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hound shows, to promote that good feeHng and 

 chivalrous pride in the sport which enables it, 

 in this most utilitarian age, to keep its hold on 

 all English hearts, whether they beat beneath 

 the waistcoat of the feeble octogenarian or the 

 reckless pony-loving schoolboy. 



A handsome testimonial was subscribed for 

 Mr. Morrell on his retirement, and presented 

 to him at Abingdon in the following 

 November. 



Mr. Morrell, who was a J. P. and D.L. of 

 Oxfordshire was High Sheriff in 1853. He 

 married in 185 1, the daughter of the Rev. W. 

 Everett, B.D. He died in 1863, leaving an 

 only daughter and heiress, who married her 

 second cousin, Mr. George Herbert Morrell, 

 M.P., now in her right, of Headington Hill 

 Hall. 



When the retirement of Mr. Morrell was 

 announced, a meeting of members of the Hunt 

 was held at the " Crown " inn, Faringdon, 

 the meeting taking place on Thursday, January 

 2ist, 1858. There were present : The Honble. 

 E. P. Bouverie in the chair ; Messrs. E. M.- 

 Atkins, Sir R. Throckmorton, C. P. Duffield, 

 W. Throckmorton, D. Bennett, J. H. Lovell, 

 G. F. Crowdy, G. J. Haines, H. St. John 

 Medley, G. Davey, and R. Tuckey. It was 

 resolved that an advertisement should be 



