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their grandeur and completeness, suggesting a per- 

 fect paradise of fox-hunting, shadowed by the 

 splendidly massive towers of the castle. 



Personal experiences come under the master- 

 ship of two Dukes of Rutland and Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall, with two huntsmen, Frank Gillard and, 

 since 1896, Ben Capell. In eight seasons' sport 

 under the sixth and seventh Dukes of 

 Rutland, it was the rarest occasion that 

 we ever saw the noble master out hunt- 

 ing. Though a very resolute rider in his 

 day, Lord Charles Manners, sixth Duke 

 of Rutland, was unknown to the pre- 

 sent generation, incapacitated by age 

 and infirmity from following the sport 

 he loved so well long before his death, 

 which occurred in 1888. Succeeded by 

 his brother. Lord John Manners, seventh 

 Duke of Rutland, and eminent states- 

 man, with Frank Gillard as huntsman, 

 sport pursued the even tenor of its way, 

 until master and huntsman retired from 

 the cares of ofhce in 1896, to the great 

 regret of the whole fox-hunting world. 

 Lord Charles Man- That SO distinguished a personality as 

 ners,6thDukeof t]^e scvcnth Dukc of Rutland was in- 



Rutland. , 



terested m sport is a very strong 

 argument in its favour, for the social side of 

 hunting appealed to the late Duke, giving him the 

 greatest satisfaction to know that his hounds were 

 a source of pleasure to all the country-side. 



The Dukes of Rutland have always been most 

 successful in choosing the right men to rule over 

 the destinies of the family kennel, evidentl}^ possess- 

 ing a keen, discriminating power to judge character. 

 This is clearly proved by the succession of hunts- 



