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interest by the farmers and country folk, who 

 enjoy the outing immensely ; and although 

 pressing and liberal efforts have been made 

 towards restoring the races to Grantham, the 

 Ingoldsby course maintains its popularity 

 amongst hunting men, under the indefatigable 

 supervision of Mr. T. A. R. Heathcote, and 

 is as attractive and pleasant to ride over as 

 any in England, the only drawback being the 

 difficulty of access and want of accommodation 

 for horses in the vicinity. Whilst writing 

 of this neighbourhood I may mention the 

 name of an old gentleman who held the living 

 of Ingoldsby in by-gone times, the Rev. N. 

 C. Lane. He was a devoted admirer of the 

 thorough-bred, and report had it that whilst 

 an undergraduate at Cambridge of slender 

 means, he was the owner of thirteen brood mares, 

 without having a single acre of land, and 

 consequently obliged to joist them out with 

 farmers at the most convenient places he could 

 find. They were expensive luxuries, and left 

 him often short of coin, but his love for them 

 never abated, and he could not bear the idea 

 of parting. Mr. Lane was delighted to show 

 his youngsters to anyone who could appreciate 

 them, and I remember an ancestor of mine 



