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to take the country in Nottinghamshire — 

 temporarily vacated by Mr Chaworth Mus- 

 ters — and Mr Drake, were bidders ; and 

 the Marquis of Queensberry had eight 

 couples to do duty in Scotland. 



The horses were well sold ; for, good as 

 many of them had been, they displayed 

 unequivocal testimony of the severe work 

 they had been compelled to endure. The 

 highest-priced one was Methodist, a famous 

 nag that formerly belonged to Mr Clowes. 

 His price was 250 guineas, for which sum 

 he was consigned to Baron Rothschild. 



An opening on this occasion presented 

 itself to Mr Chaworth Musters, who, as 

 already intimated, had established a pack 

 of hounds, in 1862, to hunt a portion of 

 Nottinghamshire, in the neighbourhood of 

 his ancestral residence, Annesley Hall — a 

 country which may indeed be deemed a 

 family heritage. He commenced with a 

 goodly portion from Mr Parry's kennels, 

 augmented from the Duke of Rudand's, 

 Lord Kestevens', and Mr Drake's, and sub- 

 sequently he obtained much good blood from 



