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serviceable, but more graceful costume of the riding habit. Three ladies, viz. 

 tlie two Misses Meynell Ingram, and the Hon. Mrs. Colvile, went splendidly 

 from ind to kill. To them, I know, no "jealous swell " will refuse to assign on 

 this occasion the frst 2)^ace. 



Cakrion Crow. 



On February 23rcl they ran from Wichnor, a half 

 circle, to Dunstall, six miles in half an hour, when a 

 snowstorm came on, and saved the fox's life. On March 

 21st, hounds ran from Day's Covert by Wilde Park, 

 through Meynell Langley Gorse without dwelling, by 

 Vicar Wood, and killed their fox at Markeaton, four miles 

 and three-quarters in thirty-three minutes. 



The next day of any moment was on March 26th, 

 when they drew Foston blank, and also the new gorse at 

 Hoon (the present Hilton Gorse), but found at Sutton. 

 From there they ran under the small gorse at Sutton, 

 crossed the Etwall and Sutton road, and so down to 

 Hilton. Going on from this point, they crossed the Long- 

 ford brook, on by Hatton field to Barton Hall, all the 

 time at a strong pace. At Barton the fox was headed, 

 and they checked, but hit it off again, and ran by Barton 

 Fields and Gorstey Fields, down to the Limbersitch brook, 

 where a fresh fox jumped up, and caused a check. But 

 they hunted the run fox on, through Alkmonton bottoms, 

 into Longford Car, where they viewed the beaten fox 

 in the covert. But he and a fresh one went away at the 

 same time, and they ran the latter by Hollington, by Over 

 Burrows, nearly to Langley Wood. Then back again, 

 almost the same line, through Culland, and stopped the 

 hounds pointing for Shirley Park. It was a very hard 

 day, and they had to leave two of the Hunt horses 

 at Longford. 



As will be gathered from these few samples of the best 

 runs, it was not a brilliant season, there being very few 

 " on end" runs, as the old writers termed them. 



They killed in regular hunting, eighteen brace ; ran to 

 ground, four ; blank days, one ; total number of hunting- 

 days, sixty-five. 



