302 THE QUORN HUNT 



MR. JOHN CHAWORTH MUSTERS 



1868-1870 



AT the time of the Marquis of Hastings giving up 

 the Ouorn hounds, which was by no means an 

 unexpected event, Mr. J. C. Musters (grandson of the 

 famous Jack Musters) was hunting the South Notts 

 country, of which two members of his family had already 

 been masters. He in fact resuscitated the old South 

 Notts country, and laid the foundation of his pack with 

 four couples of Mr. Drake's hounds, for which he gave 

 220 guineas. He obtained some other drafts from other 

 good kennels, and appointed Ben Boothroyd as kennel 

 huntsman. Then in 1868 he handed over the South 

 Notts country to Mr. Francklin, and when the Ouorn 

 were in rather a difficulty for a new master, he stepped 

 forward and became the Marquis of Hastings' successor, 

 bringing with him a very excellent and clever pack of 

 hounds ; and, what is more, he took the expensive 

 Leicestershire country without a subscription. 



Mr. Musters was born in 1838, and on leaving Eton 

 went to Christ Church, Oxford, where in 1857 he began 

 to keep a pack of beagles and hunted with the Bicester. 

 He left Oxford early and then took to hunting his own 

 country, his first hounds being bought of Mr. Ambrose 

 Philips. He killed his first fox on November 30, 1861, 

 after a good forty minutes' run, near his own residence, 

 Annesley Park. 



Mr. Musters had scarcely settled down in his new 

 position ere he lost his first whipper-in through a some- 



