38 HUNTING REMINISCENCES 



friends, Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., and Mr. 

 Parker Gilmour, who were staying at the Castle, 

 whilst Mr. Chaworth Musters, as was his wont, 

 slept the night at the kennels, the guest of Frank 

 Gillard. Scent was not very good, but the young 

 entry distinguished themselves by Three Queens, 

 where the ground was much foiled by fur, and 

 doing so greatly pleased the Duke. Ferryman 

 and Woodman were first away on the line of their 

 fox, after running through Harston pastures, whilst 

 Fleecer afterwards distinguished himself by carrying 

 the line from Harston to Hallams Wood, where the 

 pack effected their second kill. 



A curious incident in a day's sport at the end of 

 November is related with an afternoon fox from 

 Newman's Gorse, which beat hounds after a 

 good hunt up to Saxby. When the hunt was 

 returning by Freeby W^ood the Cottesmore were 

 seen running into it, leaving with a point for 

 Waltham, where the huntsman was told of a fox 

 being shut up in a stable at Welbournes, which he 

 promptly demanded and gave to the hounds. The 

 fox had been captured an hour before, and was 

 undoubtedly the Belvoir fox, for he was as stiff as 

 a stake, and one hound was seen to follow him 

 on in the direction of Waltham. The Duke of 

 Rutland and most of the field joined in with the 

 Cottesmore, and followed them to Waltham, 

 thinking they were with the Belvoir. A few days 

 later his Grace took a bad fall, owing to his 

 horse jumping short at a brook by Carlton Scroop, 

 and first to render aid was Mr. Tom Hutchinson, 



