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Frank Gillard and two or three others got well 

 over the stream, but there were panting steeds 

 shuddering at its gurgling waters, their riders 

 seeking to condone the offence by the com- 

 promise of riding in and out. In this they 

 are disappointed, for the treacherous banks 

 refuse foot-hold, and they slide calmly down 

 into the cooling element. Whilst this was 

 going on hounds were racing for their fox, 

 who just saved his life by gaining refuge in a 

 sand earth about a mile north of Honington 

 Station, after a headlong stampede without a 

 check for twenty-five minutes. The pace from 

 first to last was tremendous, combining the 

 characteristics of a steeple-chase. Frank 

 Gillard, who was riding an exceptionally fast 

 horse, held the lead most of the way, with 

 Major Longstaffe, Mr. C. Clarke (junior), 

 Mr. Fisher, and a few others in the best places. 



A splitting run took place from Mr. Welby's 

 plantations at Allington early in November, 

 1 89 1. Hounds met at Bel voir ; the noble Duke, 

 Lad}^ Victoria Manners, and a large field being 

 present. Not much was done round the castle in 

 the morning ; but later on a fox from Allington 



