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ing himself he had somehow got his master with 

 both his feet in the stirrup-irons on one side. The 

 hounds were running, but not very fast, and all at 

 once we heard a most awful noise. On looking 

 round we saw Captain Trotter had gone to his 

 assistance, and righted him by putting him back in 

 the saddle, which is the only way you can do it when 

 anyone gets in that fix. The Captain had let his 

 old horse loose, thinking him perfectly safe not to 

 run away ; but I suppose the old "gee " thought he 

 had had enough of his rider for one day, and trotted 

 off. Luckily, just at the time Mr. Behrens' second 

 horseman came up, and seeing his man, this gentle- 

 man asked Captain Trotter to get on his second 

 horse, and after thanking the Captain most profusely, 

 he also told his man to catch the hireling and take him 

 back to Leicester, Just after this accident occurred, 

 the hounds came to a check, which let the field get 

 up. Presently they hit off the line, and ran really well 

 over that beautiful country by Norton Gorse. The 

 Captain had made a real good change, as he was on 

 ' The Clown,' a horse Mr. Behrens had given a lot 

 of money for three years before, and one no money 

 would buy. It was a most amusing sight to see 

 Captain Trotter and Sir F. Johnstone, the former 

 without a hat and his face bleeding, riding one 



