THE QUORN HUNT. 9 



for their hunting powers than those of the 

 present generation ; that foxes were stouter 

 and wilder, and that the runs they afforded 

 were of longer duration. Jones's diary, 

 giving accounts of all the sport during the 

 time It comprises, does not confirm such 

 conclusions. In the Quorn country, dur- 

 ing the last ten years of Mr Meynell's 

 mastership, they were frequently rolled 

 over in five-and -twenty or thirty minutes, 

 and their propensities for running short 

 were often noticed ; it is quite evident the 

 whippers-in resorted to a little telegraphing 

 when in difficulties. Two runs only, of 

 long duration, are recorded. One on the 

 20th of December 1793, was from Barkby 

 Holt, over that fine country to the Coplow, 

 thence by Keysham, Scraptoft, Stoughton, 

 to Ayleston gorse, where the hounds were 

 stopped after a five hours' performance. 

 The other bears date the 12th of Decem- 

 ber 1795, when they met at Costock Lees, 

 and killed a fox, after running five hours 

 and fifteen minutes, at Willoughby gorse. 

 This was a rlnorlnof run, and on both occa- 



