CONTENTS. xiii 



PAOH 



GRASS COUNTRIES, SEASON 1887-88 ... .261 



GRAFTON 264 



GRAFTON AGAIN THAT USELESS RAILWAY . . . .269 



AND MORE GRAFTON 274 



PYTCHLEY 270 



A SCRATCH DAY FROM TOWN 282 



SCATTERING THE GLOOM -^5 



MR. LORT PHILIPS 288 



CRICK AND KIL WORTH . 290 



ATHERSTONE 295 



HEMPLOW IN THE SNOW ... ... 300 



THE WARWICKSHIRE 302 



THE BRAUNSTON GALLOP OF THE PYTCHLEY .... 306 



THE BLUE COVERT BURST 314 



THE STAVERTON RUN . 318 



WESTERN CATTLE LANDS 325 



HUNTING A CHRISTMAS DINNER 350 



GRASS COUNTRIES, SEASON 1888-89 361 



BREAKING THE ICE 365 



AN EARLY WEEK 368 



PACE AND BLOOD 372 



A RUN LOST 376 



A BROKEN LEG 379 



A BROKEN RECORD 379 



WAFTED FROM AFAR 386 



WHEELS ON THE HILLTOP . 388 



WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS * . . . 390 



A ROUGH DAY WITH THE GRAFTON 393 



THE RUN OF THE SEASON ON HEARSAY 397 



SADDLE AGAIN 399 



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CROSS COUNTRY ONCE MORE 403 



THE BODDINGTON GALLOP , 406 



