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era was opened, and the foxes had to flj for 

 their lives — if, indeed, that flight availed 

 them. But the Quorn country becoming 

 vacant in 1847, presented attractions irresis- 

 tible to Sir Richard ; and then came Mr. 

 Henley Greaves, with a pack of hounds, 

 more than half of which were drafts, and, 

 following such a liberal and experienced 

 master as the baronet, there might have 

 been a contrast. Five years afterwards, 

 Mr. Borrowes, with another scratch pack, 

 collected from all quarters, maintained the 

 mastership three seasons, and from that 

 period, 1855, Sir John TroUope, very greatly 

 to the satisfaction of the country, has held 

 the reins of government. At that time Mr. 

 Drake, relinquishing the Bicester country, 

 sold his hounds to Sir John, who re-sold 

 them in 1857. The present pack originated 

 from the Berkeley kennels, which supplied 

 the greatest proportion, a reduction of their 

 forces having that year taken place, in con- 

 sequence of the resignation of the Cheltenham 

 country ; the Brocklesby, the Belvoir, Sir 

 Richard Sutton's, Lord H. Bentinck's, and 

 Mr. Foljambe's, supplied the remainder, 

 and it has since been bred almost exclusively 



