14 THE BILLESDON HUNT. 



been completed for Mr Tailby to hunt the 

 country, the formation of a suitable pack of 

 hounds became a consideration of para- 

 mount Importance. Those who have 

 made the attempt In the provincials have 

 invariably found it an arduous task ; how 

 much greater, therefore, in one like this, 

 where the keenest eyes of criticism are ever 

 on the alert. With exquisite judgment 

 Mr Tailby enlisted the matured experience 

 of the veteran Tom Day, and with a liberal, 

 enterprising spirit, together with the keenest 

 ardour for sport, they set to work in right 

 eood earnest. The hounds with which Mr 

 Richard Sutton had been huntingthe country, 

 consisting principally of choice selections 

 from his late father's kennels, being for 

 sale, afforded an excellent opportunity to 

 commence with, and of these, eleven and 

 a half couples were included in Mr Tailby 's 

 first list. There were also ten couples from 

 the Pytchley, four couples from Mr Collier's, 



