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fixture, to put the following questions to his second 

 horseman : — 



" Many people out ? " 



"A great many, Sir Richard." 



" Ugh ! Is Colonel F out ? " 



"Yes, Sir Richard." 



" Ugh ! Ugh ! ! Is Mrs. B out ? " 



" Yes, Sir Richard." 



" Ugh ! Ugh ! ! Ugh ! ! ! Then couple up Valiant and Daunt- 

 less, and send them home in the brougham." 



Another old story is fathered on Sir Richard Sutton. 

 A writer, who vouches for the truth of the statement, 

 declared that Sir Richard Sutton in his hearing called 

 aside a certain gentleman who was not very particular 

 as to how close he rode to hounds, and warned him that 

 he must be very careful not to ride over a particular 

 hound, which he pointed out, adding : "I would not 

 have him ridden over for anything." 



The gentleman promptly and courteously replied : " I 

 will do anything I can to oblige you, Sir Richard, but I 

 have a wretched memory for hounds, and I am afraid 

 that he will have to take his chance with the rest." 



Sir Richard Sutton entered to hounds Ben Morgan, 

 one of a famous family of huntsmen, and his portrait is 

 to be seen in Sir Francis Grant's picture of the Quorn. 

 Whyte-Melville says that Ben Morgan was with Sir 

 Richard Sutton in the Cottesmore country, and tells the 

 following- anecdote about him there : — 



Many years ago, when he hunted the Cottesmore country, Sir 

 Richard Sutton's hounds had been running hard from Glooston 

 Wood along the valley under Cranehal by Stourton to Holt. 

 After thirty minutes or so over this beautiful, but exceedingly 

 stiff line, their heads went up and they came to a check, possibly 

 from their own dash and eagerness, certainly at that pace and 

 amongst those fields not from being overridden. 



"Turn 'em, Ben!" exclaimed Sir Richard, with a dirty coat 

 and Hotspur in a lather, but determined not to lose a moment in 

 getting after his fox. 



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