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material was by no means bad 3 for though short of work, 

 he went to within the last six miles, when not being able to 

 get him over a sheep hurdle, and finding some of the hard 

 riding dons, (Sir James Musgrave among the rest,) unable 

 to go any further, I tin-ned his head homewards, to save 

 his life. 



The pace Lord Middeeton's hounds went, through 

 the whole of this run, (the severity of the country also 

 being taken into consideration,) exceeded any thing I had 

 before seen or heard of, or that I have ever seen since ; and 

 which only hounds in the very best condition could have 

 gone. It is worthy of remark, that during the run it hailed 

 and rained, with a cutting north-cast wind ; and if my 

 recollection serves me, it was a day before or after Christ- 

 mas. I was asked the same night, by several hard-riding 

 men, assembled at the club-room, Stratford-upon-Avon, 

 ' What is become of the fox ?' which I could not answer, 

 but it proves my assertion as to the severity of the run. — 

 Thus far Nimrod. 



THE SAME, BY ACTION, JUNIOR. 



In a communication from Action, jun. that gentleman 

 informs us — The Field, on the day this capital run took 

 place, met at Idlicote. Found, and after a sharp burst, 

 killed towards Lord Northampton's. — Then drew all his 

 covers until they came to Gilk's Brake, where most of the 

 Field left. We fotind here, and our fox went straight for 

 Tibbard ; turned to the right for Eathorpe ; over Thurlaston 

 hills, and then for Ditchley, where he earthed. We did not 

 hunt the next day, as the hounds stopped at the Duke of 

 Beaufort's kennels all night. Sir Charles Mordaitnt's 

 horse was left at Lord Clonmell's. at Weston. Sir 



