2 THE QUORN HUNT. 



glorious county. Fame so firmly estab- 

 lished, and so influentially fostered, could 

 scarcely fade away, more impressively pro- 

 moted, as it has been, by many succeed- 

 inof masters of .the most aristocratic and 

 refined accomplishments. 



Many curious anecdotes have been re- 

 lated of that gentleman's management of 

 hounds and country, for which there does 

 not appear to be any foundation beyond 

 the fertility of brain which gave them cir- 

 culation; but as so much interest appertains 

 to the customs of by-gone days in this 

 favourite shire, I have taken considerable 

 pains to ascertain facts, in which I have 

 been most kindly and ably assisted by my 

 late friend, Mr Cradock, in whose posses- 

 sion there were documents and details 

 the authenticity of which cannot be gain- 

 said. A letter, dated Quorn, March 19th, 

 1800, from Mr Meynell to the late Duke of 

 Rutland, is thus worded : *' Lord Sefton 

 will take my hounds at the end of the 

 season, and I know he hopes to succeed 

 me in hunting the country ; " and in an- 



