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several visitors from tlie Quom and Cottesmore 

 being present. The company included the 

 Empress Frederick of Germany, Prince and 

 Princess Henry of Battenburg, the Duke and 

 Duchess of Rutland, Lord Edward Manners, 

 Lady Victoria and Lord William Manners, 

 the Marchioness of Granby, Hon. H. and Lady 

 A. Scott, Sir H. Cholmeley, Mr. F. C. Stanley, 

 etc. By noon Lord Edward Manners gave 

 orders for the Salt Becks, where, almost as 

 soon as hounds entered, a holloa on the north 

 took them quickly away. No sooner had the 

 pack recognised the evidence than other foxes 

 attracted attention, and their pursuers divided 

 in a scrambling scamper by Muston and back 

 to Belvoir. The spectators who lined the 

 turreted walls enjoyed a capital view of the 

 chase, though the run had been short and 

 fencing not of much account. Trotting away 

 to Normanton Thorns a brace of foxes were 

 roused, hounds settling nicely on the line of 

 one who set his head straight for Long 

 Bennington. A blustering sheep dog appeared 

 on the scene, with the effect of turning reynard 

 back across the Normanton road. The inter- 

 ruption caused Gillard to recheat the hounds 

 and retrace his steps in a westerly course past 



