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was his locum tenens on the Harborough side. In 1847 came 

 Sir Eichard Sutton, and the Quorn country was done as it had 

 never been done before. Sir Eicliard never had a farthing in 

 the way of subscription, and spent ten thousand a year on the 

 establishment. In 1853 he gave up the Harborough side to his 

 son, Mr. Eichard Sutton, and thus was formed what is now 

 Sir Bache Cunard's country — a piece of the Cottesmore round 

 Eanksborough being for a time added to it, which has since 

 been reclaimed by the late Lord Lonsdale. 



On Sir Eichard Sutton's decease, in 1855, Lord Stamford took 

 the Quorn, first with Ben Boothroyd as huntsman ; and after- 

 wards John Treadwell carried the horn, and showed wonderful 

 sport, averaging forty-two brace and half of foxes a season, while 

 he was with them. In 1863, Lord Stamford gave up, and Mr. 

 Clowes, a son-in-law of Sir Eichard Sutton, took the country, and 

 gave his lordship 2000 gs. for the pack. He held them for 

 three seasons, when the hounds were sold at Quorndon by Mr. 

 E. Tattersall, and the Marquis of Hastings took the country, 

 which he only held for two years. He knew nothing about 

 hunting, and was quite out of his element as a master of hounds. 

 His huntsmen were Charles Pike and Tom Wilson, each of 

 whom stayed a year with him. Then came Mr. J. Chaworth 

 Musters, with Frank Gillard as huntsman, and showed most 

 unjDrecedented sport until 1869, when he resigned, and Mr. John 

 Coupland became master. James McBride was huntsman for a 

 time, and then TomFirr came from the j^orth Warwickshire. Mr. 

 Coupland bought the Craven hounds of Mr. Willes, of Hunger- 

 ford Park, when he gave up that country, and, by going to the 

 Belvoir blood for crosses, has succeeded in breeding one of the 

 very best packs in England at the present moment, though some 

 of his cracks go back to the Craven blood direct. He has taken, 

 a great interest in hound shows, and been very successful, but 

 has by no means lost sight of the first qualities of a hound in 

 the field — nose and music — and their sport has been unsurpassed 

 for some years. A portion of the Derbyshire side has been 



