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ditches to Bole. Hunted him on to Fenton Gorse, 

 where we raced back to Bole Willows to ground 

 and got him out. He was quite dead when we 

 got to him, as he had been suffocated. One hour, 

 forty minutes. Dogs, 15 couples. 



January 24th, 1888. — Met at Hodsock Red 

 Bridge. Found in Forest Plantation and raced 

 through the Hundred Acres by Thievesdale to 

 AlHson's Gorse, on by Blythlaw Hill and over the 

 Torworth Fields to Breckswood and Serlby Park. 

 Here a check, but went away with a fox from the 

 Laurels, back to Blythlaw Hill, and round by Rans- 

 kill to Torworth and killed him. Two hours, 

 twenty minutes. Found in Horse Pasture Wood, 

 away by the Hundred Acres, but halloed to a fresh 

 fox and away to Carlton, Hodsock, Winks Wood, 

 Blythlaw Hill, back to Hodsock and Carlton Vil- 

 lage. Stopped the hounds at dark, after running 

 one hour and fifty-five minutes. Bitches, 15 

 couples ; wind, south-west. 



February 6th, 1888.— Met at Sutton Cross 

 Roads. Killed a fox almost directly in Belmore 

 Wood. Danes Hill blank. Found three foxes in 

 Barnby Wood, and raced away over the railway 

 up the river to the Butts, and to his right over 

 the railway and canal by Babworth, on to Thrump- 

 ton. Here checked ; on again over the railway 

 and up to Mount Vernon, where the fox got into 

 the buildings, and he bit me through the thumb 

 before the hounds killed him. We did no more 



