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INDEX 



Kirby Gate, the last of, 325 

 Knight, sudden death of Mr., 212 

 Knockers, collection of door, 13 



LANGTON Hall, 23 



Larking at Melton, 18, 323 



Leaps, big, 125, 190 



Leicester, early hunting in, 36 



London Farmers' Club, meeting of, 309 



Loton, unqualified rider of winner of first 



G.N.H. Steeplechase, Mr., 289 

 Loughborough Meet, the, 381 

 Lowesby Hall, 177 



M's, the four, 1 1 



Map, hunting, 210 



Masters (other than Quorn). — Al- 

 thorpe, Lord, 164 ; Chatham, Lord, 

 52; Chesterfield, Lord, 171; Corbet, 

 Mr. Reginald, 38 ; Darlington, Lord, 

 15 ; Ferrers, Earl, 43 ; Greaves, 

 Mr. Henley, 222 ; Haggerstone, Sir 

 Carnaby, 52 ; Lambton, Mr. Ralph, 

 10, 177; Maberley, Mr., 232; Mac- 

 kenzie, Mr. Austen, 376 ; Mostyn, 

 Sir Thomas, 107 ; Musters, Mr. J. C, 

 28, 92, 214, 323, 349 ; Nicholls, 

 Mr., 122; Noel, Mr., 45; Payne, 

 Mr. George, 163 ; Petre, Lord, 148 ; 

 Russell, Mr., 148; Shaw, Mr., 148; 

 Standish, Mr., 6; Story, Mr. G. B., 

 5 ; Sutton, Mr. Richard, 7, 238 ; 

 Tailby, Mr., 8, 275, 295 ; Talbot, Mr. 

 Theo. Mansel, 6 ; Tavistock, Mar- 

 quis of, 126; Villebois, Mr., 194; 

 Walker, Mr., 96; Wynn, Sir Wat- 

 kin, 164 



Meet, a great, 191, 192 



Meetings, business, 139, 183, 244, 266, 



337, 346, 353, 36i 

 Melton. — Austria, Empress of, at, 334, 

 344; clique at, 123; clubs at, 10, 

 II; fashions at, 14; four M's, the, 

 II; hotels at, 13; Hunt Ball, the, 

 165, 381 ; improvements at, 148, 149 ; 

 jumping into a tobacconist's shop on 

 horseback, 345 ; kennels, Mr. Wm. 

 Gardiner's account of the, 25 ; lark- 

 ing at, 18, 323; manners and customs, 

 10 ; Mowbray, 10 et seq. ; Old Club, 

 the, 148 ; pies, 324 ; practical joking 

 at, 13; Prince of Wales at, 320, 32S, 

 340 ; putting up horses for sale after 

 dinner, 11 ; the Queen at, 211; 

 society at, 148 ; staghounds, 194 ; 

 Steeplechase, the midnight, 15 ; studs 



at, 17, 151, 205, 255, 308; Sunday 

 stable parades, 16 ; vehicles, 149 

 Moore, account of Mr. John, 213 

 Musters's, Mr., hounds clash with the 

 Quorn, 214, 323 



Names. — Alvanley, Lord, 12, 124; 

 Anson, General, 242 ; Austria, Em- 

 press of, 334, 344; Baird, Sir David, 

 no, 165; Batthyany, Count, 265; 

 Berkeley, Mr. Grantley, 104, 105, 

 107; Boothby, "Prince," 42; Brude- 

 nell, Lord, 119 ; Bullen, Rev. Edward, 

 359; Burdett, Sir Francis, 92, 212; 

 Burgess, Mr., 163; Burnaby, Col., 

 343; Burnaby, * Gen., 350; Burnaby, 

 Mr. Y. D., 252; Burnaby, Rev. A., 

 252 ; Cambridge, Duchess of, 239 ; 

 Cambridge, Duke of, 211 ; Campbell, 

 Captain, 237, 372 ; Campbell, "Saddle," 

 no; Cardoro, Madame, 159; Cave, 

 Hon. Ottway, 213; Chaplin, Mr. Ernest, 

 369 ; Chesterfield, Lord, 323 ; Childe, 

 Mr., 48; Christian, Dick, 109, 260, 

 261; Comber, Mr. Charles ("The 

 Flying Cucumber"), 64, 65 ; Corbett, 

 Lady, 40; Cotton, Sir Lynch, 43; 

 Coupland, Mrs., 335 ; Coventry, Hon. 

 H., 329; Coventry, Mr., 290; Cra- 

 dock, Mr., 95, 234, 382 ; Delamere, 

 Lord, 1 1 ; Edward of Saxe-Coburg, 

 Prince, 191, 193; Ellar, Mr. James, 

 156; Empson, Parson, 115; Farnham, 

 Mr., 238; Ferneley, Mr. J- E., 96, 

 254 ; Ford, Dr. (Melton Parson), 47, 

 96 ; Forester, Cecil, 48 ; Forester, 

 Lord, 10, 335 ; Fouldes, Benjamin, 

 215; Frewen, Mr., 304; Gardner, 

 Lord, 18, 176, 191, 213; George 

 IV., 53, 54, 156; Gilmour, Mr. 

 Little, 195, 230; Glossop, Mr., 

 233; Grant, Sir Francis, 166; Gros- 

 venor, Lord Robert, 156; Gully, Mr. 

 John, III; Harborough, Lord, 190; 

 Hazelrigg, Sir Arthur Grey, 350 ; 

 Henry VIII., 77 ; Herrick, Mr., 338 ; 

 Heseltine, Mr. Andrew, 345 ; Hey- 

 cock, Tom, 93 ; Hopetoun, Lord, 

 329; Inchley, Tot, 118; Jersey, Lord, 

 48, 79, 124, 260; Johnstone, Jamie, 

 14; Lambert, Daniel, 80; Maher, 

 Mr. Valentine, n, 109, 170; Manners, 

 Lord, 89 ; Mason, Jem, 189 ; Maxse, 

 Mr., 11, no, 289; Mellish, Col., 83; 

 Meynell, jun., Mr., 66; Moore, Mr. 

 John, II, 213; Musgrave, Sir James, 



