The hounds mentioned as being lost to rabies were owned & hunted by a man called
James Lomax a local squire who lived at Clayton Hall, Great Harwood, Lancashire.
The hall existed in its original form till 1977 when it was demolished and anew smaller hall was built.
Lomax hunted from approximately 1828 till 1871 most of his hunting being on the Ribble, the Lune & their tributaries
but took his hounds all over the country by invitation
In his book a DIARY OF OTTERHUNTING it mentions that all but three of the hounds and six terriers were put down .
On the back page of the boo