122 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



Mr Beerbohm whose grey showed signs of an en- 

 counter with the strong black thorns, and as usual 

 Lord Robert Manners thoroughly enjoying the line 

 of country. At a critical moment when hounds 

 checked on the road it was Sir Gilbert Greenall's 

 keen eye that spotted Roguery (1902), a black, 

 white and tan bitch by Dasher, from Rapid, carry- 

 ing the line down the hedge side. vShe had a dis- 

 tinguishing husky note, and with two blasts on his 

 horn, Ben Capell cheered the pack to her. The 

 going on the grass in the valley was spongy and 

 wet, towards the old Bel voir hunt steeplechase 

 course, a mile on the right hand. Over the brook 

 splashed hounds, and then the fun began, for it 

 was a mile distant to bridge or ford. From the 

 ranks out darted Mr Vincent Hemery riding a bob- 

 tailed black horse. At the brook he rode top pace, 

 but it was too wide to cover, and with a mighty 

 splash, horse and rider landed in the stream, raising 

 a wave that prompted caution for those behind. 

 Mrs Lindsey Smith found a better place, and her 

 horse ver^^ cleverl}^ got the right side in safety. 

 It was a tantalising moment, with the pack on the 

 far side chiming away over the grass, and the 

 field riding right and left to hit off a possible place. 

 Some there were who jumped the line of fences in 

 the valley, riding to the bridge on the steeplechase 

 course below Lenton, but the hunt staff discovered 

 a possible place where many were able to double 

 the brook and land on the distant shore with hounds. 

 By Ingoldsby village, fences come close together, 

 but the going was sound, and Mr Richard Rose, 

 the veteran welter w^eight, on a good chestnut, 

 jumped a gate out of the road in the journey to 

 Ingoldsby Wood. The master was the first to 

 reach the top side of Ingoldsby Wood, just in time 



