INDEX 



393 



II, 17, 109; Namick Pasha, 159; 

 Napoleon, Louis, 229 ; Neal, Mr., 43 ; 

 Nemours, Due de, 211; "Nimrod," 

 177; Osborne, Mr. Bernal, 133, 176; 

 Owen, Mr. Smythe, 11 ; Plymouth, 

 Lord, 17, 108 ; Prince Consort, 269 ; 

 Prince of Wales, 320, 328, 340 ; Rad- 

 cliffe, Mr. Delme, 156; Rancliffe, Lord, 

 123, 158, 235; Richards, Mr., 256; 

 Ridley, Sir Matthew White, 177; 

 Ross, Captain Horatio, 363 ; Row- 

 land, Mr., V.S., 195; Russell, Colonel, 

 125; Russell, Rev. John, 345; Rut- 

 land, the Duke of, 12, 89, 159; St. 

 Leger, Major-Gen., 49 ; Sealey, Sir 

 Charles, 43 ; Smith, Captain, 289 ; 

 Smith, Mr. Loraine, 73 ; Smithies, 

 Rev. E., 309; Stamford, Lady, 257; 

 Stanley, Sir J. Massey, 162; Stephens, 

 Mr. Lyne, 16, 265 ; Sutton, Messrs. F. 

 and R., 244 ; Tavistock, Marquis of, 

 92 ; Teck, Duchess of, 239 ; Tweed- 

 dale, Marquis of, no; Voeux, Sir H. 

 Dalrymple, 376 ; Waterford, Lord, 13, 

 160, 165, 168, 177, 260; Webster, 

 Dick, 189, 226 ; Wellington, Duke of, 

 no, 165 ; White, Captain, 94 ; Wilton, 

 Lord, 15, 18, 347; Wombwell, Sir 

 George, 259 ; Wyndham, Col., 206 ; 

 York, Duke of, 53, 54 



Objection to winner of the first G.N.H. 



Steeplechase, 289 

 Old Club, the, 10 

 Opposition to the Quorn Hunt, 121 

 Over-riding hounds, 48 



Pictures. — Christian, Dick, 261 ; Firr, 

 Tom, 349 ; Greene, Mr. Henry, 208 ; 

 Hodgson, Mr. Tom, 19S ; Inchley, the 

 horse-dealer, 118; Meet, the, 149: 

 Meet of the Quorn Hounds at Baggrave 

 Hall, 350; Melton Hunt Breakfast, 

 the, 166; "My Stud," 149; Osbalde- 

 ston, Mr. George, 115; Sutton, Sir 

 Richard, 240 



Poetry. — Billesdon Coplow Run, the, 

 55 ; Chaunt of Achilles, 176 ; Day with 

 Lord Southampton's Hounds, a, 133 ; 

 Dream of an old Meltonian, the, 18 ; 

 Epwell Hunt, the, 74 ; Lays of the 

 Belvoir Hunt, 377 ; Lowesby Hall, 

 377; Melton Hunt, the, 96; Meltonian 

 Song, 144 



Politics in the hunting-field, 303, 305 



Practical joking at Melton, 13 



Prestwold Covert allowed to be drawn by 



the Donington, 1S3 

 Prince of Wales' Gorse, the, 320, 351 

 Puppy Show, first at Quorn, 317 

 Putting up horses for sale after dinner, 1 1 



Queen at Melton, the, 211 



Queen's staghounds visit the Cottesmore 

 country, 342 



Quorn country, account of the, 3 et seq. ; 

 boundaries of the, 3 ; part absorbed by 

 the Atherstone, 4 



Quorn kennels, the, 23 et seq. 



Quorn Masters (see also Anecdotes). 

 — Booth by, Mr. Thomas, 35 et seq. ; 

 hunting-horn, 38 ; lineage, 40, 41 ; 

 original pack, 27 ; racing, 41 ; tuning 

 bells to resemble the cry of hounds, 39. 

 Clowe.-;, Mr., 283 et seq. ; bad luck, 

 283 ; buys Lord Stamford's hounds, 

 283 ; dinner and testimonial to, 291 ; 

 gives history of his mastership, 291-2 ; 

 his work for the hunt, 2S4 ; reported 

 complaintabout the speed of his hounds, 

 286; resignation, 291 ; sells his hounds, 

 293-4 ; sport in his second season, 290 ; 

 stopped by a farmer, 290-1 ; succeeds 

 Lord Stamford, 283. COUPLAND, Mr., 

 315 et seq. ; buys the Craven hounds, 

 315 ; death of his stepson, 321 ; death 

 of Mrs. Coupland, 335 ; dinner and 

 payments to keepers and earth-stoppers, 

 330 ; Empress of Austria's visit, the, 

 334- 344 : hound shows, 330, 334, 338, 

 339> 341, 342 ; ill health, 345 ; invites 

 the Blankney hounds, 352 ; member 

 of Coaching Club and steeplechase 

 rider, 316 ; mutual hunt with Mr. 

 Musters's, -323 ; opens the Leicester 

 Horse Repository, 340 ; pack run a fox 

 by themselves, 327 ; places thorough- 

 bred stallion at the farmers' disposal, 

 337 ; Prince of Wales's visit, 328, 340 ; 

 presentation to, 330, 353 ; resigns, 346 ; 

 runs, 332, 352; sells horses, 319, 326, 

 329, 354 : subscriptions, 333, 337 ; 

 summoned for alleged cruelty to a 

 horse, 321 ; vulpicide, 343 ; wedding 

 present, 344. ERRINGTON, Mr. Row- 

 land, 162 et seq. ; an amateur's experi- 

 ence at Quorn, 169; dinner to, 163, 



170 ; family, 162; hounds, 164; resigns, 



171 ; runs, 164, 165 ; sells hounds to 

 Lord Chesterfield, 1 7 1 ; starts the Hunt 

 Ball, 165 : succeeds Mr. Holyoake 

 Errington, 162; "The Mellon Hunt 



