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but the other, who was rather stout, got astride the 

 ditch, and hounds dashing up killed their fox in the 

 ditch under her petticoats. 



Early in March, Gillard took a heavy fall near 

 Hose village, and dislocated his right shoulder 

 owing to Snowstorm, a gray horse, making a 

 mistake. 



Frank continued as follows : " One of the field 

 happened to be Dr. Williams, and he took me off 

 to a cottage to try to put me right. Well, he got 

 me down on the floor, pulled and hauled without 

 being able to get my arm in again. ' It's no use,' he 

 said, ' I must either chloroform you or send you 

 back home for your own doctor to attend to.' 

 * I'll be chloroformed here,' I said, ' for I want 

 to get my horse and go on ! ' So chloroformed I 

 was, and I never rode to such a good run in all 

 my life, or over such a good country ! When I 

 came too again there were several people round 

 me and all laughing, for I had given vent to my 

 pleasure, and called out to the whipper-in ' to put 

 them on quicker.' My shoulder was in, and I was 

 sent back home in a trap the first time in my life, 

 Dr. Williams remarking that he had never seen 

 any one with stronger muscles, and the mere fact 

 of my trying to help him had made it harder." 



In consequence of this accident, Will Wells 

 hunted hounds, and very successful he was in 

 showing sport. On one of these occasions he was 

 placed in an awkward position, his horse falling at 

 the brook below Melton Spinney, and, getting 

 away from his rider, he was not recovered until 



