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what curious accident. He and Frank Gillard, who came 

 with him from South Notts, divided the hunting between 

 them at Ouorn, and on one day Gillard took the young 

 hounds into Garendon Park for the purpose of making 

 them steady from deer. When returning over the park 

 on the way home, Roger Onions, the first whipper-in, 

 saw a lame deer, towards which the hounds were trotted. 

 When the pack approached it, Onions started at a canter 

 in order to turn the deer in front of the hounds. Un- 

 luckily, however, his horse and the deer came into 

 collision, and he thereupon fell to the ground. He was 

 rescued as soon as possible, but died within ten hours of 

 the accident, without ever again becomina- conscious, and 

 what made matters all the worse was that he left a young 

 widow and three children totally unprovided for. A 

 subscription was at once set on foot for the benefit of 

 his family, and Mr. Musters headed the list with a ten- 

 pound donation. At the inquest Gillard stated that, 

 seeing the deer and the horse were likely to collide, he 

 called to Onions to stop, but the deceased did not appear 

 to hear him. After the fall the deer got up and ran 

 away, but the whipper-in was left on the ground with 

 his left leg under the horse for a few seconds. On the 

 horse getting up, the unfortunate man's foot remaining 

 in the stirrup, he was dragged, but only for a few yards. 

 On being liberated he was raised up, but was insensible, 

 and he died about six o'clock in the evening. A verdict 

 of accidental death was returned. John Goddard, jun., 

 was second whipper-in at the time. 



It cannot be said that Mr. Musters's first season 

 opened very joyously, for in November his predecessor, 

 the Marquis of Hastings, died, and about the same time 

 Lord Somerville was killed while hunting with Mr. 

 Tailby. 



Contrary to general custom, politics about this time 

 found their way into the hunting-field. Mr. Clowes, 



