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and keen. In those days Sir Bache Cunard was 

 master of the country south of Billesdon, but I 

 don't remember hunting with him more than two 

 or three times. His brother, Mr. Gordon Cunard, 

 was the best man with that pack then, though Mr. 

 Logan was almost equally good ! 



I am not quite certain about the date, but it 

 was either in '82 or '83 that the vicar of Waltham 

 made his first appearance in Leicestershire. Many 

 seasons have slipped away since then, but Parson 

 Seabrook up to the season before his death in 

 1913 was always in the front rank when hounds 

 ran fast. His horses had generally a weak spot 

 in their tempers, but with a resolute heart and a 

 strong pair of legs they were made to compete 

 successfully with the best mounted field in England. 

 Mr. Hatfield Harter hunted from Melton in the 

 eighties, and was one of our very best men. Some- 

 times he now pays us a flying visit, and we see then 

 he has lost none of his dash or quickness in riding 

 to hounds. There are hosts of other men whom I 

 can remember as going well and who with a lead 

 would go anywhere, but those I have mentioned 

 were all capable of cutting out the work and finding 

 their way across country unassisted. I have 

 known men who were quite willing to ride first at a 

 fence if they had someone alongside of them, but 

 directly they found themselves alone with hounds 

 were hopelessly at sea and utterly incapable of 

 retaining the position they had won. Mr. Hugh 

 Lowther — Lord Lonsdale now — I remember hunt- 

 ing with the Cottesmore, but in those days he was 

 seldom out with the Quorn. I have elsewhere 

 stated that I consider him one of the best horse- 



