THE HISTORY OF THE BELVOIR HUNT 



" Will you have the goodness to send me a list of your 

 hounds with the stallions marked ? 



" Yours faithfully, 



" YarboroUGH. 

 "Mr. Cooper, 



" Belvoir Kennels, Grantham." 



In 1863 we have a letter from Mr. Roberts, of Sleaford, 

 which shows the good feeling and kindness of the Lincoln- 

 shire farmers. 



" Sleaford, 



"Maf 14^ A, 1863. 

 "Dear Cooper, — 



" I need no thanks for what little I have done towards 

 preserving the foxes in this neighbourhood. I have, and 

 always shall have, great pleasure in doing anything I can 

 towards promoting the sport, and hope we may live to enjoy 

 some good runs after these. 



" Rd. Roberts." 



The following letters from the Duke speak for themselves, 

 and were written chiefly from Egypt, where he had been 

 ordered to recruit after his fall. The first two show how un- 

 willing he was to leave the country just as the hunting season 

 was beginning, and from the next we see that Coston Gorse 

 was again the scene of trouble, while the strong interest the 

 Duke took in everything connected with his hounds is shown 

 in that dated from Cairo. 



"LoNGSHAWE Lodge, Sheffield, 

 *■' September 2"] th, 1863. 

 " Cooper, — 



" As November draws near, I am getting very low at 

 having to go abroad, but I have no doubt it is the right thing 

 for me. I am gradually recovering my leg power, and hope 

 eventually to be quite right again." 



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