Hunting Reminiscences - Sir Alfred E. Pease

INDEX

Airedales, [247].
Amcott, Captain, sent Faraway to Tattersall’s, [211].
Antrobus, C., hunting with Drag, [20].
Ashton, M.F.H., [32].
Astley’s harriers in 1810, [118].
Author (Alfred E. Pease)—
Account of run with Cleveland, January 9, 1882, [209].
Best run, [207].
Entries of drags, [26].
Experience of hare-hunting, [120].
Extract from diary on footmen, [137].
Master of Drag, [25],[ 27].
Organises drag, [25].
Rides in House of Commons Steeplechase, [33].
Rode Queen Mab on January 9, 1882, [209].
Run with Pytchley, [21].
Runs with harriers, [106].
Struggle with George Codling for brush, [150].
Wins House of Commons Steeplechase 1891, [39].
Aylmer, E., hunting with Drag, [20].
Aylmer, Percy, at meet at Lords Bridge, [10].
Aylmer, P., hunting with Drag, [20].
B.
Bachelor described by Whyte-Melville, [82].
Badger—
Baiting illegal, [235].
Digging, [250]; not cruel, [244].
Disposition of, [235].
Habits and uses, [237].
Hunting, at night, [251].
Hunting, objections to, [243].
Protection desirable for, [254].
Qualities,[254].
Scarcity of, [246].
Threatened with extinction, [242].
Badger dog, qualities necessary for, [248].
Bajazet, [219]; pedigree, [227].
Ballad, “Lord Lonsdale’s Hounds,” [146].
Barker winning drag, [28].
Barnard, hunting with Drag, [20].
Barton Drag, [15].
Barton White Horses, [26].
Baysdale Abbey, run by, [217].
Beagles for hare-hunting, [121].
Beagles, Honeywood’s pack, [123].
“Beasts of venery,” list of, [113].
Beatty, Captain David, entertains House of Commons riders, [31].
Beaufort, Duke of, hounds, run from Lyde Green, [230].
Beckford, Peter—
Breeding hounds, [116].
Huntsman on hounds’ names, [96].
On hare-hunting (quotation), [105].
On sporting hounds, [115].
Paying “hare-finders,” [114].
Beddington, Master of Drag, [27].
Bedlingtons, [247].
Beecher, Captain B., run to Thrapstone with Pytchley, [22].
Bentinck, Lord Henry, in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30].
Bentinck, Lord Henry, rides in House of Commons Steeplechase 1891, [39], [40].
Bentley, H. C., hunting with Drag, [20].
Bilsdale, Author on pass into, [221].
Binning, Lord—
At meet at Lords Bridge, [10].
Gets thorn in eye on Over Drag, [24].
Hunting with Drag, [19].
Wins Over Drag, [23].
Boulby, fox procured from sea-cliffs of, [149].
Bromley-Davenport in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30].
Brunton, Bob—
At Ingleby village, [222].
Performance on January 9, 1882, [224].
Takes fox from hounds in Hell Gill, [209].
Bull-terrier not good badger dog, [248].
C.
Cæsar, grey-hound fox, [213], [231].
Cambridge, ride back to, [13].
Cambridge University Drag—
Author’s reminiscences of, [9].
Masters of, [27].
Members, [19].
Carina, Queen Mab’s foal, [73].
Chesham, Lord, and House of Commons Steeplechase, [29].
Cleveland Hunt—
Author hunting with, [133].
Club rules, [108].
Congratulates Author on winning House of Commons Steeplechase, [41].
Hounds leading, January 9, 1882, surviving, [228].
Hounds, Milton blood, [229].
Proceedings in outlying districts, [130].
Run on January 9, 1882, 207, 213;
length of, [223].
Cleveland hunting farmer, specimen of, [150].
Cleveland, price set on fox’s head, [131].
Cleveland, statute of Elizabeth in force till 1847, [129].
Coachman’s retort when reproved for bad language to team, [179].
Codling, George, struggle with Author for brush, [150].
Codrington, Sir William, Woods at Doddington, [230].
Conversation overheard by Author on badger, [238].
Cornwall, hunting in, [173].
Crossley, Sir Savile, at House of Commons Steeplechase, [33].
Borderer fell in, [40].
Cub-hunting, [190].
Character varies in different districts, [201].
Hour of meeting, [196].
Runs in October, [199].
D.
Dachshund as badger dog, [249].
Danby Beacon, fox making for, [149].
Dandie Dinmonts, [247].
Darrell, James, buys Faraway, [213].
Devas, E., hunting with Drag, [20].
Devas, E., hunting with the Fitzwilliam, [18].
Devonshire, hunting in, [173].
Discretion, favourite, at House of Commons Steeplechase, [33].
Dons’ view of undergraduates’ amusements, [14].
Downing Arms, [22].
Drag, Authorities not liking the, [13].
Drags, two in one day, [27].
E.
Election, Author’s horse, [9].
Characteristics, [11], [20].
Finishing first, [12].
Ellis, W. C., hunting with Drag, [20].
English country life, charm about, [158].
F.
Faraway, Author’s horse, account of, [211].
Ridden by Author on January 9, 1882, [209].
Farmers’ attitude towards hunting, [166], [168].
Farmers suffering from fox’s depredations, [134].
Farndale head moors, [219].
Fellowes, C. A., hunting with Drag, [20].
Fellowes’, Robert, of Shotesman, harriers, [118].
Ferreting rabbits, cruel amusement, [243].
Finedon Poplars to Thrapstone, Pytchley run, [21].
Fitzwilliam—
Account of day with, [18].
At Gidding Windmill, [17].
Days with, hard for horses, [18].
Fitzwilliam, Hon. H., hunting with Drag, [20].
Fitzwilliam, Hon. R., hunting with Drag, [20].
Five Bells, Oakington, [26].
Flower, Cyril, Home Rule disqualified for House of Commons Steeplechase, [30].
Follower of Lord Zetland’s hounds finishing with Hurworth, [136].
Followers of hounds on foot, [135], [136].
Fox, wild-bred, delight in hunting, [140].
Foxes purchased in Leadenhall, [145].
Fox-hounds—
Characteristics, [83].
Colour, [86].
Conditions of good pack, [81], [85].
Distinct individuality, [80].
Following on foot, [135], [136].
High standard required by breeders, [90].
Ideal career of, [93].
Kennel life, [97].
Life of a, [79].
Made or marred in cub-hunting, [190].
Puppies, education of, [89].
Puppies, mischievous proclivities, [94].
Fox-hounds and harriers, distinction between, [117].
Fox-hunter, morning loved by, [157].
Fox-hunting—
Condition of success in, [117].
Elements of chance in, [160].
Existence depends on popularity, [180].
John Jorrocks on, [127].
Old-fashioned, [133].
Pleasures of genuine “hunter,” [141].
Variety of incident in, [159].
Fox-line never to be counted on, [160].
Fox-terrier, good badger dog, [248].
Fox’s Bridge, [27].
Freake, F. M., Master of Drag, [27].
Fulbourn Drag, [26].
G.
Game-preservers and hunting, [172].
Gamekeepers’ attitude towards game and “vermin,” [240].
Garforth, W. H., of Gilling, [23].
Gidding Windmill, the Fitzwilliam at, [17].
Gingertail, Hon. S. G., Lawley’s horse,[10].
Jumps gate-posts, [12].
On Over Drag, [23].
Gladstone congratulates Author on winning House of Commons Steeplechase, [41].
Graham, hunting with Drag, [20].
Guest, Ivor, Master of Drag, [27].
Guisborough Moor, fox on, [137].
H.
Hardy, Heywood, hunting picture in Skelton Castle, [185].
“Hare-finders,” [114].
Hare-hunter, qualities necessary for, [106].
Hare-hunting, [105].
Ancient terms for, [112].
Appreciation of, [120].
Condition of success in, [117].
Modern modes and spirit of, [122].
Monopoly of huntsmen, [109].
Old writers’ description of, [110].
On foot, [123].
Preferred to fox—reasons quoted, [113].
Scope for huntsman’s craft, [119].
With beagles, [121].
Hare, wiles and dodges of, [119].
Harriers and fox-hounds, distinction between, [117].
Harriers turned into fox-hounds, [116].
Heath, Colonel, in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30].
Hermit, death of, [219].
Hill, Tom, opinion of Queen Mab, [57].
Historical MSS. Commission Reports, extract on Royalty countenancing fox-hunting, [132].
Hodge’s Hermon rides in House of Commons Steeplechase 1891, [39].
Honeywood, pack of beagles, [123].
Hoole, hunting with Drag, [19].
Hoole, killed riding for ’Varsity Whip at St. Ives, [19].
House of Commons Steeplechases—
Author asked for reminiscences of, [9].
In 1889 (First), [28];
conditions—result, [29].
1890. Rugby—
Account of, [31].
Course, [32].
Fourteen-stone class list, [35].
Twelve-stone class list, [35].
Two classes, [32].
1891. Result; riders in, [39].
Hunter—
Exercise for, [71].
Life of a, [45].
Treatment for, [68].
Hunter (human) delights of memory, [144].
Hunter (human) pleasures of genuine, [141].
Hunting—
Apologies and commendations, [163].
Day full of interest and life, [162].
Love of, a passion, [165].
Many ways of, [173].
No field sport with so little bloodshed, [161].
Opens in November, [203].
Pictures, [185].
Secondary pleasures of, [193].
Should be picturesque, [85].
Hunting and wire question, [166].
Huntsman, description of a dashing, [176].
Huntsman, the ideal, [175].
Huntsmen, hound-men or horsemen, [174].
I.
Ingleby village, Author meets Bob Brunton at, [222].
Irish horse, condition of young, [52].
Irish terrier, [247];
as badger dog, [250].
J.
Jackal head, reward for, [130].
Jarvis, W., in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30], [34].
Jorrocks, John, quoted on hunting, [127].
Julian, George Lambton’s thoroughbred, [15].
K.
Kildale Valley, run through, [216].
Killcott and Forcester, fox killed between, [230].
L.
Lambton, George, riding in Barton Drag, [15].
Lambton, Ralph, reaching Bishop Auckland on foot, [231].
Lawley, Hon. A., hunting with Drag, [19].
Lawley, Hon. A. G.—
At meet at Lords Bridge, [10].
Breaking girth on Over Drag, [23].
Hunting with Drag, [19].
Master of Drag, [10].
Le Fleming, Master of Drag, [27].
Leeds, Duke of, Master of Drag, [27].
Lees, Elliot, in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30].
First in, [35].
Leete, dragsman, [12].
Liverton, meet at, [148].
Loates, T., scoring tosses, [28].
Long, W. H., rides in House of Commons Steeplechase 1891, [39].
“Lord Lonsdale’s Hounds” ballad, [146].
Lords Bridge, meet at, [10].
Lords Bridge, run from, [11].
Love of hunting, a passion, [165].
Lucifer, Capt. Philips’ horse, performance in one week, [17].
Lyde Greenhead, near Bristol, run of Duke of Beaufort’s from, [230].
Lythe Parish Accounts—
Entries of rewards paid for “werment,” [129].
Extracts from, [130].
M.
M.F.H.—
Number of puppies of required standard, [91].
Office no sinecure, [179].
Trouble taken to secure good pack, [81].
Types of, [177].
Macreary, Master of Drag, [27].
Magniac, Herbert, Master of Drag, [19].
“Manacles,” account of, [72].
Marlborough, Duke of, Master of Drag, [27].
Meuricoffre, F. R., hunting with Drag, [20].
Wins Drag, [26].
Meux, Sir H., hunting with Drag, [19].
Middlesborough, October run near, [200].
Middleton, Captain “Bay,” remark on Author’s riding Nora Creina, [36].
Middleton, Captain “Bay,” sad end, [28].
Mildmay, F. B., in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30], [33].
Mitchell of Forcett, at meet at Lords Bridge, [10].
Moorsholm and Grinkle, run between, [149].
Morning loved by fox-hunter, [157].
Morocco, Lord Zetland’s horse, [72].
Mosquito, Lord Binning’s horse, [10].
Jump on Over Drag, [24].
Moyes Farm, [26].
Mud-fever, [69].
Muntz, P. A., in House of Commons Steeplechase, [30].
N.
Nicoll, Will, huntsman, [225].
Nora Creina, Author’s mare, account of, [33].
Wins House of Commons Steeplechase 1891, [39].
Norfolk, game-preservers in, [172].
Norman, leading hound, [12].
O.
Osman, J. A. Pease’s horse, characteristics, [21].
Over Drag, Author riding, [22].
Over Drag, description of jump on, [24].
Oxford undergraduates’ sporting establishment, [253].
P.
Paradise Farm, hounds at, [137].
Paulton, J. M., hunting with Drag, [20].
Pease, Alfred E. (see Author).
Pease, J. A.—
Hunting with Drag, [19].
Living with Author in Trinity Street, [17].
Master of Drag, [27].
Peggy Dillon, Author’s Irish mare, scratched for House of Commons Steeplechase, [28].
Philips, Captain B. H.—
Hunting with Drag, [20].
Living with Author in Trinity Street, [17].
Rides on Lucifer in one week, [17].
Run with Pytchley, [22].
Pike, R. L., hunting with Drag, [20].
Pytchley, Author’s run on Osman with, [21].
Q.
“Quaesitum Meritis” quoted, [195].
Queen Elizabeth statute “for killing of verming as foxes and such like,” 128, [129].
Queen Mab, Author’s mare, [22].
At Cambridge, [57].
At local shows, [64].
At Tattersall’s, [55].
Birth, [47].
Colour, [49].
Epitaph, [75].
Foals, [72].
Hunting Career, [64].
Life of, [45].
Paces, [65].
“Pedigree unknown,” [49].
Ridden by Author on January 9, 1882, [209].
Sent to London, [53].
Shipped to Liverpool, [52].
Size, [63].
Turned out, [67].
Young days spent in Ireland, [51].
R.
Raiders (Dr. Jameson’s) at Cambridge, [14], [16].
Rascal, [219];
pedigree, [227].
Rickaby at drag, [28].
Ringwood, [219];
pedigree, [227].
Rolles, Hon. Mark, owner of Shamrock, [21].
Ronaldshay, Lord, Master of Drag, [27].
Roseberry Topping and Guisborough Banks, run between, [209].
“Roxby and Cleveland” hounds, custom after kill, [131].
Royalty countenancing fox-hunting, [132].
Russell, H., hunting with Drag, [20].
S.
St. John, speech on trial of Strafford, on beasts of chase, [128].
Saucebox, Author’s horse, characteristics, [20].
Scotch terrier as badger dog, [250].
Seamer Whin, October run towards Middlesborough, [200].
“Senators’ Race, 1891,” Lines by W. P. Williams, [37].
Shamrock, Author’s horse, [21].
Shooting, recreation of business men, [170].
Shooting tenants, [168], [170].
Sidney, Hon. A., brush presented to, [213].
Skelton Castle, hunting picture by Heywood Hardy, [185].
Sleddale, crossing bog near, [214].
Sligo, J. A. Pease’s hunter, [210].
Done up, [218].
Ridden by J. A. Pease on January 9, 1882, [210].
Spencer, Hon. C. R., run with Pytchley, [22].
Spencer, Lord, Master of Pytchley (Woodland), [21].
Run to Thrapstone, [22].
Sporting quartette at Oxford, [253].
“Stags in the forest lie, hares in the valley—O!” etc., [157].
Statesman, [219];
pedigree, [227].
Stowe Fox, Author finishes mastership of Drag at, [27].
Stowe Fox, Author’s ride with Hon. R. White to, [16].
Sultan, re-christened Home Rule, [31].
“Summer’s Day in Cleveland” in Skelton Castle, [188].
T.
Terrier, meaning of name, [246].
Trinity Street, Author lives in, [17].
Turton R., on fox-hunting in sixteenth century, [129].
Two Pot House Drag, [26].
U.
Undergraduate’s horse, powers of, [17].
Undergraduates’ ideas of Dons’ pursuits, [14].
Undergraduates’ treatment of horses, [58].
W.
Warburton, Egerton, “Quaesitum Meritis” quoted, [195].
White, Hon. R., hunting with Drag, [19].
White, Hon. R., riding with Author to Stowe Fox, [16].
Whyte-Melville, description of Bachelor, [82].
Williams, W. Philpotts, Lines on Senators’ Race, 1891, [37].
Willoughby, Sir John, hunting with Drag, [19].
Willoughby, Sir John, riding against G. Lambton in Barton Drag, [15].
Wiloughby, Master of Drag, [27].
Wire, question of, [166].
Woodburn at drag, [28].
Wrangle, account of, [227].
Kennel life, [97].
Leads run on Farndale head moors, [219].
Y.
Yarborough, Earl of, hunting with Drag, [19].
Run with Pytchley, [22].
Yorkshire terrier, [246].

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