MR JOHN LA TOUCHE, 1841-1846 



also a great buyer at Sir Matthew White Ridley's 

 sale in the same year. 



Mr Robert Watson, for so many years Master of 

 the Carlow hounds, was present at the sale of Mr 

 G. S. Foljambe's hounds with Mr La Touche, and 

 mentioned some particulars to Mr W. B. Forbes, 

 who has been so good as to write down for me his 

 recollection of the conversation he had with Mr 

 Watson on the subject. 



The hounds were sold by Tattersall at the ken- 

 nels at East Retford, and Mr La Touche was a 

 large buyer. Lord Henry Bentinck and Lord Gal- 

 way being his principal opponents. The pack 

 fetched 3,575 guineas, which was probably a record 

 in those days. It is said that Mr La Touche caused a 

 luncheon bell to be rung just as some lots in which 

 he was specially interested came up, and so evaded 

 some competition in the bidding. Among these was 

 the famous draft hound, sister to Rally wood. 



Mr La Touche went over again in the same year 

 to Sir Matthew White Ridley's sale and brought 

 back some very fine hounds. At the Foljambe sale 

 Mr La Touche bought chiefly brood bitches and 

 their whelps, but at the Ridley sale he bought 

 entered hounds, and a good many couple of them. 

 Among the brood bitches from the Foljambe sale 

 was one by Ranter, the best son of Osbaldestone's 

 celebrated Furrier, and another by Albion, sire of 



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