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old dog was going like an arrow, with his head poked 

 out ; the hounds were flashing about and not running 

 seriously ; some of them would gallop past him and 

 then come back behind him. The scent was so 

 strong that I could wind it on horseback. The 

 trainer was at the winning post, and when the old 

 dog arrived he rammed his head into a pot full of 

 feed. The match did not come off in consequence of 

 the illness or death of some relation. 



Season began 12th September. I again took 

 Sir James Burnett' s house. A boy, William, was 

 born there on 6th September — Lord Loughborough, 

 godfather. 



