II. THE COLLEGE HUNT 12 III. THE AMALGAMATION 21 IV. ROWLAND HUNT AND HIS SUCCESSORS 35 V. FROM 1886 TO 1899 51 VI. THE GOLDEN AGE, 1899-1914 60 VII. THE WAR AND THE FINAL TRIUMPH 80 PART II. 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 PAGE 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