io8 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



recorded in the " Noble Science " by Mr Radcliffe ; 

 the Ouorn hounds killing a fox at Red Hill, 

 November 9, 1793, which had a white ring round 

 his neck, and three white pads. 



The season concluded March 30, with a rousing 

 gallop after meeting at Welbourn, the residence of 

 Mr and Mrs C. R. Norton. A large field were out 

 under the command of Sir Robert Filmer, and 

 disturbing an outlyer near the Grantham and 

 Lincoln Railway, hounds started to run at a great 

 pace in the direction of Brant Broughton. After 

 skirting by Lubbock's covert, they pointed for 

 Broughton Bottom covert, travelling over the 

 cream of the Blankney country ; and passing Torry's 

 Plantation they entered Belvoir domains. Entering 

 Stubton covers, hounds got close at their fox, and 

 shaking him out into the open again pointed for 

 Brandon, where he was headed, and twisting back 

 to Stockton there was a considerable check, the 

 time being over an hour at a good holding pace. 



There is a stock expression when writing of 

 hunting to call it " the drama of the chase," and 

 we were reminded of this when the Sleaford 

 amateur operatic society played the comedy opera 

 " Dorothy," on four consecutive evenings to 

 crowded houses, materially benefiting the funds of 

 the Lincoln County Hospital. The opera is par- 

 ticularly suited to the temperament of audiences 

 resident in hunting districts, giving as it does the 

 opportunity for hounds of the local pack to appear 

 on the stage. Talk about facing the music, no one 

 can conjecture the astonishment of honest working 

 hounds, when they hear a delighted audience 

 express their appreciation, by letting themselves 

 go ! Such is fame and popularity, the sight of 

 huntsman and hounds electrifying all who come under 



