BEI.VOIR Hunt. 113 



On the 26ih of January, 1894, and during- 

 the week, the sporting metropolis was the 

 scene of a Hunt carnival. There had been an 

 aristocratic gathering at a Primrose Ball on 

 the evening before, the Earl of Londsdale 

 holding a meet of the Quorn hounds at 

 Egerton Lodge on the following morning. On 

 Saturday, numbers of people again assembled 

 at '' The House " to witness Lord Edward 

 Manners hold a levee with the Belvoir beauties. 

 Great was the excitement manifested as Frank 

 Gillard and his staff drove along the streets 

 with three horses in the van, the unboxing of 

 hounds exciting lively interest among the foot 

 folk, their comments upon the appearance of 

 the pack being pithy and amusing, showing- 

 many of them to be no mean judges of the 

 points of a fox-hound. There was a westerly 

 gale raging as Gillard moved off to Burbidge's 

 Covert, whence a fox went away to Burton 

 Lazars, but his heart failed and he slipped into 

 a drain. Returning to the covert, where 

 another fox had been left, he made off by the 

 railway, and horsemen gathered on the wrong- 

 side of the river were quickly spluttering and 

 splashing their way through the ford. They 

 were, however, sold, for reynard, not caring for 



