30 THE QUORN HUNT. 



With great power. All these, Including 

 Sultan, were ridden by his lordship. In 

 concluding individual notice, so far as it Is 

 possible to form an opinion at first sight, 

 and that only In the stable, I placed my 

 warmest affections on Silverhair, a beauti- 

 ful brown roan, daughter of Birdcatcher ; 

 she evinced most unmistakable resemblance 

 to the family from which she was descended. 

 Extreme cleanliness of outline, with great 

 muscular development, are essentials of 

 the highest order in horses required to live 

 the pace with hounds over the pasture fields 

 of Leicestershire, Inheritances which her 

 grandsire, Sir Hercules, transferred to his 

 posterity on many occasions, together with 

 the silver hairs which doubtless suggested 

 the cognomen of this charming creature. 

 She was In the light weight division, and 

 at the sale was transferred to Lord St Maur 

 in exchange for 125 guineas. 



The horses appropriated to the use of 

 the men were of very high character; there 

 was not a second-class animal In the stables, 

 and among so great a number I never saw 



