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a fine sporting run of one hour and thirty 

 minutes, with hounds working admirably, and 

 out of a large field Lord Cloncurry, Captain 

 Smith, Mr. George Drummond, Captain Boyce, 

 Mr. Praed, and Mr. W. Chaplin were the only 

 representatives to witness the end of a magnifi- 

 cent day^s sport. 



During the summer of 1883 two well-known 

 followers of the Belvoir hounds passed away — 

 The Rev. T. Heathcote, of Lenton, and 

 Mr. Hardy, of Grantham. Mr. Heathcote, 

 during the time his cousin Arthur had the 

 Surrey Stag hounds, frequently hunted with 

 him from the Durdans at Epsom. He used to 

 ride uncommonly hard, and it was related that 

 a terrible cropper, whilst staying there, over a 

 hog-backed stile one frosty morning, would 

 have killed nine men out of ten, though he for- 

 tunately escaped with cuts and bruises. A covert 

 planted by him near Folkingham has afforded 

 some fine runs on the borders of the Fens. 

 Mr. Hardy was a constant attendant at the 

 covert side for many years, no distance being 

 too far or day too long. He had many tussles 

 with Sir Thomas Whichcote, the pair fre- 

 quently cutting out the work, especially in the 



