Formerly the pure-bred Otter-hound was used, but with the nineteenth century
many masters of Otter-hounds have used other breeds. Mr. Collier, for fifty
years master of the Culmstock, used either harriers with a dash of foxhound
blood or pure-bred foxhounds, whilst many were drafts from the Devon and
Somerset staghounds. Other masters have used mixed packs, whilst the Carlisle
pack are true Otter-hounds. Bloodhounds have also been used with success.
Though the true Otter-hound may not be so fast as the foxhound, his nose is
unrivalled, and he will own a faint scent that the other hound will not
acknowledge.
The following is a list of the packs of Otter-hounds hunting at the present
day (i9° 4) j* 1
T h e B.O.H. (N orth W a l e s ).— 17^ couple; hunt five days a fortnight; Master, Mr. H.
Douglas Thorneycroft; Huntsman, D. P. Jones; Whip, T. Biggs; kennels at Newtown,
Montgomeryshire, N. Wales.
B ucks.—17 couple; hunt three or four days a week; Honorary Master, Lord Lilford ;
Master, Mr. W. F. E. Uthwatt; Huntsman, Mr. G. Uthwatt; Whip, H. Howard;
Hon. Sec., Mr. Walter B. Bull, Newport Pagnell ; kennels at Great Linford, Newport
Pagnell.
C a r l is l e .-—14 couple; hunting days, about two a week; Huntsman and Master, Mr. J. W.
Graham; Kennel Huntsman, John Parker; Whip, Jack Parker; Hon. Sec., Mr. J. S.
Thompson, 18 Bank Street, Carlisle.
C heriton, T h e .—10 couple; hunt five days a fortnight; Master and Huntsman, Mr.
Arthur B. Heinemann ; Whip, A. Church; Hon. Sec., Mr. C. D. Turrall, Northam,
R.S.O.; kennels at Porlock and Barnstaple.
C l a y ’s , M r. H. H astin gs .— (Subscription pack) 1 2 couple ; hunting days, Tuesdays and
Fridays; Master, Mr. H. Hastings Clay; Huntsman, John Jackson; Whip, B. Flowers;
Hon. Sec., Mr. W. B. Pilkington, The Homestead, Pencraig, Ross-on-Wye; kennels
at Chepstow.
C ourtenay - T racy’s, M r.—(Subscription pack) 15 couple; hunting days, Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays in each week; Master and Huntsman, Mr. Courtenay-Tracy
and a Committee; Kennel Huntsman, Tom Stubbington ; Hon. Sec., Mr. Francis
Rigden, Belle Vue, Salisbury; kennels at Wilton, near Salisbury.
C rowhurst ( S u s sex ).— 1 5 couple; two days a week; Master and Huntsman, Mr. S . W.
Varndell; Hon. Sec., Mr. W. E. F. Cheeseman, 23 Havelock Road, Hastings;
kennels at Crowhurst, Sussex.
C ulmstock, T h e .—8 couple; three days a week; Master, Mr. James H. Wyley;
Huntsman, the Master; Whip and Kennel Huntsman, Walter Jacobs; Hon. Sec.,
Mr. E. A. Vaughan, Newhayes, Chard; kennels at The Firs, Ashill, near Ilminster,
Somerset.
C umberland, W e st .—12 couple; hunt two days a week; Master, Mr. J. H. Jefferson,
Hundith Hill, Cockermouth; Huntsman, the Master; Whips, Messrs. W. M. Armstrong,
Dalziell, and Stokes ; Secretary, Mr. H. W. Clift, Ellen Bank, Aspatria;
kennels at Little Mill, Cockermouth, Cumberland.
D artmoor.— 14 couple; hunt two days a week; Master and Huntsman, Mr. A. J. Pitman;
Whips, Arthur Mason (kennel huntsman) and John Mason ; Secretary, Mr. R. W.
Baynes, Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth; kennels at Glaze Brook, South Brent,
S. Devon.
D oyne ’s, M r.—10 couple; hunting days uncertain ; Master and Huntsman, Mr. D. H.
Doyne; Whip, A. Harvey; kennels at Wells Gorey, co. Wexford.
D um frie sshire .—16 couple ; hunting days, two a week ; Master, Mr. D.;.. j; Bell-Irving;
Huntsman, Mr. W. Davidson; Whips, Joe Parker and J. Powman ; Hon. Secretary,
Mr. G. H. Bell-Irving, Bankside, Lockerbie; kennels at Annan.
E a s t of S cotland.—7 couple; hunting days uncertain; Master, Mr. W. M. Sanderson ;
Huntsman, vacant; Whips, the Committee; Secretary, the Master; kennels at Amis-
field Park, Haddington, N.B.
E s s e x , T he.—16 couple; hunt five days a fortnight; Master and Huntsman, Mr. L.
Rose; Kennel Huntsman and Whip, W. Douglas; Hon. Secretaries, Mr. W. P. N.
Ridley, Chelmsford, and Mr. W. C. Hyde-Parker, Long Melford ; kennels at Water-
house Farm, Chelmsford.
F orst er’s, M r. C a rna b y .—17 couple; hunting days uncertain; Master and Huntsman,
Mr. R. C. Forster; kennels at Easton Park, Wickham Market.
H aw kstone Ot t e r H unt.—25 couple; hunt three days a week; Master, Mr. H. P.
Wardell; Huntsman, the Master; Kennel Huntsman, H. D. Davies; First Whip,
H. Nicholas; Second Whip, E. Cope; Hon. Secretary, vacant; kennels at Bromfield,
Ludlow, Salop.
K ing’s Ot t e r H ounds, T he .—25 couple; hunting days uncertain; Master and Huntsman,
Capt. T. W. Sheppard; Whip and Kennel Huntsman, Arthur Lentall; kennels
at Derry Knockayne, near Limerick, Ireland.
.N orthern C ounties O t t e r H ounds.— 16 couple; hunt three days a week; Masters, Mr.
F. C. Barnett and Mr. T. Robson; Kennel Huntsman, R. Hall; Secretary, Mr.
W. A. Hoyle, Northern Counties Club, Newcastle-on-Tyne; kennels three-quarters of
a mile from Morpeth Railway Station.
R ug, T h e .—10 couple; hunting days irregular; Master, the Hon. C. H. Wynn; Huntsman,
the Master; Whips, Messrs. Hugh Edwards and A. R. Wynne; kennels at
Rug, Corwen, N. Wales.
W h ar f eda l e , T h e .—21 couple; hunt three or four days a week; Master, Mr. W.
Thompson, Addingham, Yorks; Huntsman, Isaac Fletcher; Whips, Mr. H. W.
Stansfield, Mr. J. C. Thompson, Capt. Maurice, D.S.O., Mr. J. D. Barwick, and Mr.
B. A. Hirst; Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. Thwaites, 26 Brook Street, Ilkley.
Y n y s fo r , T he.—10 couple; hunt two days a week; Master and Huntsman, Mr. Evan B.
Jones; Kennel Huntsman and Whip, O. Ephraim; kennels at Ynysfor, Penrhyndeu-
draeth, Merionethshire.