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area. Nash's Gorse is a cover of good repute for a 

 fox. When you get away you soon come in contact 

 with the stone walls. Has anyone seen a bad fall 

 over a wall ? Of course there must be some spills 

 when facing these formidable obstacles, but I cannot 

 recall ever seeing one. The lesson one learns here 

 is. Never be too anxious to ride at the spot where 

 the main body have weakened the fence : if you do, 

 trouble will be your lot sooner or later. Your 

 horse will make his best effort when he is quietly 

 taking a fence on his own and not fussed by the 

 crowd. I once heard a man say that those who 

 ride at post and rails will come to grief sooner or 

 later. I cannot subscribe to this theory. Pro- 

 vided they are not too formidable and you ride 

 carefully I believe you are safer by taking the rails. 

 You are pretty certain to find the going is better 

 and the landing sound. My motto is, If you cannot 

 steer, well, don't come out hunting. Most of the 

 accidents one sees are invariably to he or she who 

 is an indifferent pilot. 



Real good fun is sure to follow a Meet at Lotmead 

 Gate. Capt. Kingscote was the first Master to 

 hunt this side of the country regularly ; whenever 

 you go ther'C a fox seems to spring from nowhere, 

 and a good run is assured. 



Two good days came from this Meet last season ; 

 the first we took a fox well into the Old Berks 

 country to finish at Wanborough ; finally a great 

 gallop back to Swindon to pull up at the Lawn. 

 But the great day followed a few weeks later when 

 our second fox of the day took us just short of 



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