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his more usual fate being to be chopped at last, 

 before getting fairly on his legs. The five men 

 who saw the finish, good men and true all of 

 them have, alas, joined the majority ; and we 

 believe Mr. Parrington and Bob Brunton are the 

 only men living w^ho met the hounds at Osborne's 

 Rush on that eventful December morning. 



Hunting was sometimes carried on when in 

 other countries it would be considered impossible, 

 and a hunt in the snow is by no means unknown 

 to the present generation of Cleveland sportsmen. 

 Mr. W. Scarth, of Carlton Grove, tells of a run 

 in the snow wliich took place in the month of 

 February, 1853. There was a heavy snowstorm 

 in the early part of that year which lasted two 

 months, and foxhunters were exercised at so long 

 a stop being put to their favourite sport. 

 Accordingly it was arranged to have a hunt in 

 spite of the weather, and Kilton Bank was the 

 appointed place. Mr. John Andrew and his two 

 sons, Tom and George, set off with the hounds ; 

 but on reaching Brotton they found the roads so 

 full of snow that furthei* progress on horseback 

 was impossible. Mr. Andrew took the horses 

 home, and his sons proceeded on foot with the 

 hounds. The field was a small one as may bo 

 supposed, and all were on foot except Messrs. W. 

 Scarth, who rode a Nisrock liorse, and Watson 

 Dixon, John Booth, and George Andrew, who 

 were mounted on Mr, Tliomas Fetch's draught 



