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having a large extent of country by the 

 addition of the Donnin^iton, he conceded a 

 considerable portion of that which now forms 

 Mr. Tailby's to his son, Mr. Richard Sutton, 

 then residing at Skeffington, where kennels 

 were constructed, and, assisted by Boothroyd, 

 Mr. Sutton, with great skill handled his own 

 pack, affording first-rate sport. Great, in- 

 deed, was the disappointment when it was 

 ascertained that none of Sir Richard's sons 

 would continue to keep hounds ; so, finding 

 that to be the case, Mr. Tailby came to the 

 rescue with liberal spirit, locating his hounds 

 at Billesdon. It was at this village that the 

 late Lord Suffield expended so large a sum 

 of money in building stables, kennels, and 

 such like auxiliaries, on a scale of magnifi- 

 cence and extent probably never equalled. 

 Fame once established, associations cling 

 with wonderful persistency, and my imagi- 

 nation led me to the supposition that Mr. 

 Tailby was deriving the advantages of Lord 

 Suffield's unbounded liberality ; but great 

 indeed was my surprise on my arrival at this 

 far-famed spot, at finding that the kennels 

 were converted into tenements for the human 

 race, and that the stabling only was appro- 



