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amongst the chief pilots, no matter whether 

 pitted against the flower of Melton or the 

 sturdy men of Lincoln. 



There was a good deal of frost during the 

 months of January and February, 1880, and 

 a curious coincidence showing the pluck of 

 reynard was related. It appeared that as an 

 owner of greyhounds, accompanied by two of 

 them, was crossing a turnip field, up jumped 

 a large fox and made off, with one of the dogs, 

 which his master could not restrain, giving 

 chase. The fox went over a low wall into the 

 next field, and had not gone many yards before 

 the dog caught him, and was immediately 

 seized in his turn by the throat and pinned 

 with a firm grip. All the dog's efforts to 

 shake off his pugnacious opponent were use- 

 less, and in a few minutes the dog, after giving 

 two or three convulsive gasps, lay stone dead, 

 and on his astonished master getting up 

 reynard jumped on the wall, and with a 

 triumphant whisk of his brush and look of 

 defiance bade him adieu. 



A red letter day was notified on Saturday, 

 19th February, 1881. The meet at Piper Hole 



