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CHAPTER VI 



LORD SUFFIELD AND MR. THOMAS HODGSON 



Lord Suffield takes the Quorn country, 175. Keeps race-horses, 175. Lord 

 Gardner in the " Chaunt of Achilles," 176. Lord Suffield buys the 

 Lambton hounds, 177. Lord Suffield and Lord Gardner live at 

 Lowesby Hall, 177. Builds new kennels at Billesdon, 178. Lord 

 Suffield and his stud-groom, 178. Prizes for farmers, 179. Mr. Tilbury 

 in a run, 180. Good run from Kirby Gate, 181. Resignation of Lord 

 Suffield, 181. Sale of horses and hounds, 182. Meeting of covert 

 owners, 183. Mr. Hodgson comes from the Holderness to become 

 Master of the Quorn, 184. Webb as huntsman, 185. Tom Day suc- 

 ceeds him after one season, 186. Mr. Hodgson in love, 187. His 

 hunting-dress, 188. The Quorn and Donington hounds, 188. Runs, 

 188, 189. Dick Christian's leap, 190. Lord Harborough's objection to 

 hounds, 190. Remarks on Lord Gardner, 191. Mr. Assheton Smith 

 brings his hounds to Leicestershire, 191. Prince Ernest of Saxe-Coburg 

 one of the field, 191. The sport of the day, 193. Marquis of Water- 

 ford's staghounds, 193, 194. A German Baron in Leicestershire, 194. 

 Mr. Rowland, the veterinary surgeon, 195. Good run, 196. Resigna- 

 tion of Mr. Hodgson, 197. His sale, 197, 198. Sir Tatton Sykes and 

 Mr. Gully, 198. Mr. Hodgson becomes a Registrar in Yorkshire, 199. 

 Death of Mr. Hodgson, 199. 



CHAPTER VII 



MR. HENRY GREENE 



Mr. Greene the only Leicestershire Master of the Quorn since Mr. Boothby, 

 203. His hounds and horses, 204. Kirby Gate, 204. Mr. Greene's 

 hounds and horsemanship, 205, 206. December runs, 206, 207. Acci- 

 dent to Mr. Greene, 208. "Venator" on the Quorn Hunt, 209. Hunt- 

 ing map, 210. Sir Watkin Wynn in Leicestershire, 210. The Duke of 

 Cambridge and the Quorn, 211. Hollow coverts, 211. The Due de 

 Nemours in Leicestershire, 211. The Queen visits Belvoir and Melton, 

 211. Accident to Lord Wilton and death of Mr. Knight, 212. Sir 

 Francis Burdett's first hunting, 212. Death of Mr. John Moore, 213. 

 Clashing of the Quorn and Mr. Musters's hounds, 214. Benjamin 

 Fouldes, 215. Sir Richard Sutton takes the Quorn hounds, 216. 

 Death of Mr. Greene, 216. A nobleman's portrait sold for tenpence, 

 217. 



