CHAPTER IX 



SEASON 1878-79 



Will Wells, Whipper-in George Gillson's Career George Cottrell 

 leads for a Sovereign A Wet Jacket The Belvoir and Quorn 

 Packs clash Two good Gallops from Leadenham Colonel John 

 Reeves' Entree Dish Parson Heathcote's Pudding Brook- 

 jumping The good Fox of Sherbrooke's Covert A Run to the 

 "Forty Foot" Drain A severe Run from Sproxton to Crown 

 Point A curious Accident to Mr. Alfred Cross Good Sport 

 The Messrs. Frank and George Gordon Three Foxes killed hy 

 Haverholme The Horse Peter Mr. Fisher of Orston. 



THE story of one pack of hounds 

 must necessarily give us links in 

 the chain of events with many 

 another, and this constitutes some of 

 the charm of hunting history. It is 

 pleasant to note the early career of 

 men who were destined to become 

 famous later on in the world of sport, 

 and Belvoir has always been looked 

 to as the school for huntsmen and 

 a stepping-stone to promotion, so 

 that the record of the whippers-in 

 who learnt their business and served 

 under Gillard is an interesting one. The change 



GEOKOE CARTER. 



