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had shown some capital sport, and killed an 

 average number of foxes. 



Mr. Milbank had only four Hunt servants 

 during his Mastership : Barwick, Cross, 

 Joe Mason, and a second whipper-in — Tom. 

 Somewhat of a change from the present day, 

 when a hunt servant is ' ' Here to-day and 

 gone to-morrow.'' A smattering of edu- 

 cation and railways have played the deuce 

 even in this line of Hfe. He sold thirty 

 couples of his older hounds to Lord Stamford, 

 then Master of the Quorn, for £600. 



It was said that Mr. Milbank never gave 

 his successor the option of purchasing his 

 hounds ; but, as his third son, Henry John, 

 had married Lady Margaret Grey, Lord 

 Stamford's sister; I think probably, as the 

 hounds were well bred and of a rare working 

 sort. Lord Stamford had taken an early 

 opportunity of getting the ' * refusal ' ' of 

 them. 



