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had its head-quarters at Quorndon Hall, the residence 

 subsequently of that renowned chief of the noble 

 science, who purchased the mansion from Lord Ferrers. 

 Warwickshire has a club which flourished in the days of 

 Mr. Corbet. The Worcestershire Hunt Club is likewise 

 of old standing and material influence. The Beaufort 

 and the Berkeley Hunt Clubs command their own 

 positions without eulogy from me. 



A national hunt club in London would be a popular 

 association, and, in the event of dissension, would be 

 a tribunal for reference. The Army, the Navy, the 

 Church, have each of them their leading clubs, whose 

 locality is in the great emporium of wealth, intelligence, 

 enterprise, and learning; and wherefore should not the 

 chase be represented with the same social spirit ? 

 Politicians of all orders — Tories, Conservatives, Liberals, 

 Whigs — Law, Physic, Nautical Enterprises, and nearly 

 all the engagements in which pleasures or profits tempt 

 US) to embark, have their orders represented at the great 

 metropolis. But fox-hunting, although recognised as 

 the first of our national amusements, has no presiding 

 genius to adopt rules for the guidance of its votaries, 

 watch over its general prosperity, or minister to its 

 social properties. 



