"But Councilman opens. Hark! Councilman, Hark! 

 And Finder and Fisherman join him. Hark! Hark! 

 And then with a chorus that brings you delight 

 Ten couple chime in and put everything right." 



Poems in Pink. 



XIII 



TWO DAYS WITH THE QUORN (FIRST DAY) 



THE FAMOUS GRASS COUNTRIES — HUNTING CENTRES — RAILWAY 

 TRAVEL — THE BAY MARE INN — HIRING A HUNTER — A 

 BLANK DAY. 



T EICESTER is one of the most popular resorts for hunt- 

 ■■-^ ing men in England. Several of the most fashionable 

 packs of hounds in England are within a radius of fifteen or 

 twenty miles of Leicester. A sportsman locating there can 

 easily hunt six days in the week without going a great distance 

 to the meets. The favourite resorts for gentlemen who come 

 to Leicester during the hunting season are not the modern 

 hotels but the old fashioned inns like the "Black Bull," "The 

 King's Head," "The Bay Mare Inn," etc. These inns have 

 commodious stables and boxes for hunters and are invariably 

 managed by the "Missis," whose husband acts as a handy man 

 about the place. 



There is an air of comfort about these well-worn places that 

 fits one better than the more modern hotels, which are, as we 

 have already said, usually most formal and uninviting. A day 

 or a week in one of these old inns is one of the charms of Merry 

 England. 



