244 HUNTING TOURS. 



The long stable at Quorn, if my recollection 

 serves me, was formerly constructed to accom- 

 modate six-and-thirty horses, but a portion of 

 it being converted into boxes, the number of 

 inmates is reduced. As there are three boxes 

 at the extreme ends, the vast length of the 

 building is to the eye diminished, but it still 

 presents a most imposing effect of originality, 

 the low stalls and the antique racks being still 

 preserved. An inspection of these stables, 

 containing altogether upwards of sixty hun- 

 ters, is sufficient to dispel the dolorous 

 expressions so constantly advanced, that 

 England has lost the breed of valuable horses 

 adapted to the purpose of the chase. That 

 they are not abundant, or produced by every 

 inconsiderate breeder who, only evoking the 

 chances of fate, obtains few favours, cannot be 

 gainsaid ; nevertheless, we do possess the good 

 material if it be judiciously appropriated. 



To enter into a descriptive detail of all the 

 horses, enumerating every point of excellence 

 that each of them possesses, would be a labour 

 of inordinate length, and would trespass on 

 the imperative restrictions of stable hours. 

 I must therefore content myself with noticing 

 those which principally attracted my atten- 



