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foxes in subjection on the Sudbury side. Then 

 Colonel Cooke, of literary reputation, who 

 wrote so well of foxhounds and of foxhunt- 

 ing, exemplified his talent for about two sea- 

 sons. It was, however, under the brilliant 

 and energetic influences of Mr. Osbaldeston 

 that the capabilities of this fine country 

 were brought out in their most attractive 

 forms, and the distinctive cognomen of the 

 Atherstone hunt was established. A club was 

 formed, and the kennels were built at 

 Witherley. Still retaining the Sudbury 

 district, " the Squire " apportioned his time 

 between the two, residing four weeks out 

 of six at Atherstone, the other two at the 

 Flitch of Bacon, Wichnor Bridge. It was 

 not quite in accordance with the Master's 

 taste to content himself with hunting three 

 days in the week, hence the arrangement, but 

 that only lasted for one year. When a 

 determination to afford sport was manifested 

 by the master of the hounds, it was found 

 that the Atherstone district alone was suffi- 

 cient for the required five days. The Sud- 

 bury side was therefore resigned, when Mr. 

 Meynell Ingram, about that time establishing 

 his hounds at Hoar Cross, regarded it as a 



