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to be compiled a document extending to fourteen pages. 

 The ruler had gone in a business-like way over the 

 sheets, and while the first column contained the names 

 and addresses of the farmers who had forage for sale, the 

 second described the provender, &c, the third stated the 

 quantity to be disposed of, and the fourth was reserved 

 for remarks as to quality, &C. 1 The list was to be revised 

 frequently. Then, before the shooting v season closed, 

 Lord Lonsdale placed with Mr. Warner, of Leicester, a 

 huo-e orame order. The tenant farmers, to the number 

 of about 1 200, each received a brace of pheasants and a 

 hare; while in October 1894 venison was presented to 

 the puppy walkers. 



In previous pages it has been noted how well-known 

 followers of the Quorn had dropped out of the running 

 and joined the great majority, and January 1894 saw the 

 death of one who aforetime had been one of its best 

 known visitors — Sir Henry Dalrymple des Voeux, who 

 died in London at the age of seventy-two. For many 

 seasons in succession had Sir Henry taken up his winter 

 abode at Melton, where he was not long in gaining 

 universal respect. He was a keen follower of the 

 hounds, and rode to them fearlessly in his younger days. 

 In 1863 he married the youngest daughter of the Earl 

 of Wilton. 



During March 1894 Lord Lonsdale invited Mr. 

 Austin Mackenzie, master of the Woodland Pytchley, 

 to meet at Keyham, and have a day in the Quorn 

 country. The hounds were sent by train to Ingarsby, 

 and were met by a large field. A fox was found at 

 Scraptoft, and he ran by Humberstone to Thurmaston, 

 near to which place he contrived to crawl into a faggot 



1 In January 1889 Mr. Robert Lockwood, then Secretary to the Essex 

 Hunt, invited farmers in the county who had either forage or horses for sale 

 to send him a description, which he would register. He also invited hunting 

 men to communicate with him, and in that way he hoped to bring buyer and 

 seller together for their mutual benefit. 



