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1 82 1, on attaining his majority, he took the surname and arms 

 of Egerton. When the first Lord Wilton died, his grandson and 

 successor was at Westminster School, and on leaving there he 

 went to Christ Church, Oxford. 



Shortly after the date of the February meeting, Mr. 

 Musters, who had been Mr. Coupland's predecessor, 

 came out for a day with the Quorn near Gaddesby, and 

 while hounds were running hard held a foremost place. 

 After landing over a fence his horse fell, but though Mr. 

 Musters sustained no injury from the downfall, before he 

 could regain his feet he was jumped on by somebody 

 else, and left insensible. As soon as he came to himself 

 he made his way to Gaddesby, whence he was driven to 

 Syston station, and though no bones were broken, he 

 was much bruised and shaken, and had to keep to his 

 room for some time. 



For many years there had been few more venerated 

 names than that of Sir Arthur Grey Hazelrigg, and the 

 men of South Leicestershire so fully realised their in- 

 debtedness to so good a sportsman, who, though not at 

 that time a follower of the hounds, was most enthusiastic 

 in the cause of hunting, that they determined to present 

 him with a testimonial. The subscription was limited 

 to a couple of guineas, and money came in so plenti- 

 fully that two very handsome silver bowls were pur- 

 chased, the Hazelrigg arms being engraven upon the 

 shields, while the bowls themselves bore the inscription : 

 " Presented to Sir Arthur Grey Hazelrigg, Bart., by 

 friends hunting in South Leicestershire." One might 

 have thought that the presentation would have been 

 made in strictly orthodox form, but such was not the 

 case, as the testimonial, for good and sufficient reasons, 

 was forwarded to Moseley Hall, the seat of the recipient. 



About the same time, too, Mr. Adam Arnst painted 

 a portrait of Tom Firr, from which a lithograph portrait 

 was published by Messrs. Benyon & Co. of Cheltenham. 



