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but I hit him off without delay away to the right 

 over the road. From here he ran on straight, 

 leaving Babbington Springs and Normanton on his 

 right, nearly to the Grassthorpe Brook. The fox 

 then turned to his right and went over the railway 

 and the brook, away, having Weston on his left, 

 straight for Ossington. Turning to his left, he ran 

 right across the park, and running from scent to 

 view, they pulled him down in the open a mile 

 farther on. A very fine run indeed ; a twelve-mile 

 point — eighteen miles as the hounds ran it, and 

 never touching a cover ; a very stout fox. Time, 

 one hour and forty-five minutes. Bitches, 18 

 couples. 



As I think the run of February 3rd, 1899, 

 about the best run I had during my Mastership, I 

 am tempted to insert an account which appeared 

 in the newspapers of it from their correspondent : — 



A GRAND RUN WITH VISCOUNT GALWAY'S HOUNDS. 



Those who ventured to the meet at Darlton last Friday 

 were well rewarded, for a better hunt has seldom been seen. 

 The weather was uncertain ; several degrees of frost had made 

 its mark. However, the roads were the worst, and by noon 

 the sun, shining brightly, made the going fairly good and 

 shortly after it rapidly improved. His lordship, who had 

 travelled through from the south of France, only reached Ret- 

 ford station at 10.5, looking fit and well, and amongst a dis- 

 tinguished gathering at the meet we noticed Mr. Charles 

 Wright, the Duchess of Newcastle, Viscount Newark, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson (Markham Hall), Captain 

 Sykes (of the Queen's Bays), Mr. Tom Wilson (the Master of 

 the Burton) and Mrs. Wilson, Colonel and Miss Denison, Mr. 

 Harry Whit worth and Mr. Darley (from the Fitzwilliam), 

 Mr. George Peck, Mr. Edwin Smith, Mr. W. Gibbs, Mr. Hunt, 

 Mr. Charles Stafford, Mrs. Peake (West Retford House), Mr. 



