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On 2nd June Mr. Earle saw Sir F. Grant. Grant 

 agreed to do J. A. T. on "Iris" and three hounds 

 for 700 instead of 800 guineas. Copyright to be his. 

 Engraving to be a subsequent arrangement. 



1869. — The sale of the Pytchley horses took 

 place on loth of May at Tattersall's. A few days 

 before the sale I travelled up to London with Nigel 

 Kingscote. He asked me what I would take for 

 the lot. I said, "^5,000". He said, " You won't 

 get it ". I was not far wrong. 



At the end of the season, May, 1869, I took a 

 house at Sydenham called Leatham Grange, and 

 Grant began to paint the picture. We remained 

 there about two months. I bought a coach from 

 Holland, and he lent me a brake while it was being 

 done up. I went out one day for a trial trip with a 



