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foiled the line, and they never got on to it again. It was a merry burst to Fox- 

 holes, and had the merit of sending a lot of half-frozen fox-hunters home warm. 



It transpired to-day that that capital sportsman, Mr. Campbell, of Woodseat, 

 whose horse fell with him on Tuesday, near Floyer's Coppice, sustained con- 

 cussion of the brain, and, though reported to be better, is still far from being as 

 well as his many friends could wish him to be. 



March 1st, 1899. On Monday and Tuesday there was no hunting on account 

 of frost, but on Tuesday night there was a sudden rise of temperature, and by 

 Wednesday morning the ground was in a fit condition for hvmting. So hounds 

 went to Newton Gorse, the fixture for the previous day. On a warm, sunny morn- 

 ing we tried various places for foxes, but found them not. Newton Gorse, two or 

 three small spinnies in the park, Blithfield Gorse, Spencer's Plantation, Blithe Moor, 

 and Stanley Wood were all blank, and it was not till we got to the Rhododendron 

 Covert that our ears were gladdened by the welcome note of opening hound. 

 And then a little boy shrieked tallyho in the fox's face and headed him. But 

 the reprimanding which the little boy got so frightened the fox that he thought 

 it best to shift his quarters, and made off" as if for Bagot's Bromley, but promptly 

 turned back into Duckley Wood. Hounds could not run him a yard, but oppor- 

 tune information was forthcoming of his having gone across to the Warren, and 

 of his having a snare on his leg. They hit oS' his line and ran him across a few 

 fields to ground in the pit-hole below Heatley. They found again in Lord's 

 Coppice, and a good fox was away across the open pointing for Bromley Park in 

 no time, but there was next to no scent, and two and a half couples of hounds 

 slipping on spoilt what little there was. However, some one had seen the fox, 

 and they got on his line and walked after him a little ring back into Bagot's 

 Park, and into the woods, where they ran him fitfully till they went home. 



On Thursday hounds did not hunt, out of respect to the memory of Colonel 

 Levett. In him the county has lost a genial, kindly friend, landlord, and 

 neighbour, while the Hunt will miss his keen interest in its welfare. 



Saturday saw hounds at Foremark, and a very small field assembled to meet 

 them. A fox was found in Robin Wood, was bustled sharply round the covert, 

 and rolled over — a fine old dog fox. They found again at Bretby, but could do 

 nothing with him. 



DEATH OF COLONEL T. J. LEVETT. 



We very much regret to state that Colonel T. J. Levett, of Wichnor Park, 

 died on Sunday in the south of France. By the announcement which we made 

 on Saturday as to the hopeless condition of the Colonel our readers will have 

 been somewhat prepared for the sad event, but it will nevertheless come as a 

 shock to all who knew the deceased, for it was only within the past few weeks 

 that the medical advisers began to despair of their patient's recovery, and even 

 then the serious state of his health was not known far beyond the family circle. 

 Some time ago Colonel Levett began to manifest signs of general breakdown, and 

 the symptoms increased with alarming rapidity. Speedy removal abroad was 

 decided upon by the doctors as a last resource, and when a few weeks back the 

 Colonel left Wichnor for Pau, the belief was pretty general that the gallant oflBcer 

 would never return alive. He was accompanied abroad by his wife, Lady Jane 

 Levett, and medical attendants, and the services of two English nurses were 

 obtained from Paris. The accounts of the state of the patient which from time 

 to time reached his relatives in England only confirmed the fears which prevailed 

 on his departure, and a day or two ago the intelligence came that the case was 



