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huntsman to Mr Fernie, Will Barnard, huntsman to 

 Mr George W. Fitzwilham, Tom Isaac, huntsman to 

 the Cottesmore, Tom Hawkin, huntsman to the 

 Blankney, and Ben Capell, huntsman to the Belvoir. 

 Major Robertson in proposing the health of 

 Captain Forester, said " he was the oldest member 

 of the Quorn committee present, and his recollec- 

 tions went back fifty-one years when Lord Stamford 

 was the master. His lordship possessed remark- 

 able will-power in some respects, but he was not a 

 very good man to hounds. The many masters 

 he had known were probably equal to Captain 

 Forester in hunting, in forming a pack, and in 

 riding to hounds ; but he could truthfully say that 

 he never met a master who combined all the qualities 

 like Captain Forester. The present master spared 

 no trouble in order to show them sport, and it was 

 with the very greatest pleasure that he proposed 

 his health, and expressed the wish that he might 

 long be spared to act as master to the Quorn hounds." 



