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of Ouare has been associated with the opening meet of 

 the season. We have noted in Chapter VI. that in 1874 — 

 the year of the death of Mr. Henry Ouare, uncle of Mr. 

 Ernest Ouare — the opening meet was changed from 

 Matching Green to High Laver as a tribute to his 

 memory. Mr. Henry Ouare attained the age of 85, and 

 hunted with the Esse.x Hounds ten days before his death. 

 Sixty years earher the zeal for foxhunting of Mr. Ernest 

 Ouare's grandfather, Mr. Benjamin Braine Ouare, was 

 acknowledged by the presentation to him of a cup with 

 the following inscription : — 



This Cup was presented to 



Benjamin Braine Quare, Esq., 



of Matching Green, 



in the County of Essex, 



by John Archer Houblon, Esq., 



Member for the County, 



Henry John Conyers, Esq., 



and the Members of the Essex Hunt, 



in testimony of their sense of his zeal 



in promoting their sport, 

 and his polite attention on all occasions. 



25W November, 1814. • John Nesbitt, Sec. 



Mr. Tudor Braine Ouare, son of the gentleman thus 

 honoured, and father of Mr. Ernest Ouare, came into 



