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woodlands and over the Lincolnshire district. 

 Possessing fine hands, clever horses, and an 

 accurate knowledge of the country, when hounds 

 ran Mr. Hardy was sure to be near, and being 

 a shrewd observer and keen critic, few men 

 were able to relate incidents of the chase more 

 sententiously than he. 



On the 2nd March, 1887, interest was 

 manifested in the assembly at Buckminster, 

 the seat of Earl Dysart, and a new meet. 

 The Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Portland, 

 Earl and Countess Brownlow, the Countess of 

 Wilton and Mr. Pryor, Col. Willson, Major 

 and Mrs. Amcotts, Col. Forester, Major 

 Longstaffe, Mr. Chaplin, Sir H. Cholmeley, 

 and many others present. When the cavalcade 

 moved out of the court yard the sight was as 

 enlivening as varied, for you saw a large 

 contingent of the best men in England, on the 

 finest specimens of hunters that money could 

 procure, in contradistinction to the nondescript 

 rider, who, on a half cart horse, enjoys his 

 outing with the biggest of them, if you may 

 judge by the way his hob-nailed boots punch 

 the sides of the impassive animal he bestrides. 

 The trap tit, too, steps gaily along in front of 



