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RUN WITH THE SOUTH NOTTS. HOUNDS. 



On Tuesday, December 23rd, these hounds met at 

 Pinxton Station, and trotted off to Alfreton Park for 

 their first draw, with, however, no result j and then 

 Lord Harrington drew Shaw Wood, the Wingfield 

 Doverts, and Linway Springs, none of which, however, 

 held a fox. He then went on to Ogston Carr, drawing 

 Clattercotes on the way blank, but in the Carr, one of 

 the right sort was soon afoot, and in a few minutes a 

 fine old fox broke at the lower end. Hounds were out 

 directly after him, and drove him along at a good pace, 

 bending to the right underneath the hill opposite 

 Overton, but before reaching the latter place, he turned 

 to the left, and went straight up the hill side to the top 

 of High Ordisli. Here the pace, which had up to this 

 point been very fast, still further increased, and hounds 

 raced on over Critchlow Farm on to Tansley Common, 

 turning again to the right past the reservoir, and out on 

 to the open moor. They now went straight to Sydnop 

 without a check at all — too fast for horses to keep up 

 with them — but, on reaching the last-named jDlace, some 

 slow hunting ensued, until about a mile further on 

 hounds came to a check in a plantation by Flash Dam. 

 Up to this point they had run about ten miles. After 

 about half an hour's delay here, they hit off either the 

 same line or another, and ran a fair pace back to the 

 Chesterfield and Matlock road, which they crossed about 

 a mile above the " Lord Nelson " Inn, and from here 

 getting on better terms with their fox, they ran fast 

 right back to Ogston Carr, where they originally found. 

 Prom the Carr back again took two hours and a half, 



