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therefore suggested they should ride it off to save 

 the worry of an election. The poll day was Friday, 

 March 8th ; and by common consent a non -hunting 

 day, for every good fox-hunting Conservative 

 sported his "pink," and went to see Mr. Cust 

 returned by a majority of 282 votes. A monster 

 meet in honour of the occasion took place in April 

 at Belton House, where Lord and Lady Brownlow, 

 the uncle and aunt of the successful candidate, 

 extended a hearty welcome. 



On the last day of the season hounds killed 

 their nineteenth Rauceby fox, their total being 86, 

 and 49 marked to ground. Number of days, 127. 

 Stop for frost, 17 days. 



SEASON 1890-91 



This season Frank attained his majority as 

 huntsman to the ducal pack, rode 11 stone 11 lb., 

 and had a son Frank junior to turn hounds to him. 

 For the first time during his tenure of office he 

 had the assistance of a field-master, Lord Edward 

 Manners, M.P. for the Melton division of Leicester- 

 shire, the Duke of Rutland's second son, and late of 

 the Fourth Battalion Rifle Brigade. 



The favourite hound sire at Belvoir this season 

 was Nominal (1888), a 23-inch hound, with tremen- 

 dous length of haunch, and his shortness from the 

 hock to the ground was remarkable. He was just 

 as level as his sire Gambler, and the same sort 

 of worker. Old Glancer (1881), by Weathergage, 

 headed the list of stallion hounds, being in his 



