40 THE QUORN HUNT. 



his predecessors. On the Tuesday previous 

 to the sale of Lord Stamford's stud, Jack 

 Goddard entered on his new engagement, 

 and took charge of the hounds, they having 

 been transferred to Mr Clowes for the 

 valuable consideration of 2000 guineas, 

 and he was fortunate in having secured 

 them. The breaking up of an established 

 pack of foxhounds is an event of far more 

 serious import than casual observers are 

 wont to contemplate. Hounds of superior 

 pretensions, when taken from their old as- 

 sociates and introduced to fresh ones, are 

 apt to become jealous, and not unfrequently 

 display characters quite the reverse to those 

 whereby they gained their fame. Differ- 

 ence of country will, in some instances, 

 produce change of manners, and different 

 management often exercises still more 

 powerful influences. Many a slow, close 

 hunting hound, whose melodious voice is 

 invaluable in the dense woodlands of a pro- 

 vincial country, may be quite out of his 

 element over the open fields of Leicester- 

 shire, where pace is indispensable. It is 



