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Ferrand, noticed the incident, and congratulated 

 me on what he considered a very smart per- 

 formance. This old gentleman used to stable 

 his stud of hunters at the inn at Belvoir, and as he 

 was often away for weeks together, Lord John 

 Manners, the present Duke of Rutland, used to 

 ride them when he liked, and very well he went 

 to hounds in those days. In the field old Mr. 

 Ferrand was quite a character, very jolly and 

 noisy, singing out, ' Forrard, forrard ! ' as he rode 

 along at the tail of the hunt, quite oblivious of the 

 fact that there were no hounds in his immediate 

 neighbourhood to cheer along. However, it was 

 one of his fond illusions that every hound in the 

 pack knew him, and many a time was he chaffed 

 by the Duke and his friends when he accompanied 

 them to the kennel." 



The Lincolnshire breed of foxes have always 

 been noted for their stoutness, and we find a great 

 day's sport recorded on January 16th from King's 

 Gorse by Culverthorpe, hounds travelling at a 

 good fair pace over the ten lordships of Culver- 

 thorpe, Oseby, Haydour, Dembleby, Aunsby, 

 Scott Willoughby, Newton, Osbournby, Three- 

 kingham, and Folkingham, where they killed him 

 near the big gorse after a run of one hour and 

 forty minutes. Again, when hounds met at Haver- 

 holme Priory, five-and-twenty miles distant from 

 kennels, and every mile of the journey done by 

 road, they started a stout fox from Eveden Wood, 

 and killed him by Swarby after a splendid gallop. 

 Sir Thomas Whichcote certainly had the best of it 



