The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-24
Fam GRtNyTLLE ON FOx HUNTING.
"The Most Exciting, Most uenith-Giving, md
Most Nercifui Of Field sports"

Irpm ne Ipnfpn Tfres
Last evening banquet WAS given in Can
tcrhury to- Lord Guilford. as Master Of the East
Kent Fox Hounds. Lord Granville presided,
and upward OF 200 guests were present.
evening. THE Health OF Lord Guilford." said
he WIS told that there were many of them pres,
droamt Of 1t hy night. and did so Mt this time OF
year when. il they had any sense Of pr9priety.
they would br smelling ihrir n'rrr anu ils ,,
ing TO their nghtingalcs He, believed they
would ngrcc that II wns one OF the most cx-
citing, the most health diving; and the most
pleasure II gave to mon; they believed
in the pleasure 1t gave to horses and
hounds; but. perhaps. none Of them had
when he runs 10 ground in view ol inc pack.
Hunting had the advantage Of bringing to-
grthcr on terms Of equality all classes NJ so
clcty. For oven the man ON foot was often only
too anxious to- see the find, and equally anxious
united politicians and confounicd their politics
The last time he was nj a hunting dinner II WAS
u few ycars ago in honor OF their noble muster;
he vcnturcd then To- propose match between
tho oldest and the youngest member Of the late
Administration against any two members OF tlls
present Cabinet. The match did not come OF.
but he found some Of his Conservative friends.
who bore with perfect good humor pclit'cal at
tacks, rather sensitive az 10 this lmpul ition on
the hunting qualifications OF their leaders. He
WAS asked whether he had never met tho
present Lord Chancellor in the Vale Of Aylcs.
bury. He was Obliged Ia admit that he had. and
that h" was MT onlS the best dressed man IN inc
neld. but that hr was perfectly reckless In expos
ing his unohlrNonalr lcaih.rs and undcniablc
top boots 70 the damage winch any sort OF fence
could inilri upon them. H. was asked whether
he had forgotten tho brother Of the master OF
one ~ the great historical packs 81 IN" world.
He was bound To- own that this member OF the
Cabinet went like a bird. and that the only
drawback to his success was that, acting up ~
White MelVillrs description Of Charles Payne.
he left everything to- his horse excepting the
racc; and the noble animal. VIII II coming to
double. instead Of jumping on and OF some
times jumped ON aud then back again, Finally,
h. was called To- book concerning the First Lord
II IN" Admiralty. und he could not deny that
some ~ his pleasant st days were hunting with
him in Notthnmptonsh ire. He must add that IL
W "a matter Of regret 10 him this year whcth-
m tre. or to his oflirn aiors. or To- the recent
regulations OF the Jockey club against the
r. Ing OF feather weights-thAt he missed 80
genial n companion in the Held
A. Ia the rnufounling of politics hv hunting.
nothing could be NOR" complete. Take Con
-"rvattVe like Lord GuiliOrd, or stu stronger
Conservative Ike William Hammond. when
YOU saw the one riding over or through fences
fences expressly erected 10 keep oil all tres
pa~Sris-nnd you hear ol the uthcr thklhs pos
session II the largest brooks IN the shirrs
without claim in law or in equity Ia the banks
/ ON either side of IT, could one conceive u mor"
tl'grant disregard of all the 50. red rights Qi
private property; On the other hand. Radicals
Ike himself were 10 boz heard clumorlns for tho
strictcst rules of ctiuu 'ttc. demanding prccc-
l"nre Tor the hunted animal. ana claiming Tor
following next in order.
And now ~ To hunting dreams. He was
not going To- enter into the NrN'd phiioaophi' al
uu 'stion whether dreams are the continuous
atiOn of the brain or whether they only occur
at the moment of waking. His own rNpcri"n -
ot hunting dreams wis not altogether salts
IA tory. He had generally found them to occur
alter a very long day ana "A very good dinner.
When the hunter of the day was apt IT, ns-u me
tine snap" and manner Oi "A mnrn OF the night
hr rode her iranU aliy at all SORTS of fences but
whether owing io a peculiarly IN ner or IN him
sell he never got over one of them. But hc
knew tn" dreams OF others were mu IA more IN
ter sting. \ mobile friend was So Strurk hy -
dream That he Put 1t in verse lie only rcmrm
ar If