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remember that he got into a hot shop, and would soon be 

 roasted— the old man said it was cool there, but I thought 

 I 'd rather it was him than me ! Whilst we were coaling 

 him out with a rake, Lord Henry arrived on the scene, 

 jumped off his horse, and just as he was, pushed everybody 

 to one side, and made a bold bid to get hold of the fox's 

 brush, or any part of him that he could reach. He pulled 

 him out by the head, and brandished him about to clear a 

 road for him to get out ; it was a wonderful thing that he 

 was not bitten, nor any other people. The bottom bars had 

 just scorched the fur on his back, and the hounds soon 

 dispatched him. There was a large and fashionable field of 

 colliers at the finish, and the language was more than I 

 could understand, so overcome with excitement were they. 

 We called at Mr. Armstrong's, at Wingate, on the way 

 home, and had a little refreshment, which was greatly needed 

 and very acceptable. The lads of Wingate have never 

 forgotten that day, as most of them asked the hunting 

 gentlemen, — " Gie us the price of a pint, chappie," and they 

 got it, too, a good many times over ; there was no change 

 left when we started away. The boilerman got a bit of the 

 fox, and was very proud of it. I was talking to a man a 

 short while since (1903) at East Howie Colliery, and he 

 told me that he was a lad at Wingate then and remembered 

 all about it, and said it was the best day's hunting they 

 ever had in that neighbourhood. 



The Wynyard family throughout were always particularly 

 well disposed to the farmers in the country, especially when 

 out hunting, and always ready to lend a helping hand 

 towards fox-hunting, with donations to sweeten the ladies in 

 regard to their poultry losses, and also very generous for 

 any little trifle or help in the matter of assistance given to 



