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season, and I have often hoped that some abler pen than 

 mine would have sent you an account of some of their 

 doings. The country is only a small one, the Sedgefield 

 portion of the old Durham county ; and since the country 

 was divided into North and South Durham six years ago, 

 the South Durham have never had a blank day, which fact 

 shows how popular the venerable master, Mr. John Harvey, 

 is with the farmers and fox preservers. 



On Wednesday, 16th, the meet was Fishburn. We drew 

 Galley Law, HumbleUnowle, Park House, Cleveland Gorse, 

 Five Houses, and Kelloe Moors blank ; found a fox in the 

 rush beds at Kelloe banks ; got away on good terms, point- 

 ing for Thornley, crossed the Wingate lane, turning to the 

 right over Kelloe Moors, towards the Glebe whin, leaving 

 this on the left nearly to Coxhoe Bridge station ; turned to 

 the right towards Coxhoe Hall (as if the fox was going to 

 visit that true supporter of the hunt, Mr. Richard Forster), 

 and was run into in the open after twenty-five minutes 

 without a check, and at a very fast pace. The Master then 

 gave the order for Low Raisby Moor, before reaching which 

 Bevans, the first whip, spied a travelling fox a long distance 

 off, which no doubt had been on foot for some time, as, after 

 fifteen minutes, straight and fast, the hounds ran into him 

 in the middle of a field near Mr. Tait's house. J 



On Monday, the 21st, the meet was Embleton. The first 

 draw was Stotfold whin, then Brierton, neither of which 

 held, probably owing to many of the Hartlepool and Stock- 

 ton division, instead of coming to the meet, waiting about 

 the covert sides ; after drawing without effect until after 



{ There is a note in Claxon's diary of this day's sport, that Rosamond, a. six-year-old bitch by 

 Hurworth Reveller out of their Tulip, getting up first, handled the fox by herself until the 

 rest of the pack "joined in the worry." 



