History of Leicestershire of the county council, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicester City FC and Leicestershire Scouts is the red fox. Leicestershire is considered to be the birthplace of fox hunting as it is known today. Hugo Meynell of Quorn, Master of the Quorn Hunt 1753–1800, is known as the father of fox hunting. Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough have associations with fox hunting, as has neighbouring Rutland. History of Leicestershire in 1807 , the first recorded use of the name was as "Laegrecastrescir". In the Anglo-Saxon period the area was originally in the territory of the Middle Angles and later Mercia. After
Bosko's Fox Hunt Bosko's Fox Hunt Bosko's Fox Hunt is a 1931 one-reel short subject featuring Bosko; part of the "Looney Tunes" series. It was released on December 12, 1931 and is directed by Hugh Harman. The film score was composed by Frank Marsales. The cartoon's plot is somewhat similar to that of the later "Looney Tunes" cartoons "Porky's Duck Hunt" and "Porky's Hare Hunt". A gang of men (male animals in this cartoon) set out on a fox hunt equipped with guns, horses and hounds; however, a fox evades them. The fox is discovered by Bosko and his dog, Bruno, who are