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Thrussington took place as being more cen- 

 tral. Sir Harry's decease placing all bis 

 unentailed property in the possession of bis 

 friend, Mr. Francis Holyoake, together with 

 the hounds and horses, the country became 

 bis, so to speak, by inheritance. At this 

 period the Marquis of Hastings, wishing for 

 more bunting on the Donnington side, in- 

 duced Mr. Holyoake to resign a portion of it, 

 and a new district was formed, designated the 

 Donnington country. Foxes becoming more 

 numerous, this and similar arrangements which 

 have taken place in other hunts have been 

 attended with manifest advantages, affording 

 much more bunting and at easier distances. 

 Mr. Meynell, it may be observed, only hunted 

 three and occasionally four days in the week. 

 At the time to which I refer, the Quorn 

 hounds bad five appointments in the week, 

 and the Donnington three, with, if I recollect 

 rightly, occasional bye days ; thus there was 

 established nearly three times as much hunt- 

 ing as in the days of Meynell. Two years 

 was the limit of Mr. Holyoake's occu- 

 pation of the Quorn country. Having taken 

 the name of Goodriche, and being elevated to 

 the baronetage, be resigned to Mr. Errington, 



