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where fences are proverbially strong ; and 

 Goodall had a very serious one on the 1 8th 

 of February 1 87 1. The hounds had forced 

 a fox from Manton gorse, and the first 

 fence he came to was a double post and 

 rail thirteen feet apart ; riding at the ob- 

 stacle at a rapid rate, and his horse, Poli- 

 tician, not clearing it, turned a complete 

 somersault, rolling over his rider and hurt- 

 ing him severely. This laid him up for the 

 remainder of the season, and when I saw 

 him at the kennels in the latter end of April, 

 he was still suffering from its effects. Time 

 and the summer, however, restored him, 

 and he commenced cub-hunting " all right," 

 but on the 25th of October he had another 

 very nasty fall. The hounds met at 

 Wistow, and just as they had settled down 

 with a second" fox found in the covert 

 while galloping at a strong pace across a 

 meadow, his horse put his foot in a hole 

 and rolled over him. Very pluckily he re- 



