THE GOLDEN AGE 



Manners, of Lord Alvanley, Lord Jersey, Chig Chester, and 

 the rest of that gay throng — only served as a background to 

 a keen wit ; for in the early part of the nineteenth century 

 conversation had not yet descended to the level of altercation. 

 There never would be again such a combination as Lord 

 Forester, William Goodall, and James Cooper (the last-named 

 one of the best and hardest of riders), at a time when the 

 race of Belvoir and the nose of Yarborough had culminated 

 in a pack which contained such hounds as Clinker, Chaser, 

 Caroline, Rallywood, Singer, Trimmer, and others, whose 

 notes made the Belvoir woods ring with their melody. With 

 the close of the Duke's busy and interesting life there came 

 to an end the golden age of the Belvoir Hunt. 



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