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hounds ran clean away from them to Wardley Wood, 

 the field having to go quite a quarter of a mile 

 round. On the Sunday Mr. A. Fludyer came over 

 to see me ; we walked to the very fence that had 

 stopped them all, and he said : 



" Now, do you think it jumpable i^" 



I directly said : "Yes; if I was riding my mare 

 ' Marigold,' and hounds were running, I feel certain 

 she would fly it." 



Oddly enough, the next Saturday Mr. Tailby's 

 met at Ridlingfton, and came straiofht to Manton 

 Gorse for first draw. They found immediately, and 

 the fox broke in exactly the same place as on the 

 Saturday previously, and ran the same line for a bit. 

 Curiously also, I was riding the very mare I had 

 said would jump the fence that had stopped them 

 all the week before. Mr. Powell was just behind 

 me, and he called out : 



'' Cus, can we do it ?" 



I answered : " Yes ; if you are on a bold 

 one. 



Away I went on ' Marigold,' and, being a very 

 bold big jumper, she cleared it splendidly. Mr. 

 Powell was riding a horse named ' Orangeman ' he 

 had recently purchased at Sir F. Johnstone's sale 

 for 400 guineas. He followed, and just got over. 



