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been eminently successful. He was a perfect 

 judge of symmetry, hunting powers, and the 

 necessary qualifications of a foxhound, not 

 forgetting the value of stoutness, and duly 

 appreciating pedigrees. The blood of his 

 favourite hounds. Rocket and Furrier, though 

 more than forty years have passed away since 

 they were entered, is to be traced in all 

 fashionable kennels ; and indeed there are 

 very few hounds of great celebrity which do 

 not run back to one or both of them. 



Lord Southampton, who succeeded " the 

 Squire," built new kennels at Leicester, and, 

 instead of their ancient title, the Quorn, being 

 continued, they were distinguished as Lord 

 Southampton's Hounds. Soon after his lord- 

 ship's accession he purchased the Oakley 

 Hounds, and they afforded first-rate sport. In 

 1831, Lord Southampton was succeeded by 

 Sir Harry Goodriche, Bart., whose liberality, 

 kindness of manners, and sporting talent gained 

 for him the highest esteem ; but, unfortunately, 

 he was destined to preside over the hunt- 

 ing arrangements of Leicestershire but a few 

 brief years. He was cut off in the prime of life, 

 after hunting the country two seasons, during 

 which period a removal of the kennels to 



