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could go for Kaje Wood. Two fields sliort of it a 

 shepherd and his dog turned our fox, but this caused no 

 check as it generally does. Clinging to the Smite until 

 we crossed the canal, we then turned close to the right 

 of Hose Gorse, and inclined to Hose Tillage for a few 

 fields ; crossed the road about midway between Hose 

 and Clawson, and our fox was turned by a shepherd dog 

 in Mr. Colman's home field ; back over the road he went, 

 and straight for Sherbrooke's Cover, crossing the Smite 

 just to the right of it, after which we ran in the shape 

 of the letter S to Over Brought on, leaving the village 

 close on our left hand. Our fox's next point was in a 

 straight line for Willoughby ; about a mile short of it, 

 he wheeled to the right and made for the Curate Gorse, 

 where we were very near to him ; a man standing at the 

 south corner of the cover turned reynard away, and 

 down he went for the Midland Railway, to which he 

 clung, crossing and recrossing it about three or four 

 times, until approaching Widmerpool Station; then 

 leaving the iron road behind him, made for Ehnt Hill 

 plantation. We had then covered eighteen miles of 

 country in an hour and twenty minutes. In a minute 

 or so Tom Eirr was seen galloping up with the Quorn 

 pack, and into the cover he brought his hounds, the 

 Belvoir being close to their fox when the Quorn joined. 

 Almost directly our fox was away, both packs being well 

 together close to his brush. A few rough ploughed 

 fields at the start were in favour of the fox, as scent was 

 rather catchy, partly owing to the number of hares on 

 the move. Over this little difficulty, the pace became 

 a smart gallop, which continued to the end. We 

 ran on pretty straight for Dalby, through the village, 

 also through Dalby Wood. We were soon going over 

 the railway tunnel to the left of Grimstone Gorse, 

 through Saxelby Spinney down to Saxelby Village, 



