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CHAPTER XII 



LORD MANNERS, CAPTAIN WARNER, AND 

 EARL OF LONSDALE 



Lord Manners wins Grand National, 357. Clashing of Quorn and Belvoir, 

 357) 358- Bad scenting weather, 358. Friday fixtures not advertised, 

 358. Accident to Firr, 358. Death of the Rev. E. Bullen, 359. Lord 

 Manners improves Adam's Gorse, 359. An accident on the road, 360. 

 Captain Warner takes the Quorn, 361. Action of tenant farmers, 361, 

 362, 363. Death of Captain Ross, 363. Firr breaks his collar-bone. 

 364. Death of Mr. Little Gilmour, 364, 365. A bad season, 366. 

 Peterborough Hound Show, 366, 367. A run, 367. An unusual line, 



368. Death of Captain Barclay, 368. Death of brother to Gamecock, 



369. Hounds poisoned, 369. Neutral coverts, 370. Accidents, 370, 372. 

 Man-hunting with bloodhounds, 371. A run, 371. Death of Mr. G. 

 Harvey, 372. Resignation of Captain Warner and Mr. Paget, 373. 

 Action for damages against Captain Warner, 373, 374. Tom Firr's 

 evidence, 374. Lord Lonsdale asked to take the country, 375. Kirby 

 Gate and Gartree Hill, 375. Lord Lonsdale's list of farmers, 376. 

 Death of Sir Henry des Voeux, 376. Lowesby Hall (verses), 277- 

 Hounds meet at Loughborough, 380, 381. Melton Hunt Ball, 3S1. 

 Lord Lonsdale's driving feat, 382. Presentation to Mr. Cradock, 382. 

 The family, 383. Retirement of Lord Lonsdale and appointment of 

 Captain E. Burns Hartopp, 385. 



INDEX 387 



