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day especially. Tlie noble Duke's appearance 

 in the saddle, after being laid up for some 

 weeks, was welcomed by a large assemblage at 

 Three Queens, comprising most of the 

 celebrities from Melton, and several well- 

 mounted ladies. 



The Earl of Scarborough and Lord Forester, 

 although precluded by infirmities from par- 

 ticipating in the sport as they were wont, 

 saw a lot of fun upon wheels, and could 

 relate incidents of which first flight men knew 

 nothing. The order for Tippings Gorse 

 having been given, Cooper had no sooner put 

 hounds into covert than a wide-awake fox was 

 off, straight across the heath to Saltby Church. 

 At a good pace, hounds slipped along past the 

 village, bearing to the right, as if for Sproxton 

 Thorns. Keeping along the hollow, they 

 passed Sproxton in the direction of Coston 

 Covert. The fox, however, held to the left, 

 and ran up to Buckminster, where he was 

 quite beaten, and being headed, dodged about 

 some small inclosures near the Park and got 

 to ground, after a capital burst of half-an-hour. 



One of the most memorable runs of that 

 year occured on Saturday, the 21st of March, 



