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the Messrs. Hornsby in one run The Rector of Colsterworth's 

 Cottesmore Hunt Hat Frank's Description of a good Hound Day 

 The Saffron Family as Hounds The Samuda Pink Wedding 

 Another good Hound Day, Senator, Saffron and Brusher The 

 Hound Wellington killed on the Railway A good Run from Melton 

 Spring Lady Florence Dixie presented with the Brush Story 

 of Captain ' ' Tom " Boyce winning a Brush and Hunt Button A 

 good Run and Lady Florence Chaplin presented with a Brush The 

 Ash Wednesday Run The Hon. H. H. Molyneux's Collection of 

 Ash Wednesday Masks The Horse Wing gets in the Smite The 

 Hose Gorse black Fox rather wide of his Home . Page 102 



CHAPTER IX 



SEASON 1878-79 



Will Wells, Whipper-in George Gillson's Career George Cottrell 

 leads for a Sovereign A Wet Jacket The Belvoir and Quorn 

 Packs clash Two good Gallops from Leadenham Colonel John 

 Reeves' Entree Dish Parson Heathcote's Pudding Brook- 

 jumping The good Fox of Sherbrooke's Covert A Run to the 

 ' ' Forty Foot " Drain A severe Run from Sproxton to Crown 

 Point A curious Accident to Mr. Alfred Cross Good Sport 

 The Messrs. Frank and George Gordon Three Foxes killed by 

 Haverholme The Horse Peter Mr. Fisher of Orston Page 119 



CHAPTER X 



SEASONS 1879-80 AND 1880-81 



Hunt Changes Tea with Frank Goodall, the Queen's Huntsman A 

 Country equal to the Vagaries of any Weather An awkward 

 Accident Smite Hill Gorse Flames head a Fox The big Ash 

 Wednesday Day Mr. Alfred Brocklehurst first up Colonel 

 Gosling borrows some dry Clothes A Kill under a Woman's 

 Petticoats Frank Rides a run under Chloroform Will Wells' 

 Horse out all night Twelve - Hour Cubbing Mornings 

 Arthur Wilson, Whip Parson Bullen of Eastwell Wet and 

 good Sport Interviewing the Duke in his Bed The Taste of a 

 "Pug" Blooding a fat American Gentleman A Jackal Tooth 

 Scarf-pin A fast Gallop and dead Fox next Day Lord Queens- 

 bury Lord Doneraile, his Hounds, his pet Fox, his End A 

 long Run ...... Page 134 



