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father got Mr. H. Tomasson to bring the Penistone 

 Harriers. They found the stag near Trueman's 

 Lodge and had an extraordinary fine run, as they 

 ran him away past Rufford, and when near Aver- 

 ham my father saw the stag some four fields 

 ahead, trotting calmly along, and jumping big 

 fences without any effort. On looking round he 

 found there were only three hounds left who 

 could make any effort at all, so he stopped them 

 and picked up the stragglers on their way home. 

 The stag was shot in the cornfields near Kelham 

 in the summer. 



My father kept his keenness for hunting, as in 

 the last years he frequently came down by the 

 early train to hunt, after voting in the House of 

 Commons. 



The boundaries of the Grove Hunt are as 

 follows : — On the west and north the rivers Rother 

 and Don ; on the east the river Trent ; on the 

 south from the Trent it runs up the Grassthorpe 

 brook, on just below Scarthingmoor to Tuxford, 

 along the North Road to Markham Moor, then 

 along the road straight all the way down the 

 Clumber Drive to Clumber Bridge. Here the 

 water is the boundary up to Carburton Old Toll 

 Bar ; then it follows the road so as to include 



