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brosa; so that mucli cannot be said in its favour. Lord 

 Scarboro^ and tlie Earl of Manvers support fox-liunting, espe- 

 cially tbe latter, wlio is everytliing that an English nobleman 

 should be ; and Mr. Denison, of Ossington, should not be 

 omitted as a great friend and supporter of Captain Williams^s 

 hounds, and a right good fox-preserver. " Oxton^^ in former 

 days was a sure draw, but since the death of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Sherbrooke, foxes have not the same friends on that side the 

 country — the Nottingham side. The hounds are chiefly 

 bred from Mr. Foljambe and the Duke of Rutland^ s, and 

 combine all the best blood of the most fashionable kennels. 



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FOXHOUNDS. 



Also hunt part of Bucks and Northampton. Mr. Drake 

 succeeded Sir Thomas Mostyn in this country. Mr. Drake 

 has long been celebrated in the hunting world for the stout- 

 ness of his hounds, and the sport which they usually show. 

 His bitches have great size and substance, standing level with 

 the dog hounds, which average 23 inches. Columbine and Chap- 

 let, Butterfly, Gossamer, and Modish, are magnificent bitches, 

 and combine all the qualifications essential to a foxhound. 

 His late huntsman, Tom Wingfield,came with the country, and 



