CHAPTER XIII 

 CAPTAIN FORESTER TO THE WAR 



Seasons 1905-1906-1913-1914 



CAPTAIN FRANK FORESTER had hunted 

 in Leicestershire from a boy, and no man 

 ever rode straighter to hounds ; but his love 

 of hunting was greater than his love for a rousing 

 gallop, so that he graduated early as a huntsman in 

 Ireland and the provinces. I remember him when 

 he came out with a groom and a leading rein ; but 

 he is only about a couple of years younger than I 

 am. 



Although I was not in England in his last season 

 ('17-18) I hear that when he hunted hounds he 

 was always with the pack, and was going as bril- 

 liantly as ever. 



It was in this year (1905) that the New Quorn 

 Kennels were finished ; but hounds did not move 

 until the following May. For something like a 

 hundred and fifty years hounds had been kennelled 

 in Quorn ; but what had once been a tiny village 

 had grown into a town, and was utterly unsuitable 

 for a pack in modern times. The new kennels are 

 near Pawdy Cross roads, and though it is not a very 

 beautiful spot, there are doubtless many advantages 

 to recommend it. A few trees would be a decided 



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