xii CONTENTS 



44. Mr. MeynelFs first marriage, 45. " Cork-legged Jones's'' diary, and 

 Mr. Hawkes's " Meynellian Science," 46. Subscribers to the Quorn, 47. 

 Dr. Ford, 47. Mr. Meynell in the field and his sayings, 47, 48. Mr. 

 MeynelFs hound-breeding, 49 ; studs, 49. Mr. Meynell as a horse- 

 man, 49, 50, 51. John Raven, 51. Mr. Meynell on rabies, 52. Royalty 

 with the Quorn, 53, 54. Billesdon Coplow run and poem, 55. Mr. 

 Meynell gives up hounds, 63. Mr. MeynelFs correct ear, 64. "The 

 Flying Cucumber,'"' 64. Harvey's sauce, 65. Death of Mr. Meynell, 66. 



CHAPTER III 



LORD SEFTON, LORD FOLEY, AND MR. ASSHETON SMITH 



The second Lord Sefton, 71. Good Friday, 1800, 71. A pack with two 

 huntsmen, 72. Goodall and Raven, 72, 73. Raven's death, 7^. Lord 

 Sefton's hunters, 73. His riding, 74. Curious carriage, 75. The 

 Greville Memoirs on Lord Sefton, 75. Joe Harrison, 75. A run, 76. 

 Second horses, 77. Sport and foxes in the Quorn country, 78. Lord 

 Jersey has a Derby winner as a hunter, 79. Famous riders, 80. Parisian 

 sportsmen, 80. Lord Foley's share in the hounds, 81. Lord Foley, 

 master, and buys Quorndon Hall, 82. His accident, 82. Advertising 

 fixtures, 83. Lord Foley resigns, 84. Sale of his Worcestershire pro- 

 perty, 84. Mr. Assheton Smith's published life, 85. Anecdotes, 86. Mr. 

 Smith's riding and hunting, 87. George Carter, senior, on Mr. Smith, 

 88. Buys Mr. Musters's hounds, 89. A run, 89. Time and distance, 



90. Mr. Smith's sayings, 90, 91. Mr. White and Mr. Smith at a fence, 



91. "Hunter pairs," 91. Mr. Smith's subscription, 92. Sir Francis 

 Burdett, 92. Marquis of Tavistock, 92. Tom Heycock, 92, 93, 94. One 

 of Mr. Smith's leaps, 93. " Leicestershire White," 94. Joe Maiden, 94. 

 Claret Lodge, 95. Mr. Smith's death, 96. The Melton Hunt, 97. 



CHAPTER IV 



MR. OSBALDESTON, SIR BELLINGHAM GRAHAM, AND 

 LORD SOUTHAMPTON 



Mr. Osbaldeston, account of, 103. As a huntsman, 104, 105. Mr. 

 Grantley Berkeley's criticism, 105. The hound Furrier, 106. A pack 

 by Furrier, 106. The hound Vaulter, 107. Muteness of pack, 107. 

 Increased subscription, 108. Exaggerated runs, 108. Lord Plymouth, 

 108. Costly horses, 109. The stoutest horse in Leicestershire, 109. 

 The Duke of Wellington in Leicestershire, 109. " Davie Baird on Jamie 

 Hope," no. John Gully's horse, Jack Ketch, 111. The Squire dislikes 



