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rented Culverthorpe Hall, whose horse, after 

 scotching, jumped high and short, dropping 

 splash in the middle. In the meantime hounds 

 rattled along through Lenton Pasture without 

 a pause, making straight for Laughton, where 

 this tough old veteran was pulled down in the 

 middle of a seed field, after one of the finest 

 runs in Goodall's time, in an hour and ten 

 minutes. This part of the country reminds 

 me of a story that was told by an old sportsman 

 of the Belvoir, which, incredible as it may ap- 

 pear, was vouched for by no less an authority, 

 and of which he was an eye witness, to 

 the following effect : After a fast burst 

 from one of the neighbouring woods, hounds 

 ran their fox into a shallow drain near 

 Ingoldsby, and it was resolved to collar reynard 

 and give him to the pack. This proved easier 

 said than done, for the fox, after being got out^ 

 held aloft amid triumphant shouting, and 

 thrown to the hounds, actually escaped. The 

 miraculous preservation was accounted for by 

 several hounds springing simultaneously in 

 the air to catch their intended victim before he 

 reached the ground, and knocking each other 

 over, whilst the fox, in the confusion and 

 struggling which ensued, darted under their 



