2o 4 THE QUORN HUNT 



Mr. Greene, it will be remembered, was a large 

 buyer of hounds at Mr. Hodgson's sale, and before the 

 time for cub-hunting arrived he had in his kennel more 

 than seventy couples of hounds, drawn from a variety 

 of sources. In addition to those he bought from Mr. 

 Hodgson, he had about fourteen couples from Mr. 

 Drake ; twelve more from the Atherstone, and twenty 

 from Mr. Foljambe, the remainder being made up from 

 the kennels of Lord Yarborough, the Belvoir, the Vine, 

 and some hounds of the Duke of Beaufort's blood, 

 though whether they came direct from Badminton is a 

 question which cannot be easily settled, nor is it perhaps 

 important to do so. The Hunt servants had twenty 

 horses between them, and Tom Day's opinion was that 

 he had never been better mounted. Day remained on 

 as huntsman, and certainly had all his work cut out to 

 sort and discipline this huge scratch pack. The dog 

 pack, which was perhaps the pick of the kennel, was 

 told off to hunt the Harborough country, while a mixed 

 pack, but consisting chiefly of bitches, was to hunt the 

 remainder of the district. 



During the last days of August the hounds came 

 from Ouorndon to the Billesdon kennels, built by Lord 

 Suffield, and met for the first time for cub-hunting on 

 Tuesday, August 24, 1841, Rolleston being the fixture. 

 They soon found a fox, and by a curious coincidence he 

 was killed in Mr. Greene's kitchen garden. 



The regular season opened on Monday, November 1, 

 Kirby Gate being the fixture. Not for several years 

 had there been so large a field assembled, among those 

 present being Lord Gardner, Count Batthyany, the 

 Hon. W. R. Wilson, Messrs. Hartopp, Farnham, Stirling 

 Crawfurd, and many others, who were loud in their 

 congratulations to Mr. Greene on the excellence of his 

 establishment. With regard to the hounds, Lord Gardner 

 thought them most promising, while Goosey (the Belvoir 



