2 THE BILLESDON HUNT. 



amptonshire, and there Is reason to believe 

 a portion of the Pytchley country was In- 

 cluded In their prerogative. A year or two 

 before Sir Richard Sutton's decease, having 

 a large extent of country by the reunion of 

 the Donnlngton with theQuorn,he conceded 

 a considerable portion of that which now 

 forms the Blllesdon to Mr Richard Sutton, 

 then residing at Skeffihgton, where kennels 

 were constructed; and, assisted by Booth- 

 royd, Mr Sutton with great skill handled 

 his own pack, affording first-rate sport. 

 To fill up the Interregnum as far as it was 

 practicable, In the Quorn country, during 

 the remainder of the season In which Sir 

 Richard Sutton died, Captain Francis Sut- 

 ton collected a scratch pack, and keeping 

 them at the old kennels, hunted the district 

 north of the Wreake, where, with Tom Day 

 as huntsman, and the able assistance of the 

 master, they had many brilliant runs. 

 Great, indeed, was the disappointment 



