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prominent part in sport with these hounds, hunted with the 

 South Durham. It seems as though but yesterday when, on 

 the conckision of the day's sport, he enquired the way to 

 his destination, and asked somewhat concernedly, " Do you 

 often have days hke this ? As, if so, my stud will have to 

 be very much enlarged!" With him, if memory may be 

 relied on, were Messrs. Kidson, Horn and Booth, the latter of 

 whom seems to have retired altogether, though he once had 

 a good, if wilful, dark-brown horse.* The meet that memor- 

 able day was at Fishburn, and the first fox driven out of 

 Carrside, raced away through Humbleknowle and Galley Law 

 (where he was headed), back to Humbleknowle, and on to 

 Park House whin and White Hurworth, where he went to 

 ground, after a burst of about fifteen minutes. Found a 

 fresh fox at Glebe whin and ran a steeplechase to Camp 

 whin, where we had three foxes in front and probably 

 changed. Got away again by Holdforth Bar, and leaving 

 the County Asylum on the right made straight for Galley 

 Law and Humbleknowle ; thence over the Skerne to Blue 

 House covert, where we may have changed again ; crossed 

 the railway near Hurworth Burn, pointing for Cole Hill ; 

 bore to the right to Stotfold Moors and Red Gap, and 

 stopped the hounds at Salter House, Wynyard, after running 

 really hard for an hour and forty three minutes. 



The "Traveller's Rest" day of November 11th, which 

 afforded such a severe gallop, is referred to at length by 

 Bevans, in his reminiscences, and he also alludes to the 

 Coxhoe day on the 14th, so there is no necessity for recapitu- 



• I fancy this horse was called "Blarney." One day, when near Rushyford, Mr. Briggs 

 asked Bevans if he had seen his friend on the horse, as they intended going home 

 together. "Yes," said Bevans, "I saw him taking charge a good bit since, and going 

 as hard as he could in the opposite direction to hounds ; he was going in the direc- 

 tion of Darlington, but looked as if he was 'labelled' for York ! " 



