200 The Chase 



Tit for Tat 



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GEORGE BEERS was in his zenith, hunting 

 a rare pack in the Oakley country ; it was in 

 1838. Carter, a great fox-catcher, doing the same 

 in the Grafton country. Both packs were on the 

 eastern side from the Grafton. Beers found a fox 

 one afternoon, a long way down in the Chase, and 

 ran him for his life up to Salcey Forest. He had 

 no sooner reached the forest than he found Carter's 

 hounds breaking up his fox. Beers behaved better 

 than one might have expected, knowing his failing, 

 a hasty temper. He said to Carter, ''I will be 

 even with you, old boy, one day." 



During the following season, the two packs were 

 hunting in the same district. Carter's fox ran into 

 the Chase ; Beers heard them coming, collected his 

 hounds, and set his whippers-in to look out. It was 

 not long before they viewed Carter's fox ; Beers 

 took up the line, and killed him. The latter came 

 up and said to Beers : 



" You have killed my fox ! " 



" Yes, old man, now we are quits ! " 



/. M. K, Elliott. 



The Cleveland's Foundation (Nov. 13, 1772) 



WHEREAS the happiness of all Countrys 

 does chiefly consist in a Correspondence and 

 friendship of one Neighbour with another, and 

 nothing contributing so much towards it as the 

 frequent conversing of the Gentlemen together, 

 who may thereby quash all Idle Stories that we too 

 often spread about the Country to the Disuniting 

 of some Families and the great prejudice of others. 

 And we having our Forefathers in this Neighbour- 



