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hounds were pressing him sorely as he turned 

 round again towards Leadenham, pulling him 

 down in the middle of a grass field about a 

 mile below Col. Reeve's. Had it not been for 

 the intervention of '' Lemalong " (?) Lane and 

 the Broughton road, few would have witnessed 

 the finish of one of the finest hunting runs on 

 record, lasting one hour and forty minutes. 

 At a rough estimate, the distance traversed by 

 hounds may be computed at about 15 miles ; 

 and although the pace sometimes was not fast, 

 there was a deal of hard work to be performed, 

 and glad enough were many riders when the 

 finale was sounded. Men and horses had had 

 enough, and Cooper being nearly twenty miles 

 from home, did not, of course, draw again. I 

 believe this run was conceded as best of the 

 season. 



The late Duke of Rutland rode hard in both 

 Goodall's time and Cooper's. He liked pulling 

 horses, and when hounds ran, seldom cared to 

 look for the weaker places in the fences, but 

 went banging along, rough or smooth. This 

 entailed some severe falls, which laid him up for 

 a time, but did not deter him from keeping 

 company with hounds when he got out again. 



