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country before reaching Shield's Gorse, and 

 from this there was clever hunting as hounds 

 pointed for Col. Willson's covert, which, how- 

 ever, turned out not to be the point the tod 

 was seeking. Leaving Brandon on the left, 

 scent became fickle and the fox got the best of 

 it at Stubton Plantations, after an exciting run 

 of forty-five minutes. But the hunt was not 

 confined to this, there was a duplicate going 

 on all the time : It turned out that Gillard 

 was leaving the turnip field at Honington with 

 the body of the pack at the same moment that 

 another fox jumped up, with five or six 

 couples close to his brush. A light-weight 

 in a cap appeared to be the only person handy, 

 or to have known of the brace of foxes, and as 

 this section set to work swiftly in an opposite 

 direction he couldn't resist the temptation, and, 

 being joined by another hard rider, the two, 

 without hesitation, gleefully assumed the 

 duties of huntsman and whip, sticking to their 

 little band bravely as they ran hard across to 

 the Grantham and Leadenham road. Soon 

 after doubling round by Carlton Ashes and 

 passing Mr. Cartwright's, these hounds picked 

 up their quarry in grand style, the amateur 

 huntsman and his assistant duly decapitating 



