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pace over the stiffest line of Belvoir country, nearly to 

 Foston. Swinging round, a return was made to the 

 starting-point, and this time they ran at a great pace 

 to the Debdales, turning before entering this covert, 

 going away straight for Elton. Just skirting these 

 coverts he took a sharp left-hand wheel, reaching the 

 Rectory Covert in forty-five minutes from the second 

 time of leaving the Thorns. For some ten minutes a 

 very tired fox puzzled hounds in covert, then he was 

 viewed by Mr. Fisher stealing away towards Redmile 

 Station, and hounds rolled him over on the platform 

 after a brilliant gallop of fifty-five minutes. The 

 number of dirty coats and crushed hats testified to 

 the severity of the gallop, and amongst the fortunate 

 few with hounds were Mr. James Hutchinson, Mr. 

 F. Crawley, and Mons. Couturie. The Rev. J. P. 

 Seabrooke, cutting out the work on his well-known 

 gray Top-Bar, took a fall over timber, Mr. Arthur 

 Hutchinson ruined a hat, Major Amcotts fell at stiff 

 timber, whilst the Countess de Clairemount,in taking 

 a fall, parted with her safety skirt for a time, but got 

 to the finish, and was presented with the brush. 



Against the doings of February 4th, Gillard 

 remarks, " One of the most brilliant gallops I ever 

 saw from the famous Coston Covert. Instead of 

 putting the pack into covert, I blew my horn, 

 moved an old dog-fox who broke the S.E. corner, 

 and clapping hounds on his line, we went at a 

 tremendous pace, leaving Wymondham on the left, 

 turning sharp right-handed, running to the left of the 

 Rickett's, wheeling round and passing to the right 

 of Saxby, nearly reaching Freeby Wood, where the 



