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After them came another fagging along, carrying his saddle on his 

 back, and entreating every one who passed him to send Brown, 

 the veterinary surgeon. At the station end of the town, no sooner 

 did a horse appear coming down the Burton Hill than there were 



cries of " Have you seen my servant ? " " D your servant, 



have you seen mine?" " Do you know anything of my master?" 

 " Yes, he's just coming along." " How's the horses ? " " Bunged 

 up and left at Oakham." " Where's the hounds ? " " Gone home 

 by a special they telegraphed for from Stamford." And so the 

 game went on until after nine o'clock at night ! 



The year 1851 saw the death of a good sporting 

 farmer, Mr. Glossop, who, though a Yorkshireman, was 

 accustomed to pay an annual visit to Leicestershire, 

 when he always went out with the Ouorn as often as 

 possible. He was born at Slade Haston in Yorkshire, 

 and though he had to work on his father's farm, he was 

 always keen on hunting. In his own county he was 

 regarded as a remarkably hard man to hounds, and in 

 Leicestershire he well maintained his reputation ; and on 

 one occasion he pounded a large field over a big gate, 

 thereby putting a hundred-pound note into the pocket of 

 Mr. Bennet Martin, who accepted the bet offered by 

 some one else that the "old Yorkshireman" would not 

 have the gate. Mr. Glossop was a capital judge of a 

 horse, and as he indulged in dealing to a certain extent, 

 he enjoyed his hunting at a tolerably cheap rate. He 

 died at the age of seventy-nine, and hunted almost up to 

 the last. 



It will be remembered that mention was made of a 

 committee in the time of Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Greene, 

 and this body would appear to have existed in Sir 

 Richard Sutton's time ; though their ostensible duty 

 was merely to pay covert rents and see after them 

 generally. In a year or two, however, after his accession 

 to the mastership, he dispensed with all subscriptions — 

 became " independent master," which probably meant 

 that the committee dissolved itself, and handed over the 



