THE HISTORY OF THE BELVOIR HUNT 



news went forth that the Duke was dying. The end came 

 on a Sunday afternoon. 



" In the person of the sixth Duke of Rutland there has 

 passed away one who represented some of the very best 

 characteristics of the old school of English noblemen. A kind, 

 considerate landlord, an indulgent master, and a true friend ; 

 in his public life courageous and high-minded ; to the poor 

 and needy, generous and warm-hearted ; a keen sportsman 

 and the liberal patron of all that was calculated to benefit 

 his fellow-men — this was the type of man whose loss is so 

 widely mourned to-day." ^ 



So came to an end an important chapter in the history of 

 fox-hunting as a national sport, when the gates of the mauso- 

 leum at Belvoir closed, after the burial of one who had made 

 many happier by the kindness of his heart and the graceful 

 courtesy of his manner : a true friend, a good master, and an 

 English gentleman of the best school. 



^ The Grantham Journal, March loth, 1888. 



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