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possess great interest for the readers of this book. 

 They are portraits of two of the most famous hounds 

 possessed by the late Lord Southampton during 

 the time his lordship hunted the Quorn and 

 Grafton countries. As they were hounds of great 

 merit in the field, and of such famous strains of 

 breeding, such memories as the elapse of time 

 permit me to gather up regarding them may be 

 interesting to some of my readers. The portraits 

 are taken from original pictures, painted for the 

 late Lord Southampton, and by him given to 

 George Beers during the time the latter hunted 

 the Grafton pack at Whittlebury. Beers was also 

 whipping-in at Quorn during Hazard's hunting 

 career at Melton. 



The present Lord Southampton was very 

 pleased to obtain these two pictures by pur- 

 chase, and of course he greatly prizes them on 

 his father's account. 



Hazard. — This noble hound was bred by the 

 Marquis of Tavistock, and was entered in the 

 Oakley country the season before the hounds 

 were sold to Lord Southampton, and he went 

 with G. Mumford as huntsman and G. Beers 

 as second whip. 



When Lord Southampton retired from the 

 Quorn, he sold the pack to Sir Harry Goodrick, 



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