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as they fought smashing at the broken ice, it was 

 with great difficulty that all were landed safely, 

 and the neighbourhood was promptly given a wide 

 berth. The next day a complimentary meet was 

 held at Fulbeck Hall in honour of Colonel Francis 

 Fane's return from Canada on Government business. 

 The day's sport resulted in three nice gallops, the 

 second run being five-and-twenty minutes of the 

 very best, over the cream of the Leadenham lord- 

 ship, the brush of this good fox being presented to 

 an American visitor. 



Owing to the heath country being frozen and 

 unfit for hounds' feet on December 8th, they trotted 

 down into the vale, and drew Normanton Thorns, 

 where they found, and ran well for half an hour, 

 ending by marking to ground in Mr. Phillips' 

 artificial earth at Staunton. The second fox was 

 bolted from an earth in Cotham Thorns, giving a 

 capital gallop of thirty-five minutes to Elston in 

 the South Notts country, where hounds caught 

 him. Very few got to the end of this second run, 

 but amongst these were Lord Edward Manners, 

 Lord Robert Manners, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Phillips, 

 who was presented with the brush, Mr. Stevens, 

 Mr. Campbell Dick, Mons. Roy, Mr. E. Lubbock, 

 the Rev. J. P. Seabrooke, and the Hon. Bernard 

 Petres who took a bad fall. 



The first day's hunting in the new year, owing 

 to frost, was January 26th, when hounds met at 

 Bottesford Station. A good beginning was made 

 by Bob Knott viewing an old gray customer from 

 Normanton Thorns, and he led the pack at a great 



