no THE QUORN HUNT 



so often mentioned in Mr. Assheton Smith's Life, was 

 also hunting in Leicestershire in Squire Osbaldeston's 

 time. Mr. Maxse was one of the welter weights of the 

 Hunt, but he had a formidable rival in " Saddle " Camp- 

 bell — so called from the place where his property was 

 situate ; and though Campbell's weight exceeded that of 

 Mr. Maxse, the former generally contrived to beat the 

 latter, until at last the " Ajax of heavy weights," as Mr. 

 Smith called Mr. Maxse, became so angry that whenever 

 it was possible he made a point of always going out with 

 the pack which was not to be honoured with " Saddle" 

 Campbell's company. 



The Marquis of Tweeddale, a most determined horse- 

 man, occasionally hunted with the Quorn, though he was 

 more often seen with the Belvoir, and he it was who 

 once mounted the Duke of Wellington on so perfect a 

 hunter that the duke was afterwards heard to say that 

 Leicestershire was an easier country to cross than he 

 thought. Then, again, "Davie" Baird, afterwards Sir 

 David, a great chum of "Saddle" Campbell's, was another 

 of the " Scottish Brigade," who did great things. The 

 story goes that no sooner did he appear in Leicestershire 

 than he at once took his place in the front rank, though 

 owning at the time a rather rickety stud. It is said that 

 he could ride anything, and would "shove along" on a 

 bad horse better than most people could on a good one. 

 An old song, said to have been written by "Saddle" 

 Campbell, at that time the Melton laureate, made 

 mention of — 



Davie Baird on Jamie Hope 

 Swift o'er the grassy slope. 



Jamie Hope was "a thoroughbred cross-made horse 

 which had been stumbling about with a whip in Scotland 

 for several years." Davie Baird got hold of him, and 

 after riding him through a famous run in his well- 



