52 THE QUORN HUNT, 



Lord Yarborough's, to which were added 

 two lots purchased at the Marquis's sale. 



Mr Musters, although ranking as a wel- 

 ter weight, generally hunted them himself, 

 with Frank Gillard as first whip and kennel 

 huntsman, but who has since been engaged 

 by the Duke of Rutland. It is pleasingly 

 significant of the respect in which Mr 

 Musters was held by a class of men not 

 too often grateful for the douceurs given 

 them for performing their duties, that the 

 keepers and earthstoppers clubbed together 

 and presented Mr Musters with a hunting 

 whip, in recognition of the liberality he had 

 displayed towards them. 



In the spring of 1870, an arrangement 

 was entered into between Mr Musters and 

 Mr Coupland, who had for some seasons 

 made Melton his winter residence, to hunt 

 the country conjointly ; the former gentle- 

 man supplying the hounds, whilst the latter 

 appeared before the public as the ostensible 

 master. The good custom of giving prizes, 

 for the care bestowed on the future hopes 

 of the kennels, was during that summer 



