CHAPTER I. HARES, BY MAJ. ARTHUR T. FISHER 91

II. KENNEL MANAGEMENT, BY H. H. HOWARD-VYSE 98

III. BEAGLING, BY G. H. LONGMAN 101

IV. THE HUMANITARIAN ASPECT, BY COL. ROBERTSON-AIKMAN 107

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX

I. LIST OF MASTERS AND WHIPS 113

II. RECORD OF SPORT 118

III. LETTER FROM F. GRENFELL TO _Eton College Chronicle_, DECEMBER 1899 121

IV. “BEHAVIOUR AND CONTROL OF THE FIELD,” BY A MASTER OF HOUNDS OF FORTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE 124

V. THE USE OF THE HORN, BY H. H. HOWARD-VYSE 125

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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T. C. GOULDSMITH, MASTER 1921-2 _Frontispiece_

EDWARD CHARRINGTON, FOUNDER OF THE OPPIDAN BEAGLES _To face_ 6

THE SORT OF DAY WE ALL KNOW 11

AN OLD-TIME BEAGLER 13

GOOD-NIGHT 20

AN UNPARDONABLE INTRUSION 34

ROWLAND HUNT (CENTRE) WITH HIS HOUNDS AND WHIPS _To face_ 40

AN AWKWARD MEETING 42

“THERE SHE LAYS” 50

A DISAPPOINTING FINISH 57

“HOLD HARD!” 59

FRANCIS AND RIVERSDALE GRENFELL _To face_ 60

PLAN OF KENNELS _To face_ 62

1.40 P.M. 64

A TYPICAL INCIDENT 66

HIS LUCKY DAY 70

G. K. DUNNING’S YEAR _To face_ 78

HIS MASTER’S VOICE 79

T. C. BARNETT-BARKER’S YEAR _To face_ 86

THE KILL 90

MAP OF COUNTRY HUNTED BY E.C.H. _To face_ 90

FEEDING TIME, DABBLER, GEORGE CHAMPION, GIPSY AND RASPER _To face_ 98

THE ETON COLLEGE HUNT.

PART I.