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for a good run. After some delay part of the 

 hounds struck a trail leading toward Newtown 

 Square, and most of the hounds of the several 

 packs, with all the horsemen, excepting a few, 

 went off with it. Some eight or ten young hounds, 

 however, were crying on a trail across the West 

 Chester road, and were heading to the northwest- 

 ward. Three of the hunters, Pratt Bishop, Dr. 

 Huidekoper, and the author followed these 

 hounds. Tliis fox was soon jumped afresh, and 

 the hounds went off at a lively pace toward the 

 Paoli Monument; but the hounds, being young, 

 needed much encouragement, as the fox was a 

 strong, cunning runner, and gave work that might 

 have puzzled older hounds, and occasioned many 

 losses. Our youngsters, however, were keen, and 

 kept him running. As the afternoon wore on, the 

 fox and hounds were tiring, and as the fox was 

 taking to the top rails of fences, the young hounds 

 quit and laid down to rest. Then the hunters had 

 to exert themselves to get the hounds to keep up 

 the running, and this was done by lifting one of 

 the best of them to the fence top, holding him 

 there until he could smell the track, and when he 

 showed he had caught it by giving tongue, the 

 rails were thus tried further on, and finally, when 

 the scent could no longer be found on the fence, 

 a cast of the fields was made to get the track 



