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being covered in seventy minutes, a sufficient 

 tribute to the pace and dash of the beautiful Bel- 

 voir blood. Those who saw the best of this gallop 

 were Lord Edward Manners, Major Amcotts, Mr. 

 de Winton, Mr. V. Hemery, and the Rev. J. P. 

 Seabrooke. 



The result of the Grand National Steeplechase 

 this year came as a distinct honour to Leicester- 

 shire, for Father O'Flynn was trained at Melton 

 Mowbray, and his owner, Mr. Gordon Wilson, was 

 one of the foremost of the fox-catching division. 

 Whilst talking of steeplechasing, which always 

 usurps hunting interests in the spring of the year, 

 we are reminded that Gillard won for the second 

 year in succession a good chase at Melton with 

 Vigilant. A speedy mare bought for hunting, she 

 had a trick of putting her rider down the moment 

 a leg was thrown across the saddle, so her attention 

 was turned to chasing, where her fine turn of speed 

 won a few nice stakes for the Belvoir huntsman. 



The sport seen during April savoured of straw 

 hats, white waistcoats, cloudless skies, dusty fallows, 

 and intense heat, but the season finished at Stathern 

 Point on the 17th in a whirling snowstorm. 



The number of hunting days was 86, the number 

 of foxes killed 87, with 44 marked to ground. 



SEASON 1892-93 



It fell to Frank Gillard's lot to attend the 

 funerals of many members of the hunt as a last 

 mark of respect. His greeting as he joined the sad 



