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became a consideration of paramount import- 

 ance. Those who have made the attempt in 

 the provincials have invariably found it an 

 arduous task; how much greater, therefore, 

 in one like this, where the keenest eyes of 

 criticism are ever on the alert. With ex- 

 quisite judgment Mr. Tailby enlisted the 

 matured experience of the veteran Tom Day, 

 and with a liberal, enterprising spirit, together 

 with the keenest ardour for sport, they set 

 to work in rio-bt o;ood earnest. The hounds 

 with which Mr. Richard Sutton had been 

 hunting the country, consisting principally 

 of choice selections from his late father's 

 kennels, being oil^ered for sale at Quorn, 

 afforded an excellent opportunity to com- 

 mence with, and of these, eleven and a half 

 couples are included in Mr. Tailby's first 

 list. There were also ten couples from the 

 Pytchley, four couples from Mr. Colyer's, 

 two couples from Lord Fitzwilliam's, the 

 like number from Mr, Millbank's, and the 

 remainder, in all thirty-seven couples, came 

 from various kennels of repute. The first 

 season over, the horn was transferred to John 

 Goddard, and in addition to hounds bred at 

 the Billesdon kennels, the present year's list 



