The Sport of Our ^Ancestors 



nearly the ugliest county in England. Amongst these de- 

 votees to fox-hunting are the following : — The Earl of 

 Wilton and his countess, in the town of Melton, at the house 

 formerly occupied by the Earl of Darlington, to which he 

 had greatly added, having purchased it : it is, perhaps, 

 the most complete and splendid hunting-box at this time 

 in England. At Little Poulton the Earl of Darlington and 

 family ; at Leicester, Sir John Key and his lady ; at Sowerby, 

 Mr. and Mrs. John Villiers ; at Quorndon, Mr. Farnham ; 

 and at the Hall, late Mr. Meynell's, Mr. Angerstein ; at 

 Ratcliffe, Captain Oliver and his lady ; at Oakham, Mr. 

 Curwin ; at Lowesby, the Marquis of Waterford ; at 

 Barleythorpe, Mr. Bevan ; at North Stoke, Mr. Turner ; 

 at the Lodge, near to Melton, the residence of the late 

 Earl of Plymouth, are domiciled, in the season. Sir David 

 and Lady Anne Baird ; and nearer the town, the following 

 well-known sportsmen : — Mr. John Ewart, with his family, 

 in the house formerly Lord Kinnaird's ; Count Bathyany, 

 per se ; and in various hotels and lodgings are to be found, 

 Lords Archibald Seymour, Macdonald, and Howth ; 

 Messrs. White, Spiers, Wharton, Rochford, Harvey Aston, 

 Doyne, William Coke, John Campbell (of Saddel), Charles 

 Lambe, etc. 



Nor can any foreigner visiting this country, and a sports- 

 man in his own, fail to be greatly surprised at the magnifi- 

 cence of our hunting establishments, whose sole object is 

 the fox. The kennels and stables at Quorndon Hall, cele- 

 brated as the residence of ' the great Mr. Meynell,' and 

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