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house of the person from whom the flower had been 

 obtained, twenty-five miles distant, brought back another 

 and more brilliant specimen, which he presented to Miss 

 Burton in the ball-room, and which that lady triumphantly 

 displayed to her rival at the supper-table, as if to say, 

 " My dear, have you a cavalier who would ride fifty miles 

 in four hours to get you a flower, or who could do it if 

 he would ? " 



And now, with wealth beyond the dreams of avarice 

 at his uncontrolled disposal, Sir Richard went in heart 

 and soul for the sports he loved. The family seat was 

 at Norwood, in Nottinghamshire, but one house, no 

 matter how fine, was not enough to satisfy the ambition 

 of the young baronet or afford sport commensurate 

 with his large ideas. So he took Sudbrooke Hall, in 

 Lincolnshire, as his hunting quarters, and Mr. Angerstein's 

 place at Weeting, in Norfolk, as his English shooting-box, 

 whilst he rented some thousands of acres of Aberdeen- 

 shire forest and moor for deer-stalking and grouse- 

 shooting. 



His passion for shooting was intense. He loved it 

 better than any other sport under the sun, except hunting. 

 From August I2th to November ist he seldom missed 

 a single day's shooting. After that date he devoted 

 himself with equal zest to the chase, though I think he 

 was not sorry when a hard frost now and then gave him 

 a decent excuse for taking up the gun. 



In 1822 Sir Richard took the Burton Hounds, which 

 the great Thomas Assheton Smith had just resigned. 

 The new master hunted the country entirely at his own 

 expense, and his hospitality was princely. The Lincoln 



