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A remarkable red - letter day resulted with 

 a straight-necked fox from Aslackby Wood on 

 February 3rd, who made a nine-mile point in one 

 hour and ten minutes before he surrendered his 

 brush by Weaver's Lodge. The day was very 

 foggy, so that only a fortunate half-dozen who got 

 away with hounds saw anything of this fine gallop, 

 the rest of the field, riding about for two hours, 

 were completely lost. The line hounds ran was by 

 Lenton to the left, away by Humby for Ropsley 

 nearly to the Hurn, turning to the right over 

 Haceby hollow, killing their fox handsomely on the 

 roadside by Weaver's Lodge. The fortunate few 

 who rode to them were Mr. James Hutchinson, 

 Mr. Edgar Lubbock, Mr. F. A. Soames, Mr. T. 

 Heathcote, Miss Lucy Heathcote, Miss K. Carter, 

 Mons. Roy, Messrs. Casswell, and Messrs. Grum- 

 mitt. The brush of this good fox was presented to 

 Miss Carter, and a pad to Miss Heathcote. 



A regular Belvoir burst occurred next day with 

 the third fox from Staunton Thorns, one of Mr. 

 C. J. Phillips' coverts. Getting a good start, the 

 pack raced for a couple of miles across a stiff bit of 

 country to Normanton Little Covert. Mr. E. 

 Lubbock, Mr. S. K. Marsland, Mr. C. Hodgson, 

 and Mr. Brockton rode a regular steeplechase to 

 keep within touch of hounds, but Frank Gillard 

 managed to arrive at the covert first, winning with 

 very little to spare, and possibly the distance has 

 never been compassed in shorter time, or offered 

 anything more exciting whilst it lasted. 



" I think the best of all the good gallops I ever 



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