24 THE QUORN HUNT, 



Day, who is now enjoying past reminis- 

 cence within hearing of his old friends in 

 the kennels. A most liberal supply of the 

 sinews of war was at all times available, to 

 meet any expenditure that might be neces- 

 sary to ensure the desired object — foxes 

 were In great abundance ; but in the midst 

 of all these happy combinations, the season 

 1855 was inaugurated with a sad reverse, in 

 the lamented death of Sir Richard Sutton, 

 which took place about the middle of No- 

 vember. A melancholy gloom prevailed 

 throughout the country, and the reverential 

 respect expressed on all occasions bespeaks 

 the great popularity the baronet acquired. 

 A few years before this sad event oc- 

 curred, a district was apportioned off to 

 Mr Richard Sutton, who resided at Skef- 

 fington, his father supplying him with 

 hounds to hunt the country in that neigh- 

 bourhood, and this he continued to do till 

 the spring of 1856, extending his opera- 

 tions somewhat further In the direction of 

 Melton and Quorn. Sir Richard's hounds 

 were sold by Messrs Tattersall at the 



