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In 1853 John Jones left and went into Lin- 

 lithgowshire, Jim Stacy, the Whip, following 

 his fortunes. Thomas Clark then took up the 

 horn for Mr. Morrell. Clark was sent up to 

 the sale of Sir Richard Sutton's hounds, with 

 orders to buy the lot in which should be the 

 celebrated hound " Hercules." When the lot 

 was put up it was knocked down to Clark for 

 200 guineas. Young Sir Richard Sutton came 

 up just as the hammer fell and wished Tatter- 

 sall to put the lot up again, which he of course 

 declined to do. Clark bought there altogether 

 eight couple ; he also secured Sir Richard's 

 excellent van, into which he put the hounds, 

 and then drove them back to Headington. 

 Mr. Morrell was so pleased at having secured 

 " Hercules" that he "tipped" Clark a fiver on 

 the spot. 



Thomas Clark had been huntsman to Mr. 

 Villebois who hunted the Craven. Mr. Ville- 

 bois died in 1851, and to each servant in his 

 employ at the time of his death, left a year's 

 salary. This Clark lost, for wishing to get 

 into a better country, he had just before given 

 notice. Mr. Villebois left his whole huntino- 

 establishment to the Craven country, and the 

 hounds were hunted for a season by a com- 

 mittee, of whom Mr. Philip Wroughton, of 

 Woolly Park, was President ; funds then ran 



