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to slow hunting ; but with great perseverance on the 

 part of the hounds, we reached Gunby AYarren, where 

 we killed this stout fox, after running upwards of three 

 hours. 



January 26th, 1872. — Met at Haverholme Priory. 

 An excellent day's sport — two good runs, both ending 

 with blood. The first run commenced from Eveden 

 Wood, ending at Swarby. This was a splendid gallop, 

 in which Sir Thomas Whichcote certainly had the best 

 of it. He was in front of a hard-riding field most of 

 the way, and, with but few, saw the pack run into their 

 fox. Time, forty-seven minutes ; distance, from point 

 to point, six miles — much further the way hounds ran. 

 Second gallop started from Osbournby Hill Top. Ean 

 to Aswarby Thorns, then in a backward direction as far 

 as Aswarby Park ; from thence straight away by Silk 

 Willoughby and Quarrington to Eauceby, when our 

 fox ran right away back on his foil to Aswarby Park, 

 and we killed him in the shrubbery by the gardens, thus 

 ending a fine day's sport. Time of this run, an hour 

 and twenty minutes. Sir Thomas Whichcote declared 

 it was the best day's sport he had seen for a great 

 number of years, and thought the first gallop the best 

 he had seen since Goosey's time. 



January 14th, 1873.— Met at Bottesford. A fine 

 scenting day, which resulted in excellent sport. Our 

 first draw was Normanton little cover, and a fox being 

 at home, hounds were soon at work in good earnest ; 

 but in spite of this, reynard stuck to his snug covert for 

 five minutes, when away he went to the left of JS'orman- 

 ton village, after which he turned first one way and then 

 another, but all to no purpose, the pack was able to turn 



