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always anxious that the Belvoir size should be main- 

 tained, so that he might have the benefit of using 

 them ! " 



Like his predecessors, the present and eighth 

 Duke of Rutland takes the keenest interest in the 

 hounds, which are a cherished family possession, 

 and is frequently at the kennels, where Ben Capell 

 spends many an hour showing on the flags. 



A lawn meet at Belvoir Castle makes a splendid 

 finish to the season's sport, and on Saturday, 

 April 3, 1909, a representative gathering from 

 Melton and Grantham assembled 

 for the last time, enjoying a hunt 

 of great excellence. Ben Capell, with 

 the two whippers-in, Jack Hewitt 

 and Herbert Norman, had the dog- 

 hounds in the field, all the cele- 

 brities of the pack about whom we 

 have been talking, looking like bur- 

 nished silver in the bright sunshine. 

 The Duke and Duchess of Rutland 

 were on foot to see the hounds, and 

 their three daughters, the Ladies 

 Mar jorie, Violet, and Diana Manners, 

 were amongst the keenest division who ride in the 

 vale of Belvoir. Sir Gilbert Greenall was in com- 

 mand, with Lady Greenall, and their two promising 

 boys. Master Gilbert and Edward Greenall, on their 

 ponies, the elder of the two with his miniature 

 hunting horn, the younger with the couples to his 

 saddle. The field included Lord Robert Manners, 

 Lady Robert Manners walking, the Marquis of 

 Cholmondeley, Lord George Cholmondeley, Eliza- 

 beth, Countess of Wilton, and Mr. A. V. Pryor, the 

 Earl and Countess of Scarborough, General Sir 

 Mildmay Willson, Miss Willson, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. 

 Grifiith, Master Grifiith, the three Miss Bibbys, 



The present and 8th 

 Duke of Rutland. 



