132 THE QUORN HUNT 



for Schoby Scholes, running about midway between Grimston 

 and Saxelby to Wartnarby Stone Pits. At undiminished pace the 

 hounds ran to Holwell Mouth. The fox skirted the village of 

 Holwell, and with the pack close at his brush made no attempt 

 to gain the covert close at hand, but, running a circular course, 

 went to Goadby, thence to Eastwell, going within a few fields of 

 Eaton and Braunston, leaving Belvoir Castle only a short distance 

 on the left hand. Reynard then made his way to Braunston 

 Lings covert, and was finally lost in Croxton Park, after a hard 

 run of an hour and thirty minutes. 



Our forefathers may have been, and doubtless were, 

 excellent sportsmen, but what with stable management 

 — well, not at its best — and perhaps a too ardent desire 

 to see the finish of every run, the horses had rather a 

 bad time of it. This notable run cost Lord South- 

 ampton's famous horse Forefather, and Lord Brudenell's 

 no less celebrated hunter Dandy, their lives : they died 

 through over-exertion, while many other horses were so 

 done up that they were never worth anything afterwards. 

 Through this great run Will Derry rode Segar ; he was 

 the only horse which went through from start to finish, 

 and he was not a bit the worse for his exertions. This 

 was not the first time Will Derry had the honour of 

 beating the whole field, as in a run from near Rollestone 

 to Dingley he was first, Mr. Greene and one or two 

 others being the only riders near him. Segar was after- 

 wards bought by Sir Harry Goodricke. 



Lord Southampton, as will be seen, gave up the 

 Ouorn hounds in 183 1, but it was not until the year 

 1838, the first year of Lord Suffield's mastership, that 

 Mr. Bernal Osborne wrote an account of a famous run 

 with Lord Southampton's hounds. On the occasion in 

 question the fox "found himself," and George Mount- 

 ford was quickly after him. Mountford, however, had a 

 fall, and when the hounds checked he was not with them, 

 so Will Derry (first whipper-in) catching hold of them 



