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officiated as huntsman to his pack for nearly forty 
seasons, still following them to the field. 
The Earl of Scarborough's late pack, now Mr. 
Foljambe's, hunting the Collingworth country, claims 
also an early date ; and among the other old masters of 
fox-hounds now alive, the names of Sir Richard Puleston, 
the late Lord Middleton, the Earl of Harewood, Mr. 
Villebois, Mr. Ralph Lambton, Mr. Musters, and the 
Duke of Grafton, stand next on the list. The late Sir 
Thomas Mostyn was in the uninterrupted possession 
of fox-hounds for upwards of forty years ; the late 
Mr. Chute, of Hampshire, kept them at least thirty 
years ; and that super-excellent sportsman, Mr. Musters, 
has already seen out a similar period. 
With the exception of these and a few others, the 
packs of English fox-hounds have changed masters so 
often within the last fifty years, that it is almost 
impossible to trace them, either in blood or possession. 
However, the most valuable kennels of the present day 
are those of the Dukes of Rutland, Beaufort, and 
Cleveland, Lord Fitzwilliam, Messrs. Ralph Lambton 
and Osbaldeston (now Mr. Harvey Combe's). Mr. Warde 
has been remarkable for the great bone, size, and power 
of the hounds he has bred. With the exception of the 
Duke of Cleveland's and Mr. Villebois's large packs (so 
called in contradistinction to packs consisting of their 
smaller hounds, which these eminent sportsmen bring 
into the field on the alternate days), no hounds of the 
present day equal his in this respect. His logic on the 
