CHAPTER IX 

 CAPTAIN WARNER'S CLOSING SEASONS 



Season i 890-1 891 



THE ground was so hard during cub-hunting 

 that it prevented us having the usual merry 

 Uttle gallops which we usually expect to 

 relieve the monotony of serious business. The 

 Quorn, however, had a very good run on the last day 

 of October, in spite of hard ground. A fox was 

 found in Walton Thorns, which, after running nearly 

 to Wymeswould, swung round to the right, passing 

 Mundy's Gorse and Thrussington Wolds, crossed 

 the Hoby Vale, and was lost near Queniborough. 

 Truly that was good enough for any period of the 

 season, and the first thirty minutes hounds went 

 so fast that it was all we could do to keep them in 

 sight. 



I note that both the Belvoir and Cottesmore put 

 their opening meet off for a week on account of the 

 hard ground ; but the Quorn began at Kirby Gate 

 as usual on the first Monday in November. " Fair 

 sport and a moderate scent, but a triumph for Firr 

 in catching his fox under great difficulties," was 

 my summary of the day. 



Towards the end of the month the long-expected 



rain fell, and the Quorn scored an extra good run 



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