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was a notable one, including the Duke of 

 Rutland, the Duke of Portland, Lord John 

 Manners, Sir H. Des Voeux, Lord Cloncurry, 

 Mr. J. W. L. Gilmour, Mrs. Sloane Stanley, 

 Major Longstaffe, Hon. Captain and Mrs. 

 Molyneux, Mr. H. MickletHwaite, Mr. F. 

 Stanley, Captain Tennant, Mr. and Mrs. Adair, 

 Mr. Younger, Captain Smith, Mr. A. Cross, 

 and the veteran Parson BuUen, of Eastwell, 

 looking as much like going as he did twenty 

 years before, though the united ages of himself 

 and horse represented the mellow total of one 

 hundred and three years. Old Hills was the 

 first draw, and a fox away in a twink up the 

 opposite hill, paying no heed to indiscreet 

 horsemen moving about in front. After going 

 a mile men's minds were exercised about an 

 awkward place in a hollow, which provoked 

 strong language as they swerved right and left ; 

 several scrambled over and others got in, whilst 

 reynard favored the field by a two miles' circuit 

 back to covert. As people came galloping up 

 a glance revealed a gentleman of high degree 

 to have sustained an imperial crowner, and a 

 brave soldier exhibits signs of a sanguinary 

 struggle. Hounds snapped up their fox in 

 covert, and got away quickly in the wake of 



