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he had been a leading star. Approaching 

 more recent dates, in 1847, Sir Richard 

 Sutton, preferring this country to the Cottes- 

 more, Mr. Greene and the committee resigned 

 in his favour. With a splendid pack of hounds, 

 which he had been many years in bringing to 

 perfection, making the old house his place of 

 abode, the quondam glories of Quoru were 

 thoroughly restored, and, in 1851, the Don- 

 nington country becoming vacant, was again 

 united. No master of hounds of past or present 

 days could exceed Sir Richard Sutton in that 

 unceasing devotion to the " noble science," 

 which is indispensable with the perfection of 

 sport. All his instructions, too, were ably 

 carried out by his huntsman, Tom Day, who is 

 now enjoying past reminiscence within hearing 

 of his old friends in the kennels. A most liberal 

 supply of the sinews of war was at all times 

 available to meet any expenditure that might 

 be necessary to ensure the desired object ; 

 foxes were in great abundance, but, in the 

 midst of all these happy combinations, the 

 season 1855 was inaugurated with a sad 

 reverse in the lamented death of Sir Richard 

 Sutton, which took place about the middle of 

 November. A melancholy gloom prevailed 



