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shelter and food always being left out in readiness 

 for the lost ones on their return. 



A new departure this season from old traditions 

 was the Ash Wednesday hunt dropping out of 

 the fixtures, due to the refining influence of a 

 Duchess at Belvoir ; and in a very short time all 

 other packs of any importance followed suit. 



A curious termination to a fine run of one hour 

 and thirty minutes happened to a fox set going from 

 Grimstone Gorse. Running on the Midland Rail- 

 way near the Curate's Gorse he was cut to pieces 

 by a passing train. 



Another good gallop lasting an hour and fifteen 

 minutes is recorded on February 4th with an after- 

 noon fox roused in Croxton Banks, hounds stream- 

 ing away at a great pace by Shipman's Bogs, 

 Bescaby Oaks, to Herring's Gorse, where he 

 wheeled round for Saltby, and the pack had to be 

 stopped owing to darkness. Those who were with 

 them at the finish were Mr. Ernest Chaplin, Mons. 

 Couturie, Mr. Birkbeck, Mrs. Amcotts, Major 

 Longstaffe, and Lord Robert Manners. 



On February 26th another capital run occurred 

 with one of the stout Stubton foxes, who was 

 roused in Reeves Gorse and headed away for 

 Fenton, giving the field the river Devon to swim 

 over. The brush of this good fox was presented 

 to Mr. Richard Fenwick, hunting with his two 

 brothers and Miss Fenwick from Grantham. His 

 name is famous in the annals of sport as the owner 

 of Mimi, winner of the Oaks in 1891. 



The meet at the Lenton cross-roads on March 



