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everything I can back to that year. My late 

 master, the sixth Duke of Rutland, had succeeded 

 Lord Forester in 1859, and for three seasons I was 

 second whipper-in, and then promoted to first, 

 filling that position for another four to the Belvoir. 

 The late Duke and Lord Forester were two of the 

 keenest sportsmen I ever met, and even when 

 hounds had run well and killed two or three foxes 

 handsomely, they would draw again as long as day- 

 light lasted. Often they were the only two left of 

 the big Leicestershire fields, for they never turned 

 their horses' heads homewards until dusk. We 

 hunted frequently six days a week, five with our 

 own, and one with the Quorn, Cottesmore, or 

 Burton. At that time Mr. Henry Chaplin, M.P., 

 was master of the Burton, and one of the best 

 amateur huntsmen of his day. He used to say he 

 hunted eight days a week, for he would sometimes 

 have two packs out hi one day. Will Goodall, 

 junior, was at that time third whip to Mr. Chaplin, 

 and when I became huntsman to the Belvoir in 

 1870 he came to me as first whipper-in." 



The late Duke when Marquis of Granby was 

 fond of riding four-year-olds, and on one occasion 

 found himself at Brant Broughton at the end of the 

 day, very wide of home. After the last gallop 

 Colonel Forester and the Marquis of Granby were 

 asked by Parson Houson to go to his house at 

 Brant Broughton to refresh. It was late in the 

 evening, and Colonel Forester, as was his wont, 

 declined to stop anywhere with his horse after a 

 day's hunting, but the Marquis of Granby accepted 



