Identifier: fiftyyearsfoxhun00elli (find matches)
Title: Fifty years' fox-hunting with the Grafton and other packs of hounds
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Elliott, John Malsbury Kirby Elliott, Edward Kirby
Subjects: Horses Fox hunting Foxhounds
Publisher: London : H. Cox
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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riends. It happened that the former hada bad fall and was unable to hunt, and Dickpacked up his bag, and went and hunted the Hertfordshire until Bob recovered. CHAPTER VI. GEORGE BEERS, HUNTSMAN. After Dick Simpson left Lord Southamptonkept the same whippers-in, and took his oldservant George Beers back from the Oakley,Mr. Arkwright taking the horn there and huntingmost successfully for many years. Beers feltquite at home again at Whittlebury, and remainedto the end of his lordships reign. About the third day in cub-hunting the houndswent to Stowe Ridings at five oclock. It wasvery foggy but we began, found directly, ran thewhole length of those beautiful coverts andcrossed over to the other side. There was nodoubt about what the bitches were going to doprovided the fox would only keep above ground.When Reynard reached the top again he wentstraight across the grass fields at Luffield Abbey.This made matters worse, as hounds went like aflock of pigeons, entered the new park at Whittle-
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George Beers. George Beers, Htintsman. 57 bury, swung him round that into the garden atthe mansion, and killed him under the dining-room windows. Fetch him out, George, Isaid ; I believe my lord is at home. In aminute I knew he was, and saw my lady also,one peeping out on each side of the bedroomwindow blind. George threw the fox up on tothe lawn. We went and killed another and werehome at eight oclock. Lord Southampton said : His hounds wouldnot let him have his sleep out ! Beers was delighted with the Vale, and hadvery good sport. There were some hard menout with us: Mr. William Levi, Mr. Duncan,Jem Mason settled there;, Mr. Henry Pike,George Price, Mowbray Morris, Poole Ward,and others, with Mr. Henry Poole, of SavilleRow, who made Jem as smart as you pleaseAvith his hunting coats. It took several men todress Jem; one made the feet of his boots,another the legs, and a third the tops ! no onecould grudge him anything because he dideverything justice. • Mrs. Mlliers was one of the

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