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throughout the country, and the reverential 

 respect expressed on all occasions bespeaks 

 the great popularity the baronet acquired. 

 Sir Richard's hounds and horses were sold at 

 Quorn, and the following season the country 

 was entered upon by the Earl of Stamford 

 and Warrington ; it is almost needless to 

 mention the most unbounded, the most princely 

 liberality, prevailed in every department. His 

 lordship had previously gained experience as 

 a master of hounds, having some years since 

 relieved the members of the Albrighton Hunt 

 from all the expenses of hunting their coun- 

 try; this continued but one year, when his 

 lordship retired for a time, but renewed his 

 assistance to the Albrighton Hunt in 1855, 

 when some little difference which existed 

 between them and the gentleman who was 

 hunting the country rendered an interference 

 imperative. That desideratum accomplished. 

 Lord Stamford removed his establishment to 

 Quorn. The season of 1863, it is greatly to 

 be regretted, terminated his lordship's bril- 

 liant career as the master of these hounds. 

 The report had been circulated during the 

 Houghton meeting at Newmarket, but it was 

 not till his lordship caused official notices to 



