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as it is by nature for the enjoyment of fox- 

 hunting in its most fascinating form, should 

 have been subservient to such numerous vicis- 

 situdes. Soon after it became known that 

 the report of Lord Stamford's resignation 

 was not a vague rumour, Mr. Clowes, so well 

 known in the country as a most brilliant 

 performer, signified his willingness to become 

 the future master. The sale of Lord Stam- 

 ford's horses and its associations is an event 

 that will long be held in remembrance at 

 Quorn, bearing testimony, too, of the splen- 

 did establishment his lordship had provided 

 to do honour to our great national pastime. 

 The annals of the chase will hand to future 

 generations the continuous fame of the Quorn 

 establishments; while such animated biddings 

 afford the pleasing assurance of the estima- 

 tion in which hunters of high caste are 

 valued by British sportsmen ; for be it 

 remembered that all the horses are destined 

 to distinguish themselves again and again 

 over the pasture fields of their native land, 

 as none of them were purchased to go abroad. 

 The prices they realised and the names of 

 their new masters are thus distinguished : — 



