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equally quick and sharp. On nearly reaching the 

 Debdales, the fox found out it was no use twisting 

 about any longer, so he shot away to the right, crossing 

 the Nottingham and Grantham railway, and over the 

 river Devon, and straight for Scrimshaw's mill, when he 

 suddenly changed his course by turning sharp round 

 past Muston, leaving it away to the left, re-crossed the 

 river Devon, on to and through Shipman's plantation, 

 close past Breeder Hills, when our fox was viewed by 

 the field only a field ahead of the hounds, and they 

 were not long then in racing into him ; caught him just 

 before reaching "Woolsthorpe wharf, thus ending as fast 

 a gallop as I ever saw, lasting thirty-five minutes. 

 Hounds did not require the least assistance from begin- 

 ning to the finish. As good a gallop as this was, it 

 proved only a pipe-opener for a fox, who was found at 

 Jericho, going straight away past Elton and Orston at 

 a pace quite fast enough over those ploughs for the 

 horses to keep with them. Getting on to the grass, 

 they raced on passed Thoroton, and forward to the 

 Coronation cover (Flintham), where we unfortunately 

 changed to a fresh fox, but scent being so good, and 

 our horses a bit pumped, nothing could be done to right 

 matters ; all we could do was to keep pegging away; and 

 on reaching the lied Lodge, a turn took us by Screveton 

 and Scarrington to Whatton, when it became dark; and 

 with difiiculty we succeeded in stopping hounds, thus 

 ending a real good and very hard day for both hounds 

 and horses. Mr. George Drummond was the only 

 gentleman to get to the end of this good run. 



January 6th, 1875. — Met at Piper Hole. A fox 

 found at Clawson Thorns, did not give much sport; our 

 next was found at Harby Hills, and was run over the 



