The Victoria History of the County of Lincoln/The Marquess of Exeter's Hunt
THE MARQUESS OF EXETER'S HUNT
The Cottesmore claim a corner of Lincolnshire at Bourne, but the country is seldom hunted, and some of it has been lent to the Marquess of Exeter, who shows much sport. The Marquess of Exeter's pack, partly foxhounds and partly harriers, was established in 1899. It was at first a harrier-pack pure and simple, with hounds entered in the H. and B. Stud Book. In the season 1905–6 the marquess entered his hounds to fox, hunting that part of the Fitzwilliam country lent him by Mr. G. C. W. Fitzwilliam in the immediate neighbourhood of his residence, Burghley House, Stamford, with invitation days in neighbouring countries. Lord Kesteven, formerly Sir John Trollope, used to hunt up to Bourne Wood, and Mr. Tailby came right up to Manton Gorse.