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if any doubts existed previously as to the 

 discontinuance of broth, that event is quite 

 sufficient to decide the question. 



I am not in possession of any authentic 

 information as to the elements of the pack 

 when the chase of the stag was relinquished 

 and foxhunting established. At the same 

 time, I am inclined to the assumption, 

 that some of the staghounds were en- 

 tered to fox. Be that as it may, when we 

 refer to the early part of the present cen- 

 tury, celebrities were enlisted from the 

 most fashionable kennels of the day, sig- 

 nificantly Lord Lonsdale's, Sir Thomas 

 Mostyn's,and Mr Heron's, the latter gentle- 

 man's hounds conveying distinguishable 

 lines from Mr Meynell's, of old Quorn re- 

 pute. 



The most renowned of those days was 

 Justice, entered in 1813, son of the New 

 Forest Justice, and grandson of Mr Gilbert's 

 Jasper, bred by Lord Egremont, whose 



