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who, in course of time, gave place to Thomas, 

 in whom the rights and privileges remain ; his 

 brother John officiating as his first whip, and 

 his nephew Charles, son of Joseph the afore- 

 said, as the second. 



The first lot of hounds that came into Mr. 

 Meynell Ingram's possession, if I am rightly 

 informed, were some with which the Honour- 

 able George Talbot had been hunting a por- 

 tion of the Atherstone country. Naturally 

 desirous to obtain as much as possible of the 

 long-established and highly-famed descendants 

 from his grandfather's pack, about the time 

 when the Sudbury country was relinquished 

 by Mr. Osbaldeston, an extensive addition was 

 raade from the Cheshire kennels, then under 

 the administration of Mr. Heron, who, highly 

 valuing the blood, bred extensively from the 

 old Quorn celebrities. Being well off for 

 walks, they are enabled to send out annually 

 about fifty couples of puppies, affording an 

 average entry of some twelve couples, which 

 fills up the ranks without having recourse to 

 assistance from other kennels ; and, having a 

 good choice of sires, they are not accustomed 

 to roam about for fresh blood. It is a very 

 great object to breed from hounds whose 



