50 THE QUORN HUNT. 



little about it.. It would be difficult, yet 

 very entertaining if it were possible, to ana- 

 lyse and define the various impulses which 

 induce some men to become masters of 

 hounds. Fondness for sport certainly does 

 not actuate them all ; neither can the interest 

 attached to the pack exercise any appreci- 

 able influence, when they scarcely know their 

 names; and as to tracing their pedigrees, in 

 order to secure the best blood for breeding 

 purposes, that is a task far too erudite for 

 their conceptions. It is, indeed, to be re- 

 gretted, when gentlemen of such constitu- 

 tions incur those troubles and anxieties 

 incident to such onerous duties. 



The Quorn kennels of late years have 

 been doomed to be the site of sales. The 

 Marquis of Hastings' hounds and horses 

 were there disposed of in May 1868, and 

 the pack produced something over 1000 

 guineas — quite as much, more indeed, than 

 under all circumstances could have been 

 contemplated. Lord Rendlesham, who was 

 then establishing a pack in Suffolk, was the 

 principal purchaser; Mr FranckHn, about 



