298 THE QUORN HUNT 



was called over nine miles, while hounds are said to have run 

 about fourteen ; but there is probably a mistake somewhere, 

 seeing that the time is given as an hour and ten minutes only. 

 From start to finish the hounds were never once cast or interfered 

 with, and as the run lay over a stiff line, falls were numerous ; 

 but happily there was but one accident, and that happened to 

 Captain King, who broke his collar-bone. 



Towards the close of the season 1866-67, while the 

 weather was very wet, the Quorn had a somewhat 

 notable run. On Monday the nth February 1867 tne 

 hounds met at Six Hills. 



They first drew Cossington Gorse, where they found at once, 

 the fox, after showing himself once or twice, going away in view 

 of most of the field. The hounds were not far behind him ; and 

 in the direction of Thrussington and Hoby they ran nicely for 

 about fifteen minutes, when they checked ; but, hitting off the line 

 by themselves, ran rather slower than at first almost to Schoby 

 Scholes, where they checked again. A countryman, however, had 

 viewed the fox into the gorse, whence the hounds soon forced him, 

 but whether he was the hunted fox is uncertain. At any rate 

 hounds drove along to Grimston Gorse, through it, and then over 

 the well-known line by Wartnaby Stone-pits and Little Belvoir. 

 On more than one occasion the chances of a run were in danger 

 of being spoiled through fresh foxes jumping up ; but Pike held 

 his hounds to the hunted fox past Holwell Mouth and Clawson 

 Thorns, along the hillside through the Piper Hole Gorses nearly 

 to Strattern Point. There the fox, quite beat, lay down, and was 

 run into after a good hunting run of about a couple of hours. It 

 was tolerably straight, and perhaps about fourteen miles from 

 point to point. 1 



In June 1867, and consequently during the master- 

 ship of the Marquis of Hastings, a horse and hound 

 show was held at Bingley Hall, Birmingham. Some 

 roomy temporary kennels had been put up for the 

 hounds, and the judging-ring, about 40 by 30 feet, was 

 boarded instead of flagged. The judges were Mr. 



1 Sir Richard Sutton had a somewhat similar run ; but his fox, which was 

 killed at Denton, took him rather more to the right. 



