240 The Belvoir. 



Belvoir on account of his good Destitute having 

 been bred there, and being descended, on the 

 dam's side, from Mr. Drake's Duster. 



In the following season I met Mr. Ernest 

 Chaplin, who invited me to accept a mount and 

 have a day with the Belvoir. Of course I was 

 only too pleased to avail myself of such a kind 

 offer. During the season I received a very 

 courteous letter inviting me to Grantham, offering 

 me quarters and mounts for two days' hunting. 

 Accordingly I went to " The Angel," and met 

 there some gentlemen of my acquaintance and 

 had an enjoyable time. 



In the morning I was riding to the Meet, and 

 at Lord Brownlow's lodge gates I fell in with 

 Gillard, who was letting his pack out of the van. 

 He had the big pack out, all dogs, and a fine 

 lot they were I and I was fortunate in having a 

 ride to covert, a few miles distant, in his company. 

 The fixture was " Byard's Leap," near to a 

 wayside house. I was taken to see the Leap, 

 marked out by four stumps with a horseshoe on 

 each. There was a legend about it to which 

 I did not pay much attention beyond thinking 

 that our forefathers enjoyed greater license for 

 " throwing the hatchet" than is permitted to their 

 descendants. 



