AND GROOM. TO lOS. Dunlavin lOS, Grangecon lOS. Baltinglass . I2S. 6d. Newbridge I2S. 6d. Kilijare . . . . 17s. 6d. Athy HORSE, RIDER AND GROOM. 17s. 17s I2S 15s. 6d. 6d. 6d. 17s 15s. 6d. THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE-CHASE. WINNERS AND PLACED HORSES SINCE 1880. 1880.— Jlr. 1'. Ducrot's cli. m. Enipvess by Blood Kojal, lOst. 711). iMr. T. Beasleyl 1 Mr. Ci. Moore's Tlie Liberator, ISst. 71b lOwnerl 2 Colonel Lloyd's Dowupatrick, lOsl. 71b (OavinI 3 Starting price of winner, 8 to 1 against. 3881.— Capt. Kirkwood's ch. g. Woodbrook, by Lawyer, list. 31b, |Mr. T. Beasleyl 1 Capt. Machell's ReRal, Hat. 121b (Jewitt) 2 Mr. L. de Rothschild's Thornfield, lllst. 91b (R. MarshI 3 Starting price of winner, 11 to 2 against. 1882. — Lord Manners's b. g. Seaman, by Xenophon, list. 61b (Owner) 1 Mr. .T. Oiibbins'.s Cyrus, lOst. 91b (Mr. T. Hea.9leyl 2 Mr. Clayton's Zoedone, lOst (Capt. Smith) 3 Starting price of winner, 10 to 1 against. 1883.— Count C. Zinsky's ch. m. Zoedone, by New Oswestry, list. ..(Owner) 1 Mr. P. George's Black Prince, lOst. 41b (D. Caiiahan) 2 Major Banbury's Mohican, l'2st. lib (Mr, H. Beaslev) 3 Starting jirice of winner, 13 to 1 against. 1884. — Mr. H. y. Boyd's b. g. Voluptuary, by Crem'irne, lOst. 51b. (Mr. E. P. Wilson) 1 Mr. M. A. Maher's Frigate, list. 101b (Mr. T. Beasley) 2 Capt. Fisher's Rociuefort, lOst. Slip (J. Childsl 3 Starting price of winner, 10 to 1 against. 1885.— Mr. A. Cooper's b. h. Roquefort, bv Winslow, list. I Mr. K. I'. Wilson) 1 Mr. M. A. Maher's Frigate, list. 101b (Mr. H. Beasley) 2 Capt. Machell's Black Prince, lOst. 51b (T. Skelton) 3 Starting price of winner, 100 to 30 against. 1885.— Mr. Douglas' b. g. Old Joe by Barefoot, lOst. 91b (T. Skelton) 1 Count Erdody's Too Good, list. I'Jlb (Mr. H. Beasley) 2 Mr. E. Jay's Gamecock, lOst. l'21b (W. E. Stephens! 3 Starling price of winner, 25 to 1 against. 1887.— Mr. E. Jay's b. «. Gamecock, by Revolver, llst...-(W. E. Daniells) 1 Baron W. Schroder's Savoyard, lUst. 131b (T. Skelton) 2 Lord Wolverton's Johnny Longtail, lOst. 61b (J. Childs) 3 Starting price of winner, 10 to 1 against. 1888.— Mr. E. \V. Baird's bk. g. Playfair, by Rippouden, lOst. 71b. ( Wawson I 1 Mr. M. A. Maher's Frigate, list. 21b (Mr. \V. Beasley) 2 Mr. P. Nickalls's Ballot Box, 12st. 41b (W. Nightingall) 3 Starting price of winner, 40 to 1 against. 1889.— Mr. M. .\. Maher's b. m. Frigate, by Gunboat, list. 41h. (Mr. T. Beaslev) 1 Mr. D. J. Jardine's Why Not, list. 51b. (carried list. 111b.) (Mr. C. J. Cunningham) 2 Mr. J. Rutherford's M.P., lOst. 91b (A. Nightingall) 3 Starting price of winner, 8 to 1 against. 1890.- Mr. G. Mastennan's ch. g. Ilex, by Rostrum, lOst. 51b. (A. Nightingall! 1 Mr. E. Woodland's Pan, lOst. 51b (Halsey) 2 Mr. J. Rutherford's M.P., list. 51b (Mr. W. H. Moore! 3 Starting price of winner, 4 to 1 against. 1891. — Mr."" Jameson's b. g. Come Away, by Camliuslang, list. 121b. (.Mr. H. Beasley) I Lord Dudley's Cloister, list. 71b (Capt. E. R. Owen) 2 Mr. G. Mastennan's Ilex, 12st. Sib (A. Nightingalli 3 Starting price of winner, 4 to 1 against. 1892. -Mr. G. C. Wilson's b. g. Father O'Flynu, by Retreat, lOst. 51b. (Capt. E. R. Owen) 1 Mr. C. Duff's Cloister, l'2st.31b (Mr. J. C. Dormer) 2 Mr. G. Masterman's Ilex, 12st. 71b (A. Nightingall) 3 Starting price of winner, "20 to 1 against. 1893.— Mr. C. G. DuH's b. g. Cloister, by Ascetic, 128t. 71b (Dollery! 1 Capt. M. Hughes's .Esop, 10.st. 41b (Barker! 2 Mr. Noel Fenwick's Why Not, list. 121b (A. Nightingall) 3 Starting price of winner, 9 to 2 against. 1894.— Capt. C. H. Fenwick's b. g. Why Not, by Castlereagh, list. 131b. l.\. Nightingall) 1 Mr. J. McKinlay'sLady Ellen II., 9st. 101b (Kavanaghl 2 Mr. J. Widger's Wild Man from Borneo (Mr. J. Widger! 3 Starting price of winner, 5 to 1 against. 1895. — Mr. JoVui Widger's cli. g. Wild Man from Borneo, by Decider, lOst. 1111) (Mr. J. Widger! 1 Mr. F. B. Atkinson's Cathal, lOst. 91b (H. Escott! 2 Major A. Crawley's Van der Berg, 9st. 13Ib (Dollery) 3 Starting price of winner, 10 to 1 against. 1896.— Mr. W. H. Walker's b. g. The Soarcr, by Skylark, 9st. 131b. (Mr. D. G. M. Campbell) 1 Mr. C. Grenfell's Father O'Flynn, lOst. 121b (Owner! 2 Mr. W. C. Keeping's Biscuit, lOst (E. Matthews! 3 Starting price of winner, 40 to 1 against. 1897.— Mr. H. M. Dyas's b. g. Manifesto, by Man of War, list. 31b. (T. Kavanagh! 1 Mr. G. R. Powell's Filbert, 9st. 71b (Mr. C. Beatty! 2 Major J. A. OrrEwing's Ford of Fyne, lOst. 71b (Mr. Withington! 3 Starting price of winner, 6 to 1 against. 1898. - Mr. C. G. M. Adam's Drogheda, by Cherry Ripe, lOst. 121b. (Gourley! 1 Mr. R. Ward's Cathal, list. 511) (Owner! 2 Mr. F. D. Leyland's Gauntlet, lOst. 131b (W. Taylor) 3 Starting price of winner, 25 to 1 against. 1899.— Mr. J. G. Bulteel's b. g. Manifesto, by Man of War, l'2st. 71b. (G. Williara.son! 1 Major J. A. Orr-Ewing's Ford of Fyne, lOst. lUlb (E. Matthews) 2 Mr. Audley Blyth's Elliman, lOst. lib iPiggott) 3 Starting price of winner, 5 to 1 against. 1900.— H.R.H. The Prince of Wales's br. g. Ambush II., by Ben Battle, list. 31b (A. Anthony) 1 Mr. C. A. Brown's Barsac, 9st. 121b (W. Halsey! 2 Mr. J. G. Bulteel's Manifesto, 12st. 131b IG. Williamson) 3 Starting price of winner, 4 to 1 against. 1901.— Mr. B. Bletsoe's br. h. Grudon, by Old Buck, lOst. (A. Nightingall! 1 Mr. O. J. Williams's I5rumcree, 9st. l'21b. (car. 10.st.!...(Mr. H. Nugent) 2 Mr. J. E. Rogerson's Buffalo Bill, 9st. 71b (H. Taylor! 3 Starting price of winner, 9 to 1 against. 1902.— Mr. A. Gorham's b. or br. m. Shamion Lass, by Butterscotch, lOst. HI) ID. Read! 1 Mr. John Widger's Matthew, Ost. 121b (W. Morgan! 2 Mr. J. G. Bulteel's Manifesto, 12st. 81b (E. Piggott! 3 Starting price of winner, 20 to 1 against. 1903.— Mr. J. S. Morrison's b. g. Drumcree, by Ascetic, list. 131b. (P. Woodland! 1 Mr. White Heather's Detail, 9st. 131b (A. Nightingall! 2 Mr. J. G. Bulteel's Manifesto, 12st. 31b (G. Williamson) 3 Starting price of winner, 13 to 2 against. 1904.— Jlr. Spencer Gollan's br. g. Moifaa, by Natator, lOst. 71b. (A. Birch) 1 Mr. F. Bibby's Kirkland, lOst. 1011) (F. Mason) 2 Mr. John Widger's The Gunner, 10st.41b (Mr. J. W. Widger) 3 Starting price of winner, 25 to 1 against. 1905.— Mr. V. Bibby's ch. g. Kirkham. by Kirkham, list. 61b.. ..(F. Mason) 1 Captiin McLaren's .Napper Tandy, lOst (P. Woodland) 2 Mr. P. E. Speakman's Buckaway II., 9st. 71b (A. Newey! 3 Starting price of winner, 6 to 1 against. MEMBERS OF I.N.H.S. COMMITTEE. Colonel Kirkwood. l P. La Touche, Esci. f MA.TOR EUSTACK LODER. J MEMBERS. stewards up to January, 1006. Sir John Arnott, Bart. (1900) Charles J. Blake, Esq. (1877) T. S. Coppinger, Esq. (1897) M. J. Corballv, Es.i. (1889) J. O'G. Delmege (1899) Baron De Eobeck (1899) Capt. R. H. Dewhurst (189.5! Earl of Knniskillen (1889! Col. Forster (1869! W. de Salis Filgate, Ksij. (18861 T. Gisborne Gordon, K.s((. 118861 W. H. The figures within parentheses R. D. Jameson, Esq. (1888! Col. Kirkwood (1891! P. lia 'J'ouche, Esq. (1891) Major Eustace Loder. Marquis of Londonderry (1694) Col. J. M. M'Calmont (1874) A. J. W'Neile, Esq. (1869) Col. St. Leger Moore (1887) F. C. Osborne, Esq. R. Hamilton Stubber, Esi[. (1894) Marquis of Waterford (1902) West, Esq. (18941 ' indicate the vear of election when kiiowji NATIONAL HUNT COMMITTEE. PATRON. His Ma.testv. STEWARDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY, 1906. Col. J. A. T. Garratt. Lord Sefton. Sir Wra. Curtis. W. H. P. Jenkins, Esq. W. Murland, Esq. Capt. W. Hope Johnstone MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 1892 Col. E. W. Baird 1885 n. T. Barclay, Esq. 1902 Lord Marcus Beresford 1900 F. Bibby, Es.(. 1005 Major-Gen. J. P. Bralmzon 1900 Capt. H. E. Brassey 1884 Col. C. R.Bulkeley 1902 J. G. Bulteel, Eaj. 1867 E. C. Burton Escj. 1871 Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart. NATIONAL HUNT COMMITTEE (continued.) MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE icontinuedl. 1888 1U05 I'JOO ISIK 1901 1001) 18110 IfHW IKOII loor, 1883 190.) 1870 1882 1900 1883 1893 1895 1903 1892 Marijiiis of Clmhiiondeley 1884 (apt. K. H. Cullis 1899 Ciipt. the Hon. C. J. Coventry 1905 'Earl of Coventry 1882 Earl Cowley 1877 Sir W. Curtis, Hart. 1884 Earl Dudley 19112 Sir William Eden, Hart. 1905 C. A. E^erton, Esq. 1895 Earl„f Knniskillen 1880 Earl ,if Esses 1898 Col. J. A. T. Gurratt 1890 Viscount Hardinye 1893 Col. Harford 1884 Earl of HarrinRton 1903 G. E. .Tarvis, Esq. 1900 W.H. P. Jenkins, Esq. 1899 'Sir F. Johnstone, Bart. 1901 Capt. W. H. Johnstone 1901 Duke of Leeds 1901 Col. Morgan Lindsay 1893 Sir Marteine Lloyd, Bart. ' Before 1866. . Morgan Marquis uf Londonderry J. MeKie, Esq. C. F. K. Mainwaring, Esq. Lord Manners Duke of Montrose Col. the Hon. F. C. W. Murland, Esq. Lord Henry Nevill C. S. Newtfjn, Esq. Sir Ernest Paget, Bart. F. Lort Phillips, Esq. Lord Rendlesham C. 1>. Rose, Esq. Lord Rossraore The Earl of Seftoii Capt. the Hon. F. C. Stanley Lord Tredegar Sir Peter C. Walker Duke of Westminster Owen J. Williams, Esq. Major G. L. Wickhani. PRINCIPAL AMATEUR CROSS-COUNTRY RIDERS. Anthony, Mr. 1. Bell, Mr. J. M. Bell, Mr. S. J. Billveald, Mr. A. E. Bissill, Mr. W. Bletsoe, Mr. M. B. Bulteel, Mr. W. Cadman, Mr. P. S. Cheney, Mr. J. A. Cole. Lord. Collis, Capt. Cove, Mr. H. .1. Cullen, Mr. W. P. Cuthberthson, Mr. ^ Deer, Mr. Fergusson, Mr. J. Gale, Mr. W. Garnett, Mr. C. Gordon, Mr. A. Harper, Mr. M. Harper, Mr. R. H. Ha.stings, Mr. A. Hunt, Mr. H. Longworth, Mr. T.J. Milne, Mr G. B. Nugent, Mr. C. G. Payne. Mr. E. Quartenuaine, Mr. H. Ripley, Mr. H. M. Rogers, Mr. J. T. Sharpe, Mr. J. Sidney, Mr, H. Talior, Mr. C. V. Thirwell, Mr. 1>. Widger, Mr. J. Withington, Mr. Wood, Mr. A. W. SCALE OF WEIGHT=FOR=AGE, For Steeple-chases of 3 miles and upwards. From the 1st of January to the 30th of June, both inclusive : — 4 vi's. 5 yrs. 6 and aged 10st.31b. list. 81h. 1-Jst. 3ib. From the Ist of July to the 31st of December, both inclusive :— 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 and aged list. list. 121b. ]2st. 31b. For Steeple-chases of less than 3 miles. From the 1st of January to the SOtli of June, both inclusive:^ 4 yrs. .'j yrs. 6 and a^ed lOst. lOIb. list. lOIb. 12st. 31b. From the let of July to the 31st of December, botli inclu^iive: — 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 and aged list. 61b. 12st. 12st. 31b. For Hurdle Races. From the 1st of January to the 31st of August, inclusive : — 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 and aged list. list. lOlli. 12.st. From the 1st of September to the 31st of December, inclusive : — 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5, 6, and aged lOst. 71b. list. 121b. 12st. 31b. For National Hunt Flat Races. From the 1st of January to the 30th of June, inclusive ■ — 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 and aged list. 71b. 12st. 31b. 12st. 71b. From the Slst of July to the 31st of December, inclusive ; — 4 yrs. , 5 yrs. 6 and aged 12st. 12st. 51b. 12st. 71b. RULES FOR POINT = TO= POINT STEEPLE=CHASES. Point to Point Steeple-chases are not governed by National Hunt Rules, but if run under the following conditions, they are exempt from Ibe operatiun of the rules as to disqualitications for having taken part in an unrecognised Meeting. SCHEDULE A. Point to Point Steeiile-chases luay be held on one day annually by each Hunt under the Stewardship of the Master of Foxhounds, or of a Cummittee appointed by him, or, if in a district not bunted by Foxhoundn, by the Master of Stagbounds or Harriers [being a Member of the Association nf Masters of Harriers) hunting the same. Any number of such Steeple-cbases maybe run, but no other races of any description shall take place in connection with them. No raiiiiey or other prize of greater value than twenty sovereigns shall be added tu any such Steeple-chase, except in cases where a Cup or other Iropby is given from a private soiree, and specified in the conditions of the Steeple-chase. No money sball be taken at any gate, or at any stand or enclosure, iti connection with the Steeple-cliases. Rule 5 and Rules 164 to 168 of the National Hunt Rules govern all Steeple-chases held under these conditions, and in cases where printed programmes, rules, or regulations are issued by the authority under whose auspices such Steeple-chases are run it shall be stated therein that the said Rules ;j and 164 to 168, shall apply. Notice must be given at the Registry Office, on a form to be obtained therefrom, not less than seven days before the Steeple-chases, with a fee of ten shillings and a certificate, in the subjoined Form 1, signed by such Master aforesaid, shall be lodged at the Registry Office within fourteen daj's . after the Steeple-cbases have taken place. SCHEDULE B. Point to Point Steeple-chases, other than those .specified in Schedule A, may be held under the auspices of any particular regiment, club, or other society, with the special permission of the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee, upon applicatinn at the Registry Office, on a Form obtained therefrom, at least seven days before the Steeple-chases are to take place: the names and addresses of at least two Stewards, appointed by the authority desin.'us of holding them, and who shall be responsible for the arrangements, must be stated, and the written permission of the Master of Hounds as specified in Schedule A in whose country it is proposed to run, must aecorapany the application, together with a fee of one sovereign. Every application for the special permission reijuired by this Schedule to hold Point-to-Point Steeple-cbases shall contain a declaration that if such permission be granted. Rule 5 and Rules 164 to 168 of the National Hunt Rules, which empower the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee to investigate and punish corrupt and fraudulent practices, and to disqualify persons who shall be guilty of them, shall apply to the Steeple-chases to which the permission relates. Any number of such Steeple-chases may be run, but no other races of any description shall take place in connection with them. No money shall be taken at any gate or at any stand or enclosure in connection with the Steeple-chases. The total distance traversed in each Steeple-chase, shall not I>e less than three miles, and the furthest turning point shall not be less than one mile from the start lor finish). The fences shall not be altered more than is absolutely necessary to enable the Steeple-chases to be run. Rule 5 and Rules 164 to 168 of the National Hunt Rules govern all Steeple-chases held under ttese conditions and in cases where printed programmes, rules, or regulations are issued by the authority under whose auspices such Steeple-chases are run. it shall be stated therein that the said Rules 5 and 164 to 168, shall apply. A certificate in the subjoined Form 2, signed by the two Stewards afore- said, must be lodged at the Registry Office, together with a full return of the Steeple-chases, within foui'teen days after they have taken place. Certificate (Form 1), alluded to in Schedule A above. I hereby certify— 1. That bona fide Point to Point Steeple-chases took place iU on in connection with the Hunt. 2. That no other races of any description took place there on that day. . 3. That no money or other prize of greater value than twenty sovereigns was added to any Steeple-chase, with the exception of a trophy presented by 4. That no money was taken at any gate or at any stand or enclosure in connection with the Steeple-chases. Signed, Master of the Hounds. , 190 Certificate (Form 2), alluded to in Schedule B above. bona fide Point to Point Steeple-chases took We hereby certify — 1. That place at 2. That no other race of any description took place there on that day. 3. That no money was taken at any gate or at any stand or enclosure in connection with the Steeple-chases. 4. That the fences were not altered more than was absolutely necessary to enable the Steeple-chases to be run. 5. That the total distance traversed in each Steeple-chase was not less than three miles, that the furthest turning point was at least one mile from the start (or finish), and that the winning post was within the limits of the country hunted over by the Hounds. sg^dl^ stewards. Date , 190 . ( '12 BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KING AND H-l-M. THE CZAR OF RUSSIA. PRICE (complete)— JtI3 13 0 Nkt Cash. 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