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result of a successful out cross with the Grafton, and 

 the favoured sire of the moment at home and far 

 afield, his wonderful son Weaver ('06), a model of 

 strength and symmetry, having the deepest ribs 

 ever seen on the flags at Belvoir ; Ragman ('06), the 

 son of Royal, the determined-looking fox-catcher ; 

 Warbler ('02), the tan dog, always amongst the three 

 running at the head of the pack ; Helper ('03), with 

 the round close feet, which might be the envy of any 

 cat ; Vulcan ('08), the son of the beautiful Weaver, 

 and top of his entry ; Smoker ('07) by Stormer ('99), 

 and many more to carry on the fame of the Belvoir 

 blood. 



The country-side displayed the leaf and verdure 

 characteristic of October, and scent in covert was 

 only moderate, so that hounds could do little more 

 than harass a fox in Piper Hole Gorse. Better 

 results rewarded the visit to Clawson Thorns, a 

 well-groomed fox leading the way to Holwell Mouth, 

 in which covert several were afoot. Sticking to 

 the hunted one, they followed his line along the hills, 

 a slow scent preventing them forcing him into the 

 Vale, where a better hunt might have resulted. 

 Return visits to Holwell Mouth and Clawson Thorns 

 proving fruitless. Lady Greenall decided to try 

 fresh ground, the order being for Sherbrooke's, 

 fox ground planted by and named after a famous 

 Leicestershire sportsman. 



Changing the scene to the Quorn at Lodge-on- 

 the-Wold, ten and a half miles south-west of Melton, 

 Captain Frank Forester was in command of a small 

 field. The master of the Quorn 's name calls to 

 mind that of a famous ancestor. Colonel Cecil Forester, 

 afterwards Lord Cecil Forester, brother-in-law to the 

 sixth Duke of Rutland, a very leading man at Belvoir 

 in the fifties, who acted as " warming-pan " between 



