372 SPORTING REMINISCENCES. [1862. 



and a silver hunting horn ; and on the last 

 was engraved : 



Presented to Mr. JAMES DEAR 



By LADIES 



"Who love to hear the Music of his Hounds. 



No event of importance having occurred 

 since this period, and no change having taken 

 place in the management of any of the esta- 

 blished packs in the county, I now conclude 

 my labours, and I trust I may be pardoned a 

 little egotism when I say I have spared neither 

 time, trouble, nor expense, in endeavouring to 

 obtain a complete annual register of all the 

 principal sporting events that have taken place 

 in the county ; and I trust that any omission 

 will be attributed to my ignorance, rather than 

 to my want of attention. I have throughout 

 done my utmost to ensure accuracy of dates 

 and facts, and finally hope that nothing I have 

 either said, or omitted to say, will give offence 

 to any one. 



