CHAPTER II 



SPORT IN THE SIXTIES 



The Origin of Frank's Diary Blowing the Duke's Horn for the first 

 time About Hunting-horns A Pattern Horn Colonel John 

 Reeve of Bulby Hall Sir Thomas Whichcote Mr. Chaworth 

 Musters and his Ancestors ; his Prowess in the Field The Quorn 

 and Belvoir countries compared Fatal Accident to a Quorn 

 Whipper-in Mr. John Coupland succeeds Mr. 

 Musters to the Quorn Mr. Gaskin of Sysonby 

 Lodge About the Planting and Keeping of Fox 

 Coverts Advice given to Frank Gillard by Mr. 

 Musters and the Duke of Rutland. 



ULLA dies sine linea" 

 there is no day 

 without a line" is strictly 

 applicable to hunting, and 

 might with reason be 

 adopted as a family motto 

 by the house of Gillard. 

 The age when letter- 

 writing was a cultivated 

 art is a thing of the past, 

 but Frank Gillard began 

 his career when hunting 

 correspondents and news- 

 P a P er reporters were 



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