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pace to be of any assistance, he came quietly on 

 to Fallow Closes, picked up "Tyrant" (who was 

 short of work, having a toe-nail off) and " Bluecap," 

 and went to Mr. Hay's, at Great Bowden. He 

 there got his own horse, who had eaten a feed of 

 corn, went into Harborough to get a shoe put on, 

 and jogged on home. Charlie went as far as 

 Langton, overtook Morris at Bowden Inn, and 

 went home with him, Tom's horse, " Fresco," 

 carried him capitally up to Keythorpe, and there 

 he stopped trying to get up to me when he viewed 

 the fox. He came on as far as Slawston, and then 

 went on to Bowden Inn, where his horse remained 

 all night. John Pye, my groom, came on the 

 carriage to Harborough when we went to the ball, 

 and brought him home next morning. Tom Firr 

 came home on the box of the carriage after the ball. 

 Of the hounds left out, " Bowman," " Fanny," 

 ''Governess" and "Glory" came home next day; 

 " Monarch " came in on Monday. I never could 

 see the fox or get any advantage on him, and I 

 don't think I lost a chance. At Keythorpe we may 

 have changed, for Tom saw a fox besides that which 

 the hounds were on. Tailby had been in Glooston 

 Wood the day before. There was no check or 

 perceptible change of scent. 



This was the best run I ever saw, and over the 

 finest country and longest distances, straight. There 

 was one ploughed field between Waterloo and Kel- 

 marsh ; the second was next the railway behind 

 Bowden Inn. There was a wheat-field and a 



