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as a most brilliant performer, signified his 

 willineness to become the future master. 

 The sale of Lord Stamford's horses and its 

 associations was an event that will long be 

 held in remembrance at Quorn, bearing 

 testimony, too, of the splendid establish- 

 ment his lordship had provided to do 

 honour to our great national pastime. The 

 annals of the chase will hand to future 

 generations the continuous fame of the 

 Quorn establishments ; while such ani- 

 mated biddings afforded the pleasing assur- 

 ance of the estimation in which hunters of 

 high caste are valued by British sportsmen ; 

 for, be it remembered, that all the horses 

 were destined to distinguish themselves 

 again and again over the pasture fields of 

 their native land, as none of them were 

 purchased to go abroad. Seventy-three 

 horses produced the goodly sum of 13,872 

 guineas, a fraction over 190 guineas each. 

 Mr Clowes entered the M. F. H. list 

 under most inspiring auspices, with univer- 

 sal hopes that his mastership would be as 

 permauent and prosperous as that of any of 



