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Captain Barclay was brother to Mr. H. T. Barclay, the 

 owner of that grand horse Bendigo. 



•When the Ouorn met at Brooksby Hall on the 14th 

 March 1890, they bade adieu to Mr. Ernest Chaplin, 

 who was about to leave the country. Until about the 

 year 1896 he was one of the hardest men with the Ouorn, 

 but at that time a bad accident put a stop to his riding, 

 at any rate for a time, and both the accident and Mr. 

 Chaplin's departure from Brooksby were keenly re- 

 gretted. Not many days later Firr's stud was weakened 

 by the death of a horse well known in Leicestershire, an 

 own brother to Gamecock, the famous steeplechaser. 

 The Quorn huntsman rode him for four seasons, and 

 found him one of the most brilliant hunters that ever 

 crossed a country. 



The judges at the Peterborough Show, held on the 

 2nd July 1890, were Captain Carnegy, Mr. Chandos 

 Pole, and Mr. T. Parrington, the last-named having 

 officiated at the first Peterborough Show thirteen years 

 before. In the class for unentered dog hounds, Ouorn 

 Coronet, by Belvoir Gambler — Charmer, and Sampson, 

 by Belvoir Gordon — Shapely, won first prize from the 

 representatives sent on by the Atherstone, Bicester, 

 Oakley, Tynedale, and Warwickshire ; Ouorn Dreamer, 

 by Rufford — Galliard, was the prize stallion hound, the 

 only thing against him being his colour, which was a 

 cream tan, but in all other respects he was well-nigh 

 perfect. It was in 1890 that Mr. B. Paget, whose name 

 has been mentioned before, joined Captain Warner as 

 colleague in the mastership, and on the 13th February 

 1 89 1, what had so far been the run of the season took 

 place, the fixture being Great Dalby ; and when the 

 hounds wound up the season on the 8th April 1891, 

 after meeting at the Kennels, a couple of hounds picked 

 up a piece of poisoned meat and died. 



On reading accounts of the Ouorn and Belvoir runs, 



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