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very kindly helped me back with hounds to kennels 

 in the dark." 



A great gallop of two hours and fifteen minutes 

 from Goadby Gorse occurred on January 23rd 

 with a brush at the end of it. Hounds ran fast 

 past Waltham Rectory to Bescaby Oaks, through 

 it without dwelling, and on by Saltby over the 

 heath to Skillington. Here a point was made for 

 Buckminster, ending with a kill in the open near 

 to Stainby. The distance hounds ran was about 

 sixteen miles, and nine as the crow flies from 

 Goadby Gorse to where they killed. The brush 

 was presented to Lady Florence Dixie, who had 

 gone remarkably well, and the hunt numbered no 

 more ardent follower. No day's sport was too 

 long for Lady Florence, and she would come at 

 the end of the afternoon with the request, " Now, 

 Gillard, you will draw once again, won't you ? " 

 " I can tell you," added Frank, as he narrated the 

 story to us, " I did not want any coaxing if there 

 was a fox covert anywhere within reach ! and as 

 to daylight, we did not always take that into con- 

 sideration if there was any light from the moon." 



Leicestershire this season seemed to be the 

 favoured side of the country, for again on February 

 6th a tremendously fast gallop was seen from 

 Coston Covert by way of Wymondham, Gar- 

 thorpe, Coston, Sproxton, Stonesby, Waltham, to 

 Freeby Wood. Time to this point was forty 

 minutes, with but one slight check by Stonesby 

 village. One good gallop calls to mind the in- 

 cidents of another, and Gillard harked back in 



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