2 6 THE QUORN HUNT, 



Stamford, Lord Henry Bentinck, and Sir 

 Watkin Wynn. The country, being vacant, 

 was entered upon by the Earl of Stamford 

 and Warrington. It is almost needless to 

 mention that the most unbounded, the most 

 princely liberality, prevailed in every depart- 

 ment. His lordship had previously gained 

 experience as a master of hounds, having 

 some years since relieved the members of 

 the Albrighton Hunt from all the expenses 

 of hunting their country; but that con- 

 tinued only one year. 



His lordship commenced in Leicester- 

 shire by purchasing two packs of hounds, 

 Mr Hellier'sand Mr Millbanke's, to which 

 considerable additions were made from Sir 

 Richard Sutton's, and also Mr Anstruther 

 Thomson's. Mr Hellier's may be said to 

 have come originally from this country, 

 most of his first purchases being divers lots 

 of Mr Errington's hounds, which were sold 

 at Tattersall's in 1838, when that gentleman 

 resigned the Quorn country. During the 

 long period Mr Hellier kept hounds, he 

 devoted much attention to the breeding of 



