The early cattlemen were quick to organize hunt clubs, and since the red fox was not native to the region, the lowly coyote was drafted as a reluctant substitute. This desire to ride to the hounds betrays the class or social background of many members of the ranching fraternity as well as the preferred rural gentry model to which many western ranchers aspired. For one ranch, at least, there was a special interest in the hunt. The Quorn Ranch was established for the express purpose of raising hunting horses for the Quorn Hunt Club at Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. This ranch became the fashionable headquarters for the sons of British shareholders who were sent to the Quorn to "do a season in the West."
Note the quality of the horses, the formal non-western dress, and the ladies riding side-saddle.
Identification: Left to right: Carl Morse, Nellie Lee, George Drew, Arthur Wilson, Norman Mewburn, Jean Macleod (daughter of Col. J.F. Macleod, N.W.M.P. Commissioner), Col. Doughty, Birdie Harris, Arthurs, Mrs. A.E. Cox, L.G. Mewburn, Bill Watson, Edna Lee.
