216 THE QUORN HUNT 



In due course old Benjamin Fouldes's wish came 

 to pass ; the country was offered to Sir Richard and 

 accepted by him. The hounds and horses belonging 

 to the Quorn were sold at the Billesdon kennels by 

 Mr. Tattersall on March 31, 1847. The kennel com- 

 prised about eighty couples of hounds and thirty horses, 

 but the stock did not, however, fetch any very great 

 amount of money. The working hounds brought 

 ,£479, 1 7s. ; the unentered hounds, £49, 9s. ; while the 

 horses realised ^1083, 3s.; the total for hounds and 

 horses being ^1612, 9s., a very moderate price for a 

 complete Quorn establishment. 



Mr. Greene lived till November 7, 1861, when he 

 died somewhat suddenly, his death being a great shock 

 to the neighbourhood. The hounds had met at Rolles- 

 ton, his residence, for the first time during the season, on 

 the day of his death, and he had, as was his custom, 

 provided a breakfast for any who chose to come, and he 

 appeared to be in good health and spirits. The hounds 

 drew his gorse, about a quarter of a mile from his own 

 house, and found a good fox ; he went away in the direc- 

 tion of Skeffington. Mr. Greene had not ridden very 

 much of late, so he quietly galloped on the road towards 

 Skeffington, and on reaching that place he felt ill, and 

 was recommended to take some brandy, which he did, 

 but finding himself no better, turned his horse's head 

 towards home, luckily not more than two miles distant, 

 and dismounted in his own yard, ordering his servant 

 to fetch the doctor. He walked into his dining-room, 

 and in less than ten minutes was dead, the cause being 

 angina pectoris. He was about sixty-six years old 

 at the time of his death. Mention has already been 

 made of his riding, which was spoken of in terms of 

 encomium by such thrusters as Assheton Smith and 

 Dick Christian, both of whom admired the manner in 

 which he crossed the country ; while Lord Gardner, 



