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amusement that he expressed in the very strongest 

 terms his regret that he should have allowed so many 

 years of his life to have passed by without having, until 

 that very day, had the most distant notion of the plea- 

 sures of the chase. He was, in fact, so completely 

 wrapped up in hunting that he went out with the 

 hounds every season, and long after he became feeble 

 he still kept a few hunters. That he, at any rate, 

 acquired some proficiency in the saddle may be inferred 

 from the fact that he was one of those who, after a poor 

 day's sport, preferred to "lark" home across country, 

 instead of taking bridle-roads and lanes. This, if 

 somewhat unsportsmanlike, according to our modern 

 notions, was at any rate a test of pluck. He died on 

 January 23, 1844, at his town residence in St. James's 

 Place, at the age of seventy-four ; and it was said that on 

 one occasion, when the hounds met at some favourite 

 fixture, he left London, had a day's hunting, and returned 

 on the day following to town to his Parliamentary 

 duties. 



The same year saw the death of another prominent 

 member of the Quorn Hunt, Mr. John Moore, who, 

 together with Mr. Maxse, Mr. Maher, and Sir James 

 Musgrave, made up the four " M's " of the Old Club. 

 Mr. Moore, although not an old man, was almost 

 regarded as the patriarch of Melton and the father of 

 the Quorn, from the number of years he had spent in 

 the county. He first went there in 181 1, and missed 

 scarcely a season until the time of his death. When he 

 left, Sir James Musgrave was the only surviving member 

 of the Old Club ; while shortly afterwards the Hon. 

 Ottway Cave, who was a member of the Old Club and 

 very popular at Melton, also died. 



Considering his bold style of riding, Lord Gardner 

 met with singularly few accidents. On November 22, 

 1844, after the Quorn had met at Widmerpool Inn. 



