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CHAPTER V. 



THE THIRD DUKE AS A SPORTSMAN. 



I HAVE dealt with the public and private character 

 of the third Duke of Richmond ; I will now endea- 

 vour to depict him as a British sportsman. 



Hunting was his prime delight, and he spared no 

 expense to collect a pack of hounds equal, if not 

 superior, to any in Britain, and to make their kennels 

 the perfection of cleanliness and order. 



The rooms occupied as kennels were very spacious, 

 being about thirty-six feet by fifteen feet, and lofty 

 in proportion, and on one side they were partly 

 lined with large iron plates, which were heated at 

 the back by huge fires when required. 



His Grace employed two men, one during the day 

 and the other during the night, for six weeks, in 

 order that a fractured leg might be perfectly united, 

 the dog having been ridden over when out with 

 the pack. This attention was so successful that the 

 hound ultimately joined the chase, to the great 



