THE HISTORY OF THE BELVOIR HUNT 



rear, straight towards a ravine in front of him, charging 

 it at a point somewhat broader than the full breadth of the 

 Whissendine, and, clearing it, landed in safety on the oppo- 

 site bank, to the infinite amazement of all les messieurs 

 braves des braves, not one of whom could regard it other- 

 wise than as the most unnegotiable ne plus ultra of 

 pursuit." ^ 



The time, however, had come when the Duke felt the 

 necessity of shifting the burden of responsibility on to 

 younger shoulders. And with the need came the man. 

 In 1830 the Duke handed over the horn and the management 

 of the pack to John George Lord Forester, the son of his old 

 friend and brother-in-law, the first Lord, who had passed 

 away in 1828. There could have been no better choice ; but 

 the story of Lord Forester's mastership belongs to another 

 chapter in the history of the hunt. 



* Sporting Review, vol. i., 1839, p. 208. 



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