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He was succeeded by Tom Squires, who had been 

 acting in the capacity of first whip to Lord 

 Coventry. Squires continued to carry the horn 

 after Sir George Wombwell resigned, and his 

 services only ended with his death. He was a 

 capital sportsman, a good judge of hounds, and a 

 very smart man in the field. 



An awful fatality seemed to hang over the 

 York counrry at this time, for before Squires had 

 completed his second season he met with a fatal 

 accident. The hounds met at Ouseburn Work- 

 house on March 13th, 1873, and found in Grafton 

 Whin. They ran their fox pretty smartly, mark- 

 ing him to ground near Marston village. The 

 morning had been frosty, and on leaping an 

 awkwardish stile into the road Squires' horse fell 

 and rolled over him, causing internal injuries from 

 which he died at the end of three days. 



Col. Fairfax succeeded Mr. Lascelles, who only 

 held the mastership one season ; and he im- 

 mediately set about continuing the improvements 

 in the establishment which Mr. Lascelles had 

 begun. That gentleman had built some capital 

 stables for the servants' horses, supplementing 

 the deficiency of the hunt fund with his own purse. 



Col. Fairfax commenced with the kennels. 

 Those that had done duty for so long were in a 

 very dirty condition, and patching not being at 

 all to the Colonel's liking, he determined to pull 

 the old kennels down and rebuild them. His 



