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FOX-HUNTING DIARY. BELVOIR HUNT -- John George Weld, 2nd Baron Forester (1801-1874). Autograph hunting journal, 21 November 1839 - 15 January 1847, in two volumes, together 268 pages, 8vo and 4to, roan backed boards (scuffed). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (his sale, 15 July 1946, lot 2312). Schwerdt II, p.317.
A DETAILED JOURNAL OF ACTIVITIES OF ONE OF THE PREMIER HUNTS. Lord Forester notes, in a resumé of the season's activities, that 109 foxes were killed between 25 November 1843 and 6 April 1844: 'An extraordinary season for sport -- besides many good days -- 23 real first rate days sport. Frost 22 days from Nov 20 to Ap 10'. Schwerdt notes that Lord Forester (nephew of the 4th Duke of Rutland) was master of the Belvoir from 1829 to 1856: this was the only period from the foundation of the hunt in 1750 to 1896 when the mastership was not held by the reigning Duke of Rutland. Welby, in his Memoirs of the Belvoir Hounds, 1867, states that during Lord Forester's mastership a daily journal was kept, of which the present volumes contain a part. (2)
A DETAILED JOURNAL OF ACTIVITIES OF ONE OF THE PREMIER HUNTS. Lord Forester notes, in a resumé of the season's activities, that 109 foxes were killed between 25 November 1843 and 6 April 1844: 'An extraordinary season for sport -- besides many good days -- 23 real first rate days sport. Frost 22 days from Nov 20 to Ap 10'. Schwerdt notes that Lord Forester (nephew of the 4th Duke of Rutland) was master of the Belvoir from 1829 to 1856: this was the only period from the foundation of the hunt in 1750 to 1896 when the mastership was not held by the reigning Duke of Rutland. Welby, in his Memoirs of the Belvoir Hounds, 1867, states that during Lord Forester's mastership a daily journal was kept, of which the present volumes contain a part. (2)
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