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so far as the mysteries of Latin and Greek were con- 

 cerned. Upon leaving Eton he became the private 

 pupil of Doctor Carr, then Vicar of Brighton, and 

 subsequently Bishop of Chichester, who managed with 

 great difficulty to prepare him for Oxford, where he 

 matriculated at Brasenose on May 3, 1805 ; but he left 

 Oxford without taking his degree, as might only have 

 been expected, since he had already taken M.F.H. 

 honours before he went up. In boyhood he had re- 

 ceived his first riding lessons, while living with his 

 mother at Bath, from Dash, the most celebrated riding- 

 master of the day, and after leaving Eton he bought a 

 pack of dwarf foxhounds from Lord Jersey, with which 

 he hunted over his mother's property near Scarborough ; 

 but I have been unable to discover any record of the 

 sport which he was able to show, though to this period 

 must be attributed his education in hound lore. His 

 first country after leaving Oxford was the Burton, 

 which he hunted for five seasons with hounds pur- 

 chased from Lord Monson, from which sprang the 

 celebrated Monson strain. Osbaldeston — it was not 

 till he became Master of the Quorn that he was called 

 the Squire — now began to prove his practical know- 

 ledge of kennel work. Even at the present day his 

 hound Vaulter is a name to conjure with in kennel 

 circles. Osbaldeston was fond of saying that Vaulter 

 was the only perfect thing in the world, for he had 

 never told a lie. After five seasons in the Burton 

 country he moved into Nottinghamshire, to what was 

 then known as Mr. Jack Musters' country. Difi^erences of 

 opinion, which it is unnecessary now to discuss, ensued. 



