Excerpt from The Quorn Hunt and Its MastersHen the idea of compiling this book was origi nally conceived, the intention was that it should enter more into detail than was subsequently found to be possible without making the work unduly bulky. On this account it is that runs are mentioned sparingly. Captain pennell-elmhirst's The Cream of Leicester shire and The Best Season on Record, though ex tending over no more than seven years, together exceed the size of this outline sketch. An account of a good run, penned by one who can both ride and write, makes Charming reading, but a mere enumeration of the points touched would interest no one. After perusing the diary kept for about ten years by Cork - legged jones (see p. And the accounts of other runs, one is perhaps warranted in arriving at the conclusion that sport aforetime did not materially differ from that em joyed at the present day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.