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another, going beautifully along by a planta- 

 tion on the south nearly to Melton Spinney. 

 Approaching the railway the fox was headed and 

 passed the outskirts of Melton, with brilliant 

 running over a long stretch of grass on the 

 left of Holwell to Kettleby, where was a short 

 check, but they were soon away past Wartnaby 

 and Cant's Thorns straight into Griniston 

 Gorse, where the fox went to ground. A hardy 

 terrier ejected him, but he found a safer 

 asylum near a farm house and had to be left. 

 Amongst the half-score who had the best of 

 this superlative run of an hour and thirty-five 

 minutes, was a lady on a brown horse, who 

 rode admirably, the most awkward fences 

 being negotiated without the slightest mistake. 

 There was a good deal more to be done yet, for 

 in the afternoon they found a tough old 

 customer at Clawson Thorns. After breaking 

 away by Holwell Mouth and Little Belvoir, he 

 led them a merry dance past Cant's Thorns to 

 Welby Church, turning by Pen Hill to 

 AVartnaby Stone Pits. Here the fox made up 

 his mind for the Vale, hounds rattling along 

 past Nether Broughton and Dalby Grange, 

 and catching him up beautifully on the hillside 

 a few fields from Dalby Wood. This also was 



