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nearly to Cubley Gorse, by Marston Park, down to the 

 Dove, and lost the fox over the Dove, where the railway 

 bridge crosses the river opposite Barrow Hill ; the same 

 bridge by which Captain Dawson crossed in the great 1872 

 run. A propos of that, it is a curious coincidence that 

 Lord Waterpark, and five others, one of whom, Mr. 

 Harrison, was a stranger in the country, should have been 

 the chosen few at the end of it, and that many years before, 

 hounds should have run the same line, and Lord Water- 

 park's father, two or three others, and a stranger, Mr. Ham- 

 mersley, should have been first up at the finish. The latter 

 was so pleased with the way that Mr. Cavendish's horse, 

 Pavilion, carried his rider, that he subsequently bought him. 



The next day at Bramshall was a good one too. They 

 found a brace of foxes in Philips' Gorse, ran one a ring 

 round by Carry Coppice, then over the railway, and leav- 

 ing Leigh on the left, through Park Hall Covert, up to 

 Heybridge dingle, where they turned short back, and killed 

 their fox in Park Hall Covert. Then they killed a brace 

 of mangy ones without any sport. After this, a fox from 

 the Alder Car, Loxley, took them at a great pace by Cuck- 

 old's Haven, across Smallwood Manor, and up to the 

 Forest Banks, between Marchington and Woodroff'e's Cliffs. 

 Here an attempt was made to stop the hounds, but they 

 were still full of running, and raced back to Woodgate, 

 near Uttoxeter, where Mr. Dudley Fox's father used to 

 live. For this last bit there was nobody with them — the 

 Hunt horses being reduced to a walk. 



Day after day sport was excellent. It is impossible to 

 mention everything, but the two following are fair samples. 



November 6th, Blithbury. — They found in the osiers 

 at Mavesyn Ridware, ran by Hill Pidware, leaving Pipe 

 Wood on the left, and Laurence's Wood on the right, down 

 across the Blythe, where the fox turned right-handed as if 

 for Rough Park. But he changed his mind and bent his 

 steps left-handed, and went almost straight to Abbots 

 Bromley, as if his point was Bagot's Woods. Instead of 

 going there, however, he turned short back, his race being 



