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T. Assheton Smith, 1807 to 1817.— Died 1863. 



The memoir, written a few years ago, is so thoroughly 

 exhaustive, that it is not necessary to say anything 

 about Mr. Assheton Smith's sporting career. 



George Oshaldeston, 1817 — 1821. 



The same remark applies to Mr. Oshaldeston, but I 

 do not remember seeing it noticed in print, that when 

 Mr. Osbaldeston hunted Nottinghamshire, he remarked 

 that it was a most difficult country to kill foxes and 

 (at the same time) to show sport in. 



Sir Bellingliam Graham, 1821 to 1823. — Died 1866. 



George Osbaldeston, 1823 to 1827. — Second Mastership. 



Lord Southampton, 1827 io 1831. — Died 1872. 



Mr. Bernal Osborne's most amusing poem, called 

 ^'Melton in 1830: a day with Lord Southampton's 

 hounds," refers to this period of history. 



Sir Harry Goodriche, 1831 to l^^^.—Died 1833. 



At Sir Harry's lamented death, at the age of thirty- 

 three, he was succeeded by his heir, Mr. F. HolyoiTce, 

 1883 to 1835. 



Mr, Errington, 1835 to 1838. 



The Sporting Magazine of 1840 says of Mr. Erring- 

 ton — '*! once saw him stop a whole squadron of impetuous 

 go-a-head fellows by a wave of the hand and one of those 

 bland smiles, the magic of which has been so often said or 

 sung." ''That's more than Tom Smith or the Squire 

 could have done, with all their bully-ragging ! " said a 



