CHAPTER XII 



LORD MANNERS 



1884-1886 



AS already mentioned, Lord Manners, who won the 

 L Grand National in 1882 on his own horse Seaman, 

 succeeded Mr. Coupland, and about his first official duty 

 was to preside at the puppy show held at the end of 

 August 1884. There had been some talk of removing 

 the kennels to another spot, but eventually it was deter- 

 mined they should remain at Quorn, and, in accordance 

 with Lord Manners's wish, the committee spent about 

 ^1600 in repairing damages, &c, and when the puppy 

 show was held the work was hardly completed. Lord 

 Ferrers, Frank Gillard of the Belvoir, and G. Shepherd 

 of the South Notts, were the judges, the young entry 

 consisting of six and a half couples of dogs and eight 

 and a half couples of bitches. Lord Manners gave the 

 usual luncheon, and a very pleasant afternoon was spent. 



It was just about this time that the wise deter- 

 mination was arrived at of securing the hounds for the 

 country. 1 



Mention has been made more than once of the 

 clashing of packs, and towards the end of December 

 1884 the Quorn and the Belvoir had a run together which 

 has probably not yet been forgotten by those who 

 happened to take part in it. The Quorn hounds met 

 at Ellar's Gorse, and the Belvoir at Harby ; both packs 



1 See page 30. 

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