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struck the scent, and kept it until she turned the 

 corner at the plantation and out of sight of the 

 spectators. For a time Hebe tried to regain the 

 lost line, and looked like doing so until catching the 

 wind of a labourer, and rather startling him by 

 making his passing acquaintance. She failed to 

 finish her task. 



Mr. R. Hood Wright's well-known Hector H., 

 who had performed well at the trials in the grounds 

 at Warwick Castle two years before, and now nearly 

 eight years old, was, after the stipulated five 

 minutes, put upon the line. He did not start with 

 so much dash as the bitch had done, carried his 

 head nearer the ground, and ran the exact line the 

 quarry had taken. This he did well, and the manner 

 in which he leaped those railings the man had 

 climbed, and ran under those he had crept through, 

 interested the spectators not a little. There was no 

 mistake as to the correctness of his nose up to the 

 plantation ; but here, where the quarry had turned, 

 the hound was at fault. He cast about till striking 

 the line again, and was hard on the track of the man 

 on turning into the road home. This he stuck to 

 until near the goal, when he became somewhat dis- 

 concerted, no doubt striking the wind of the spec- 

 tators as he approached them. His trial was very 

 nicely run. 



