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timber, in. His fall with Lord Anson's hounds, 1 12. Mr. Osbaldeston 

 takes the Hampshire country and returns to Quorn, 112. A good run, 

 ii" Hounds stopped because overridden, 113. Dick Burton, 114. 

 « Georgium Sidus," 114. " Assheton," 114. " The Flying Parson," 115. 

 Mr. Osbaldeston's death, 115. Sir Bellingham Graham, countries 

 hunted by him, 116. His riding, 117. The horse Cock Robin, 118. 

 Tot Inchley, 118. Proposed pack of staghounds, 119- Accident to Sir 

 Bellingham Graham, 120. Lord Southampton, 121. Scarcity of foxes, 

 121. " Importation of foxes," 122. Lord Southampton gets together a 

 pack of hounds, 122. Dick Burton appointed huntsman, 123. Accident 

 to Burton, 123. Jumps a gate on Lord Rancliffe's galloway, 124. Big 

 horses v. little horses, 124. A great run, 124. Lord Southampton's 

 hound van, 124. Colonel Russell's big leap, 125. Money circulated by 

 hunting men, 125. Lord Southampton buys the Oakley hounds, 126. 

 George Mountford becomes huntsman, 126. Sport with the Quorn, 

 127. Kirby Gate, 128. Hunting dress, 129. Humberstone kennels, 

 129. Description of Quorndon Hall, 130. Good run, 131. The horse 

 Segar, 132. "Melton in 1830," verses, 133- Resignation of Lord 

 Southampton, 139. 



CHAPTER V 



SIR HARRY GOODRICKE, MR. HOLYOAKE GOODRICKE, 

 AND MR. ROWLAND ERRINGTON 



Sir Harry Goodricke succeeds Lord Southampton, 143- Builds new kennels 

 at Thrussington, 143. A dinner at Melton, 144- Melton Song, 144- 

 Young Goodricke and the King, 145. Sir Harry a good and popular 

 sportsman, 147. Buys the hounds of Lord Petre and Mr. Shaw, 148. 

 The Old Club, 148. Ladies hunting with the Quorn, 149. Mountford's 

 illness, 149. Runs, 150. Foxes' skeletons in a drain, 150. Melton 

 studs, 151. Lord Alvanley, 151. Sir Harry Goodricke as a horseman, 

 151, '152. His death, 153. Mr. Holyoake Goodricke succeeds Sir 

 Harry, 154. Woodcock shooting and hunting, 155. Good run, 155. 

 Mr. James Ellar, 156. His accident, 157. Mr. Ellar and Lord Rancliffe, 

 158. Buttress the runner, 158. Quorn hounds meet at Belvoir by in- 

 vitation, 159. Mr. Holyoake Goodricke as a sportsman, 160, 161. Mr. 

 Rowland Errington succeeds to the Mastership, 162. Chairman at a 

 dinner, 163. Charles Payne, 163. Early cub-hunting, 164. Mr. Erring- 

 ton's three packs, 164. The Duke of Wellington in Leicestershire, 165. 

 The Hunt Ball, 166. Sir Francis Grant paints "The Melton Hunt 

 Breakfast," 166. No Irishman in the picture, 167. "The Meltonians" 

 at Drury Lane, 167, 168. Description of hunting in Blackwood's Maga- 

 zine, 169. Mr. Errington's last season, 170. Sells his hounds to Lord 

 Chesterfield, 170. 



