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sliowing capital sport this season, and have had 

 clipping runs almost every day. (3n Thursday 

 week they had such a run as will long be remem- 

 bered in Cleveland. On that day the fixture was 

 Osborne's Rush. The morning was by no means 

 promismg for sport, and the rain whicli came 

 pouring down served to make the country dirtier 

 and deeper. The timid and fine weather sports- 

 men stayed at home, consequently we had a 

 small field, and havino- a lono- draw before we 

 found, some who had ventured to the ' meet ' cut 

 it, but would no doubt regret having done so 

 afterwards. At one o'clock the watery god dried 

 up his tears, and as we were drawing Eston Nab 

 Whin we shook out our feathers and indulofed in 

 the hope we might yet have a run, and that we 

 had the sequel will show. The hounds had not 

 been five minutes in cover when Reynard was 

 pronounced at home, and instantly he broke away 

 to Sir J. Lowther's plantations. The hounds 

 got away on capital terms w^ith their fox, and 

 raced him away to Court Green through the 

 cover, and straight away to Guisbrough Park ; 

 here he never dwelt a moment, but broke away 

 to the south extremity right across the vale of 

 Guisbro' up the hill to Bell End, and forward as 

 hard as he could pepper to Howden Gill. Up to 

 this point the pace was terrific and the country 

 most trying, and the select few who saw the 

 beauties top the wall at Howden Gill hoped it 



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