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Duke of Rutland, when in the hands, first, of Sir Carnaby 

 Haggerstone, and afterwards of Mr. Percival, brother of 

 the late Lord Egmont. 



The Duke of Beaufort's are another justly celebrated 

 pack, now in possession of the third generation ; they date 

 from the time of Lord Fitzwilliam's taking the Crewe and 

 Foley hounds, which made an opening in that part of 

 Oxfordshire which the Duke now hunts. 



Foxhounds have been kept at Raby Castle, Durham, 

 by the present Duke of Cleveland and his uncle, the late 

 Duke, for more than a century ; and His Grace officiated 

 as huntsman to his pack for nearly forty seasons, still follow- 

 ing them to the field. 



The Earl of Scarborough's late pack, now Mr. Fol- 

 jambe's, hunting the Collingworth country, claims also 

 an early date ; and among the other old masters of fox- 

 hounds now alive, the names of Sir Richard Puleston, the 

 late Lord Middleton, the Earl of Harewood, Mr. Villebois, 

 Mr. Ralph Lambton, Mr. Musters, and the Duke of Grafton, 

 stand next on the list. The late Sir Thomas Mostyn 

 was in the uninterrupted possession of foxhounds for up- 

 wards of forty years ; the late Mr. Chute, of Hampshire, 

 kept them at least thirty years ; and that super-excellent 

 sportsman, Mr. Musters, has already seen out a similar 

 period. 



With the exception of those and a few others, the packs 

 of English foxhounds have changed masters so often within 

 the last fifty years, that it is almost impossible to trace them, 



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