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Quorn Hunt
Usually with the. (The name of) a celebrated hunt that meets at Quorndon (formerly Quorn) and in the surrounding area of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Also more fully Quorn Hunt.The Hunt dates its foundation from 1696. Its dogs were kennelled at Quorn from 1753 to 1904.
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Pytchley Hunt1766
Belvoir1788
Quorn1802
Pytchley1841
1802 in P. Beckford Thoughts upon Hunting (ed. 4) (verso title page) The celebrated ‘Quorn’ Hunting Scarf was first patented and introduced by Messrs. Turnbull & Asser.
1815 Sporting Mag. Apr. 41 The finale of the season in the Belvoir and Quorn hunts.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour lxiv. 362 Conversation..about the Quorn, or the Pytchely.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. iv. 74 It lay in the Melton country, and was equally well placed for Pytchley, Quorn, and Belvoir.
1904 A. E. W. Mason Truants ii. 16 He hunted with the Quorn that winter.
1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 23 The rumble of the railway drowned The thunder of the Quorn.
1971 Guardian 30 Sept. 16/8 Melton was frequented by many of the nobility and gentry who came for the Quorn hunting season.
1993 Guardian 30 Sept. i. 2/7 Leicestershire has six fox hunts, including the Quorn, and three hare hunts, with about 26,000 participants and 2,000 jobs involved.
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